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AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident

AI: Iran must halt execution of political dissident

Elizabeth LaForgia

June 1, 2014 01:12:45 pm

Amnesty International (AI) urged Iran on Saturday not to execute a political dissident convicted of "enmity against God." Gholamreza Khosravi Savajani was sentenced to death in 2010 on the charge of "enmity against God" for...

Final known US prisoner of war released in exchange for Guantanamo detainees

Final known US prisoner of war released in exchange for Guantanamo detainees

Julie Deisher-Edwards

June 1, 2014 10:50:24 am

US President Barack Obama announced Saturday that prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl had been released into US custody in exchange for five detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. Bergdahl was the only confirmed US prisoner of war...

34 Morsi supporters convicted and fined in Egypt court

34 Morsi supporters convicted and fined in Egypt court

Julie Deisher-Edwards

June 1, 2014 10:08:36 am

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 34 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi each to two years in prison and a USD $1,600 fine for their alleged participation in violence during celebrations of the three-year anniversary of...

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19th Amendment adopted

On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was adopted, granting women full suffrage. The Amendment states that "[t]he right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Learn more about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment from the National Archives.

Declaration of the Rights of Man adopted

On August 26, 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly. Click here to read the text of the Declaration and learn more about its formulation.