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News Bahrain extends detention of activist Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain extends detention of activist Nabeel Rajab
Taylor Gillan
April 26, 2015 12:26:50 pm

Bahrain Public Prosecution on Sunday extended the period of detention of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab by 15 days, citing a need for further investigation. According to Rajab's wife, the activist was...

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News Indonesia to carry out executions of drug smugglers
Indonesia to carry out executions of drug smugglers
Kimberly Bennett
April 26, 2015 10:31:31 am

Indonesia notified nine convicted of drug traffickers--four Nigerian men, two Australian men, a Filipino woman, and one man each from Brazil, France and Indonesia--that their executions will be carried out within 72 hours. The executions will be carried out...

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News US State Department condemns Azerbaijan for human rights lawyer imprisonment
US State Department condemns Azerbaijan for human rights lawyer imprisonment
Kimberly Bennett
April 26, 2015 10:01:50 am

The US Department of State (DOS) released a statement Thursday condemning the imprisonment of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev and calling for his release. Aliyev was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and...

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News UN expresses concern over attacks targeted at peacekeepers
UN expresses concern over attacks targeted at peacekeepers
Brittany Felder
April 25, 2015 02:49:50 pm

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed concern over attacks in Mali in which members of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were specifically targeted,...

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UN: Civilian death toll in Yemen rises
Brittany Felder
April 25, 2015 01:59:09 pm

The United Nations (UN) on Friday reported that the intense fighting in Yemen has claimed the lives of approximately 551 civilians, 115 of which were children. Rupert Colville, the spokesperson for the Office of the...

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Greece under attack by eurozone creditors for lack of progress
Valerie Howell
April 25, 2015 11:41:25 am

Nineteen eurozone creditors held a meeting in Latvia on Friday to demand the completion of the economic reform program agreed to by Greece necessary to avoiding a Grecian default or exit from the euro. An agreement between...

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HRW criticizes Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen
Valerie Howell
April 25, 2015 10:31:38 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Thursday denouncing as a violation of the laws of war an airstrike led by the Saudi Arabian coalition that led to the destruction of a humanitarian warehouse...

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News Guantanamo detainee set to be released in June
Guantanamo detainee set to be released in June
William Helbling
April 24, 2015 01:39:10 pm

A US government source on Friday revealed that Shaker Aamer , a Saudi citizen Saudi citizen and former UK resident detained at Guantanamo Bay , is expected to be released in June after recent...

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Germany parliament calls killings of Armenians ‘genocide’
William Helbling
April 24, 2015 12:38:35 pm

The German Parliament on Friday approved a resolution declaring the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War I a "genocide." The resolution's approval, which coincides with the centenary...

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Romania judge sentenced to 10 years for accepting bribes
Colleen Mallick
April 24, 2015 12:19:45 pm

A Romanian court sentenced former Senior Judge Stan Mustata to 10 years and eight months in prison on Friday for granting favorable verdicts to defendants in exchange for money. Mustata was convicted of six counts of taking...

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UK House of Lords becomes an elected body

On March 7, 2007, Britain's lower house of Parliament, the House of Commons, voted to change the upper chamber, the House of Lords, to an elected body. Previously, appointments to the House of Lords were based on noble birth.

Selma-Montgomery march began with 'Bloody Sunday'

On March 7, 1965, 525 civil rights activists began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Just outside Selma, heavily armed police and deputies broke up the march with billy clubs and tear gas, injuring 65 people and hospitalizing 17 in a melee that became known as "Bloody Sunday." After federal court protection had been secured, 3,200 marchers started out again on March 21. By the time they reached Montgomery on March 25, their numbers had swelled to 25,000. Learn more about the Selma-to-Montgomery March from the US National Parks Service, which preserves the route as a National Historic Trail.

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