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News Egypt rights agency: 2,600 killed in 18 months following Morsi’s ouster
Egypt rights agency: 2,600 killed in 18 months following Morsi’s ouster
Dominic Yobbi
May 31, 2015 04:05:28 pm

Egypt's National Council for Human Rights reported on Sunday that at least 2,600 people have been killed by violence in the 18 months following the military ouster of Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Head...

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News Appeals court declines to get involved in case regarding Guantanamo video footage
Appeals court declines to get involved in case regarding Guantanamo video footage
Dominic Yobbi
May 31, 2015 03:35:40 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday decided not to get involved, for the time being, in a case regarding whether the public should have access to video footage...

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News Egypt authorities free American prisoner on hunger strike
Egypt authorities free American prisoner on hunger strike
Jacqueline Jones
May 31, 2015 12:48:43 pm

Egyptian authorities on Saturday freed Egyptian-American prisoner Mohammed Soltan, who had been sentenced to life in prison and had been on a hunger strike for over a year. As a precondition to Soltan's release, he had to renounce his...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Idaho abortion laws
Federal appeals court strikes down Idaho abortion laws
Jacqueline Jones
May 31, 2015 12:18:44 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday struck down portions of two Idaho abortion laws. The Pain- Capable Unborn Child Protection Act prohibited abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The...

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News UN rights chief calls for investigation of CAR peacekeepers
UN rights chief calls for investigation of CAR peacekeepers
Ashley Hogan
May 31, 2015 09:06:28 am

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on Saturday called on several states to investigate allegations that members of their peacekeeping forces sent to the Central African Republic (CAR) have committed...

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News EU judges sentence 11 Kosovo Albanians for war crimes
EU judges sentence 11 Kosovo Albanians for war crimes
Ashley Hogan
May 30, 2015 03:01:34 pm

Judges of the EU Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) in Kosovo issued verdicts in the Drenica I and Drenica II cases on Wednesday and sentenced 11 Kosovo Albanian men to prison. The charges included the...

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News UN rights office: encryption crucial to free speech
UN rights office: encryption crucial to free speech
Taylor Gillan
May 30, 2015 10:56:00 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday released a report arguing that strong encryption is elemental to basic human rights. The report hails encryption and anonymity as tools that...

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News Croatia approves law to compensate war rape victims
Croatia approves law to compensate war rape victims
Taylor Gillan
May 30, 2015 10:22:27 am

Croatia's parliament on Friday passed a law that grants compensation to victims of rape during the country's war of independence from Yugoslavia more than 20 years ago. Despite its lateness, the move has been hailed as an important step...

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US drops Cuba from terrorism list
Jacqueline Jones
May 30, 2015 09:38:41 am

The US government on Friday formally removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as a positive step toward restoring Cuba-US diplomatic relations. US President Barack Obama said in April that he would...

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News Nazi war crimes suspect dies at 93
Nazi war crimes suspect dies at 93
Jacqueline Jones
May 30, 2015 08:22:58 am

Vladimir Katriuk, an elite Nazi storm trooper and the second most wanted man on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list died Thursday at the age of 93. Katriuk passed away after battling a long illness, according to his lawyer....

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

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On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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