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News UN rights experts call on Sudan to drop six death penalty charges
UN rights experts call on Sudan to drop six death penalty charges
Taylor Isaac
August 31, 2016 04:20:39 pm

A group of UN experts on Wednesdayurged authorities in Sudan to drop death penalty charges against six members of the Khartoum Center for Training and Human Development (TRACKS). The members were arrested a few months ago for criminal...

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News Pakistan asks UK to take action against former party leader
Pakistan asks UK to take action against former party leader
Justin Cosgrove
August 31, 2016 03:32:01 pm

Pakistan's Interior Ministry said Wednesday that the country has requested that Britain take action against a former party leader who delivered a speech last week that ignited rioting in Karachi. Pakistan's Interior Ministry sent a report on Altaf...

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News Federal judge throws out inmate’s lawsuit over violation of religious rights
Federal judge throws out inmate’s lawsuit over violation of religious rights
Justin Cosgrove
August 31, 2016 02:58:19 pm

A federal judge in Kansas dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday by a convicted killer who accused a county jail and its administrators of violating his religious rights. Inmate Eddie Gordon Sr. stated in 2014 in his handwritten lawsuit...

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News UN rights experts: women with disabilities should be empowered
UN rights experts: women with disabilities should be empowered
Alexis Wheeler
August 31, 2016 11:57:01 am

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released a statement Tuesday that women with disabilities face discrimination and are often excluded from freely participating in society. The statement, aimed at member states that have ratified...

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News Germany activists file largest public suit against EU-Canada trade agreement
Germany activists file largest public suit against EU-Canada trade agreement
Alexis Wheeler
August 31, 2016 11:05:07 am

Three German organizations, Campact, foodwatch and Mehr Demokratie submitted a complaint against the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agrement (CETA) Wednesday to the Federal Constitutional Court . With more than 125,000 signatures, the activists claim the complaint...

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Egypt passes law regulating building of churches
Steven Wildberger
August 31, 2016 10:28:40 am

The Egyptian Parliament on Tuesday passed a new law regulating church building, purportedly to support the nation's Christian minority. Church building has long been contentious in Egypt, where only a tenth of...

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News Obama grants clemency to 111 non-violent prisoners
Obama grants clemency to 111 non-violent prisoners
Steven Wildberger
August 31, 2016 09:35:45 am

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday granted clemency to 111 non-violent criminal offenders, including 35 federal offenders serving life sentences. These new grants of clemency bring Obama's total to 673, including 325 in the month...

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News New York top court expands definition of ‘parent’
New York top court expands definition of ‘parent’
Alexandra Farone
August 31, 2016 08:13:39 am

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the definition of "parent" under a section of the state's Domestic Relations Law should be expanded, in a decision that will serve to...

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News HRW: Iraq militias recruiting children from civilian camps
HRW: Iraq militias recruiting children from civilian camps
Alexandra Farone
August 31, 2016 07:43:55 am

Iraqi militias are recruiting children from at least one civilian camp of displaced persons in the region of Kurdistan, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. Witnesses reported that at least seven children were...

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News HRW accuses Palestine of free speech violations
HRW accuses Palestine of free speech violations
Miracle Jones
August 30, 2016 11:45:09 am

Palestinian authorities are violating free speech rights by arresting and abusing dissenting activists and journalists,Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. The report details five cases in Gaza and the West Bank where journalists and activists were...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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