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News Thailand ex-PM flees country ahead of verdict: reports
Thailand ex-PM flees country ahead of verdict: reports
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 25, 2017 01:30:56 pm

Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra failed to appear in court to hear the verdict in her trial Friday, amid reports that she had fled the country to Dubai . Yingluck was facing corruption charges involving mismanagement...

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News India Supreme Court: privacy a fundamental right
India Supreme Court: privacy a fundamental right
Rachel Gerber
August 25, 2017 11:45:30 am

A nine-judge panel of the Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that privacy is a "constitutionally protected value." The ruling could have drastic consequences for the government—particularly the country's biometric identification program, Aadhaar ....

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News Federal judge blocks revised Texas voter ID law
Federal judge blocks revised Texas voter ID law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 24, 2017 02:51:55 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Wednesday blocked Texas from enforcing a revised voter identification law . Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos had previously found that a...

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News UN rights committee criticizes US leadership for failure to unequivocally reject race-related violence
UN rights committee criticizes US leadership for failure to unequivocally reject race-related violence
Erik Slobe
August 23, 2017 12:12:40 pm

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) requested that the US government, high-level politicians and public officials "unequivocally and unconditionally reject and condemn racist hate speech and crimes in Charlottesville and throughout the...

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News Missouri governor issues stay of execution in light of DNA evidence
Missouri governor issues stay of execution in light of DNA evidence
Erik Slobe
August 23, 2017 11:12:00 am

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams who was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. Williams was sentenced to death in 2001 after being convicted of the first-degree murder...

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News California court awards $417 million in talcum powder lawsuit
California court awards $417 million in talcum powder lawsuit
Matthew Santiago
August 23, 2017 09:16:41 am

The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a verdict on Monday in favor of a consumer who allegedly developed ovarian cancer after using a drug manufacturer's talc-based products. Defendant Johnson and Johnson currently faces ...

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News UN rights experts urge Iraq to ensure justice for Islamic State sexual abuse victims
UN rights experts urge Iraq to ensure justice for Islamic State sexual abuse victims
Matthew Santiago
August 23, 2017 08:27:37 am

The UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) published a report on Tuesday urging the Iraqi government to ensure the rights of those individuals sexually victimized by Islamic State (IS) forces. According to the report, thousands...

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News China rights lawyer ‘confesses’ to attempting to overthrow government
China rights lawyer ‘confesses’ to attempting to overthrow government
Erik Slobe
August 22, 2017 12:35:19 pm

Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong confessed at a trial on Tuesday to attempting to overthrow the Chinese government. Jiang has been in custody since November of last year. At the trial, he stated that Western laws led...

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News India top court rules Islamic instant divorce law unconstitutional
India top court rules Islamic instant divorce law unconstitutional
Erik Slobe
August 22, 2017 11:27:24 am

The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that Islam's instant divorce law, which allowed Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word "talaq" three times, was unconstitutional. The case was heard by five judges...

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News UN: Afghanistan village attacks ‘may amount to war crimes’
UN: Afghanistan village attacks ‘may amount to war crimes’
Matthew Santiago
August 22, 2017 09:09:40 am

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a special report on Sunday detailing the human rights violations committed during attacks on the Mirza Olang village earlier this month. During the three-day event, Taliban and local...

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Czar Alexander II assassinated

On March 13, 1881, revolutionaries assassinated Russian Tsar Alexander II. The terrorist organization Narodnaya Volya (People's Will) hoped to spark a revolution by assassinating the monarch. Instead, Alexander II's assassination led to a repressive backlash from his successor, Alexander III. Read an account of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by anarchist revolutionary Peter Kropotkin.

Tennessee banned the teaching of evolution

On March 13, 1925, Tennessee passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in schools. The violation of this law by a local schoolteacher resulted in the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial." Learn more about The State v. John Scopes.

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