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News UN report: ‘Despair’ spreading through Eastern Ukraine
UN report: ‘Despair’ spreading through Eastern Ukraine
Brittany Felder
March 4, 2016 08:18:41 am

A 53-page report published Thursday by the UN states that even though civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine have decreased, despair among those in the conflict area has grown. Speaking about the report , UN High Commissioner for...

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News India student leader charged with sedition granted bail
India student leader charged with sedition granted bail
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 3, 2016 12:59:48 pm

The Delhi High Court granted bail Wednesday to student political leader Kanhaiya Kumar who was arrested with other students on February 9 when he rallied against the execution of Kashmiri separatist Mohammed Afzal Guru. The arrests...

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News US House committee calls for Syria war crimes tribunal
US House committee calls for Syria war crimes tribunal
Miracle Jones
March 3, 2016 12:24:47 pm

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday passed two resolutions calling for an international tribunal in the Middle East to address the alleged war crimes committed by the government of Syria and its allies, specifically...

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News UN rights expert warns homelessness spreading with impunity
UN rights expert warns homelessness spreading with impunity
Miracle Jones
March 3, 2016 12:11:05 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha warned Thursday that homelessness is increasing in every country due to government inaction. Presenting a report to the UN Human Rights Council, Farha said...

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News Florida Supreme Court halts scheduled execution
Florida Supreme Court halts scheduled execution
Kasey Tuttle
March 3, 2016 12:07:18 pm

The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesdayhalted the March 17 execution of James Asay. This is the second time the court indefinitely postponed a scheduled execution. In February, the court issued a stay of execution ...

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News Thailand government accused of human rights violations
Thailand government accused of human rights violations
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
March 3, 2016 11:57:52 am

The Pheu Thai Party filed a complaint with the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday over the detention of one of its key figures, Watana Muangsook accusing the...

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News Ukraine pilot threatens hunger strike over Russia ‘show trial’
Ukraine pilot threatens hunger strike over Russia ‘show trial’
Taylor Gillan
March 3, 2016 11:25:23 am

A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia on Thursday told the court she is going on a dry hunger strike after facing another delay at trial. Nadezhda Savchenko has been charged with complicity in the killing of two journalists, with...

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News Oregon governor signs landmark minimum-wage law
Oregon governor signs landmark minimum-wage law
Kasey Tuttle
March 3, 2016 11:17:53 am

Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a landmark minimum-wage law on Wednesday. The law makes Oregon the first state to mandate higher pay in cities than rural areas. The system works according to the...

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News US judge lifts Argentina bond payment ban
US judge lifts Argentina bond payment ban
Taylor Gillan
March 3, 2016 10:37:01 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday lifted injunctions blocking Argentina from paying its restructured debt. According to Judge Thomas Griesa, the circumstances of the situation have...

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News Guatemala court orders damages for crimes against humanity during civil war
Guatemala court orders damages for crimes against humanity during civil war
William Helbling
March 3, 2016 09:39:27 am

A retired lieutenant colonel and a former paramilitary were ordered to pay more than USD $1 million in damages to victims of sexual slavery and other crimes against humanity during Guatemala's Civil War and decades of armed conflict. Both...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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