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News Morocco violating State Department assurances for former Guantanamo prisoner: lawyer
Morocco violating State Department assurances for former Guantanamo prisoner: lawyer
Ashley Hogan
October 2, 2015 06:20:06 pm

A lawyer for former Guantanamo detainee Younous Chekkouri said Thursday that the Moroccan government is not upholding the diplomatic assurances it provided to the US State Department regarding the release of his client, namely that...

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News Oklahoma court halts all scheduled executions to investigate drug mix-up
Oklahoma court halts all scheduled executions to investigate drug mix-up
Ashley Hogan
October 2, 2015 05:41:58 pm

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday unanimously granted a request from Attorney General Scott Pruitt to halt all of the state's scheduled executions to allow for an investigation into...

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News Supreme Court adds 13 cases to 2015 docket
Supreme Court adds 13 cases to 2015 docket
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
October 2, 2015 04:54:43 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday granted certiorari in 13 cases, following its annual long conference Monday. In Bank Markazi v. Peterson the court will rule on a separation of powers...

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News Croatia ex-PM’s sentence and conviction overturned
Croatia ex-PM’s sentence and conviction overturned
William Helbling
October 2, 2015 10:09:00 am

The Croatian Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the conviction and nine-year prison sentence of former prime minister Ivo Sanader , ordering a new trial. Sanader was convicted in March 2014 of corruption after allegedly embezzling ...

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News EU court rules countries may imprison migrants who illegally reenter
EU court rules countries may imprison migrants who illegally reenter
William Helbling
October 2, 2015 09:08:34 am

The European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that EU nations can imprison migrants who attempt to reenter after having already been formally expelled from the nation. The case involved an Albanian migrant who...

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UNHRC calls for human rights investigations in Sri Lanka
Emelina Perez
October 1, 2015 03:08:42 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday adopted a resolution encouraging the government of Sri Lanka to investigate violence toward human rights activists and minority groups, and create a scheme for reporting violations...

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France opens torture investigation of Syria government under Assad
Ashley Hogan
October 1, 2015 02:20:46 pm

France has officially opened a criminal torture investigation into the actions of the Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad , officials confirmed Wednesday. The investigation is based on tens of thousands of photos allegedly documenting torture...

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Federal judge halts enforcement of BLM fracking regulations
Emelina Perez
October 1, 2015 01:14:53 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing...

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News Algeria man released from Guantanamo Bay seeks reparations from Inter-American court
Algeria man released from Guantanamo Bay seeks reparations from Inter-American court
Alexandra Farone
October 1, 2015 10:19:17 am

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Djamel Ameziane filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) seeking reparations from the US government for human rights violations he alleges that he endured while in custody....

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Corruption trial begins for Honduras congressional VP
Alexandra Farone
October 1, 2015 09:30:17 am

Honduran Congressional Vice President Lena Gutierrez began her trial Wednesday for her role in the nation's recent medical sale scandal. The charges include falsification of public documents and fraud against the...

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Dutch leader Johan de Witt killed by mob

The Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt were lynched on August 20, 1672, after an angry mob took the two from a prison, where Cornelis was being held on charges of treason, and killed them both. William of Orange (later William III of England & Scotland) became Stadtholder of Holland a month before the killings and remained in the position until his death in 1702. Learn more about Johan de Witt from the Rijksmuseum.

UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital

On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.

Economic Opportunity Act signed into law

On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act. The bill approved $1 billion for social programs to combat poverty. It was central to President Johnson's Great Society legislation program. Learn more about President Johnson's War on Poverty from NPR.

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