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News Egypt rights groups call for new vote on constitution
Egypt rights groups call for new vote on constitution
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2012 11:32:50 am

A coalition of Egyptian rights group called Sunday for a redo of Saturday's constitutional referendum, alleging widespread irregularities . The groups, including the Cairo Institute for Human Rights , claim that there was a lack of judicial...

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News US government responds to targeted killings lawsuit
US government responds to targeted killings lawsuit
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 17, 2012 10:40:18 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qaeda ...

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News Federal judge approves settlement in Pennsylvania juvenile sentencing suit
Federal judge approves settlement in Pennsylvania juvenile sentencing suit
Jaimie Cremeans
December 16, 2012 02:19:11 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Friday approved a settlement of almost $18 million in a lawsuit brought by juveniles who were allegedly wrongfully incarcerated by two judges. The...

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News Guantanamo detainee launches defamation suit against UK agencies
Guantanamo detainee launches defamation suit against UK agencies
Cynthia Miley
December 16, 2012 11:56:42 am

Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer has filed a defamation lawsuit claiming that British agencies MI5 and MI6 had given the US statements the agencies knew to be false. While Aamer has been cleared for release...

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News Federal judge affirms denial of habeas petition for Guantanamo detainee
Federal judge affirms denial of habeas petition for Guantanamo detainee
Cynthia Miley
December 16, 2012 11:00:48 am

A federal judge for the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday affirmed a denial of a petition for habeas corpus from Guantanamo Bay detainee Khirullah Khairkhwa...

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News Former Russia police officer found guilty for Politkovskaya murder
Former Russia police officer found guilty for Politkovskaya murder
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 15, 2012 12:37:51 pm

Former Russian police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov was found guilty on Friday for his role in the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Pavlyuchenkov, who was a lieutenant colonel at the time of...

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News Obama signs Russia trade and human rights bill
Obama signs Russia trade and human rights bill
Samuel Franklin
December 15, 2012 12:14:59 pm

US President Barack Obama signed legislation on Friday that normalizes US trade with Russia and places sanctions on any individual associated with violations of human rights in Russia. While the law eliminates Cold War...

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News Justice Ginsburg denies request to block indefinite detention law
Justice Ginsburg denies request to block indefinite detention law
Julia Zebley
December 14, 2012 04:11:32 pm

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday refused the request for a stay in Hedges v. Obama that would have temporarily blocked enforcement of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) ....

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News Canada Supreme Court upholds anti-terror law
Canada Supreme Court upholds anti-terror law
Addison Morris
December 14, 2012 02:32:14 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that the country's controversial Anti-Terrorism Act is constitutional, issuing a series of unanimous rulings that establish a definition of terrorism in the country's Criminal Code....

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News Computer hacker wanted in US will not be charged in UK
Computer hacker wanted in US will not be charged in UK
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 14, 2012 01:06:02 pm

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Friday that accused computer hacker Gary McKinnon will not face charges in England and Wales. McKinnon is accused of hacking into NASA, Department of Defense, Air...

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.

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