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News 6 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Uruguay
6 Guantanamo detainees transferred to Uruguay
Brittany Felder
December 8, 2014 10:15:32 am

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of six detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Uruguay. This move is the result of a 2009 Executive Order issued...

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News Somalia PM accepts parliament vote requesting his resignation
Somalia PM accepts parliament vote requesting his resignation
Ashley Hogan
December 8, 2014 08:45:24 am

Somalia's parliament on Saturday reported a vote of no confidence in Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. Ahmed began his term in December 2013. The 153 votes requesting his resignation came in response to the tension...

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News UN officials call on US to end racial discrimination within its justice system
UN officials call on US to end racial discrimination within its justice system
Jacqueline Jones
December 7, 2014 01:55:16 pm

The United Nations Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported their concerns on Friday over the outcome of both the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases. The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita...

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News UK High Court rules prison book ban unlawful
UK High Court rules prison book ban unlawful
Alison Sacriponte
December 6, 2014 05:29:40 pm

The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has declared that the government's ban on sending books to prisoners in England is unlawful. Current rules prevent prisoners from receiving parcels unless there are exceptional...

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News China’s former security chief arrested, expelled from Communist party
China’s former security chief arrested, expelled from Communist party
Alison Sacriponte
December 6, 2014 05:02:16 pm

Former head of China's domestic security apparatus Zhou Yongkang has been arrested and expelled from the ruling Communist Party after being accused of accepting bribes, exploiting his power to enrich family members and leaking state secrets. Zhou,...

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Obama administration to issue new rules on racial profiling
Brittany Felder
December 6, 2014 11:41:31 am

Government officials for the Obama administration , on Friday, announced the coming of new rules intended to decrease racial profiling. These rules, to be released by the Justice Department as an expansion of anti-profiling laws passed...

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News Police in Serbia and Bosnia arrest 15 individuals for role in Balkan war massacre
Police in Serbia and Bosnia arrest 15 individuals for role in Balkan war massacre
Peter Snyder
December 5, 2014 12:52:26 pm

Police in Bosnia and Serbia, as part of a joint investigation and operation, arrested 15 individuals Friday accused of perpetrating the massacre of 19 unarmed men during the height of the Balkan conflict. The men are accused ...

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DOJ investigation into Cleveland police finds pattern of excessive force
Peter Snyder
December 5, 2014 12:18:54 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that a civil rights investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) into the Cleveland Division of Police discovered "a pattern or...

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ICC drops crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan president
Valerie Howell
December 5, 2014 12:10:02 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda dropped the charges of murder, rape, persecution, deportation and other inhumane acts against Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta on Friday. This action comes after an...

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Amnesty: Philippines police torture with impunity
Laura DeGeer
December 5, 2014 09:29:30 am

Police in the Philippines are committing torture with impunity, Amnesty International (AI) reported Thursday. Although allegations of torture, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment within the police force have increased year after year, AI says...

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UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.

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