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News HRW: Morocco should revise new labor law to comply with international standards
HRW: Morocco should revise new labor law to comply with international standards
Peter Snyder
November 21, 2013 05:57:54 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a letter Thursday to the Labor Minister of Morocco, Abdeslam Seddiki, imploring the Moroccan government to revise a draft law before the Moroccan parliament, regarding legal protections for domestic workers, to...

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News US jury awards Apple $290 million in patent battle with Samsung
US jury awards Apple $290 million in patent battle with Samsung
Peter Snyder
November 21, 2013 05:25:22 pm

A US jury awarded Apple, Inc. $290.45 million Thursday following a re-trial in the protracted legal struggle between the American technology giant and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. . The case held before the US District Court...

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News Spain government introduces anti-protests laws
Spain government introduces anti-protests laws
Kimberly Bennett
November 21, 2013 03:26:22 pm

Spain's ruling People's party on Thursday introduced strict new laws against public protests, which would impose fines on activists who take part in unauthorized protests. The legislation also prohibits publishing images of police, interrupting public events, possessing...

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News US government report reveals sexual abuse in immigration detentions
US government report reveals sexual abuse in immigration detentions
Kimberly Bennett
November 21, 2013 02:42:44 pm

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on Wednesday entitled "Additional Actions Could Strengthen DHS Efforts to Address Sexual Abuse." The GAO report was initiated in part by government documents that found...

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News ACLU files lawsuit challenging Kansas voter registration system
ACLU files lawsuit challenging Kansas voter registration system
Laura Klein Mullen
November 21, 2013 02:34:53 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court , challenging Kansas' two-tiered voter registration system. The US Supreme Court has ruled that laws requiring...

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News Arizona AG asks US Supreme Court to reinstate abortion law
Arizona AG asks US Supreme Court to reinstate abortion law
Laura Klein Mullen
November 21, 2013 02:31:51 pm

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne on Wednesday asked US Supreme Court to reconsider a controversial Arizona law that would strip Medicaid funding from doctors and clinics that perform abortions. The US Court of...

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News Scotland same-sex marriage bill passes parliament’s first vote
Scotland same-sex marriage bill passes parliament’s first vote
Amy Mathieu
November 21, 2013 02:26:01 pm

The Scottish Parliament completed the first step towards the passage of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill on Wednesday by a 98-15 vote in favor of the bill. Same-sex couples currently have the...

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News Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider arguments in two voter ID cases
Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider arguments in two voter ID cases
Taylor Gillan
November 21, 2013 01:47:45 pm

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear arguments in two separate cases concerning Act 23, the state's voter ID law . One case will review a decision by the Madison-based District Four Court of Appeals...

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News China top court bans use of forced confessions
China top court bans use of forced confessions
Stephen Adelgren
November 21, 2013 01:44:42 pm

China's Supreme People's Court issued a ruling on Thursday banning the use of forced confessions extracted through torture. The court reportedly claimed that "illegal methods" of confession extraction, including food and sleep deprivation and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed

On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime. 175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the US Psychotropic Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Former Nixon AG Mitchell sentenced to prison for Watergate

On February 21, 1975, former US Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic adviser John Ehrlichman were sentenced to prison terms of 2 1/2 to 8 years for obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Learn more about John Mitchell from the Washington Post.

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