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News Rights group condemns Saudi Arabia persecution of activists
Rights group condemns Saudi Arabia persecution of activists
Allison Fedorka
October 10, 2014 12:37:01 pm

Saudi Arabia is persecuting rights activists and silencing government critics, according to a report issued Friday by Amnesty International (AI) . According to AI, members of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA)...

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News UN rights expert urges South Korea to adopt anti-discrimination law
UN rights expert urges South Korea to adopt anti-discrimination law
Yuxin Jiang
October 10, 2014 12:22:26 pm

An independent UN human rights expert on Thursday urged South Korea to adopt an anti-discrimination law . UN Special Rapporteur on racism Mutuma Ruteere said an anti-discrimination law is particularly important because of increasing globalization, with many foreign...

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News Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law
Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law
Cassandra Baubie
October 10, 2014 12:18:02 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin from enforcing its voter ID law . The order vacates a September 12 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,...

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News Federal judge strikes down Texas voter ID law
Federal judge strikes down Texas voter ID law
Alexandra Farone
October 10, 2014 12:14:19 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday ruled that a Texas voter ID law violates the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the US...

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News Federal appeals court reverses decision prohibiting Native American night hunting
Federal appeals court reverses decision prohibiting Native American night hunting
Steven Wildberger
October 10, 2014 12:12:46 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday overturned the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin's decision that upheld a state statute prohibiting night hunting...

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News Supreme Court of Canada rules torture victims cannot sue foreign countries
Supreme Court of Canada rules torture victims cannot sue foreign countries
Laura DeGeer
October 10, 2014 12:08:51 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that citizens cannot sue foreign governments for torture. Under the State Immunity Act , a foreign state is immune from the jurisdiction of any court in Canada, unless that...

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News Federal appeals court revives whistleblower lawsuit against JPMorgan
Federal appeals court revives whistleblower lawsuit against JPMorgan
Brittany Felder
October 10, 2014 11:15:44 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday revived a whistleblower's lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. . In a unanimous decision, the court vacated and remanded a lower court's grant...

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News Netherlands plans to appeal finding of liability in Srebrenica massacre
Netherlands plans to appeal finding of liability in Srebrenica massacre
Julie Deisher-Edwards
October 10, 2014 09:39:05 am

The Netherlands Ministry of Defense has announced plans to appeal a July ruling finding Netherlands liable for the deaths of 300 of the men and boys killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre ....

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News UN rights official calls for international abolition of death penalty
UN rights official calls for international abolition of death penalty
Julie Deisher-Edwards
October 10, 2014 08:07:08 am

Speaking at the Geneva presentation of a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Moving Away from the Death Penalty , UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan...

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South Sudan lawmakers pass controversial security bill
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 9, 2014 01:59:08 pm

Lawmakers in South Sudan on Wednesday passed a controversial bill that gives security forces the right to arrest suspected criminals without a warrant. The bill was passed into law in its fourth reading after a three-hour debate....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

McKinley assassin put on trial

On September 23, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was put on trial for assassinating US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Learn more about the legal aftermath of the McKinley assassination from the University of Buffalo Libraries.

Karlstad Treaty splits union of Norway and Sweden

On September 23, 1905, negotiations on the Karlstad Treaty ended with an agreement to split the union of Sweden and Norway. The accord was then approved by Norway's parliament on October 9 and by Sweden's on October 13. Learn more about the former Union of Sweden and Norway.

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