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News HRW urges China authorities to stop sexual orientation conversion tactics
HRW urges China authorities to stop sexual orientation conversion tactics
Akira Tomlinson
November 15, 2017 10:15:46 am

LGBT individuals in China are being subjected to abuses in the form of "conversion therapy," according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to HRW, public hospitals and private clinics are utilizing so-called...

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News Kurdistan pledges to respect Iraq Supreme Court decision on secession
Kurdistan pledges to respect Iraq Supreme Court decision on secession
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
November 15, 2017 09:38:38 am

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials pledged Tuesday to respect the Iraq Federal Supreme Court's interpretation of Article I of the Iraq Constitution , effectively agreeing not to secede. The Iraq...

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News EU court: citizens who become British may bring foreign-born spouse to UK
EU court: citizens who become British may bring foreign-born spouse to UK
Sean Rohtla
November 15, 2017 08:05:28 am

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that an EU citizen who becomes a British citizen is allowed to have their non-EU spouse live with them in the UK. The ruling came in a case brought by a Spanish...

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News Lawsuit urges ‘personhood’ for zoo elephants
Lawsuit urges ‘personhood’ for zoo elephants
Jessica Lasky
November 15, 2017 07:12:49 am

An animal rights organization filed a writ of habeas corpus Monday on behalf of three elephants owned by the Connecticut-based Commerford Zoo . The writ was brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) for the confinement...

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News North Carolina special master in redistricting case submits draft plan
North Carolina special master in redistricting case submits draft plan
Allison Hall
November 14, 2017 07:25:33 pm

Special master in the case of Covington v. North Carolina submitted a draft plan and order yesterday that includes an initial proposal for new district maps in certain state congressional districts. This plan was drafted by special master,...

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News Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
Ohara Hamlin
November 14, 2017 11:57:19 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who...

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News FBI report reveals an approximate 5% increase in hate crimes in 2016
FBI report reveals an approximate 5% increase in hate crimes in 2016
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
November 14, 2017 11:28:04 am

The FBI released the 2016 Hate Crime Statistics on Monday revealing 7,321 recorded criminal offenses motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity in comparison to 6,885 [press...

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News EU: 23 member states sign joint notification for defense security pact
EU: 23 member states sign joint notification for defense security pact
Lindsay Offutt
November 14, 2017 08:27:08 am

Twenty-three EU member states on Monday signed a joint notification for the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), a long sought after pact which will facilitate states working together more closely on defense security and defense policy matters....

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News Sixth Circuit resurrects blind voter discrimination suit
Sixth Circuit resurrects blind voter discrimination suit
Kenneth Hall
November 13, 2017 03:07:23 pm

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday held that a lawsuit brought by blind voters in Ohio against Secretary of State Jon Husted can proceed. The suit arises out of a claim that...

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News Kenya President calls on Supreme Court to dismiss election petitions
Kenya President calls on Supreme Court to dismiss election petitions
Jennifer Suder
November 13, 2017 02:32:39 pm

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss two election petitions challenging the validity of his repeat election win. Kenyatta strongly rejected the claims made by two challengers, saying that the petitions...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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