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News ICTR denies US lawyer immunity from Rwanda prosecution
ICTR denies US lawyer immunity from Rwanda prosecution
Andrea Bottorff
October 13, 2010 11:22:17 am

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) released a decision last week that allows the Rwandan government to pursue charges against US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder [professional...

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US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced Wednesday that the US government has deported a record number of...

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Ethiopia opposition leader released from prison
Andrea Bottorff
October 6, 2010 11:15:32 am

The Ethiopian government on Wednesday released former judge and political opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa from an Addis Ababa prison where she had been serving a life sentence. The Ethiopian Justice Ministry said that Mideksa, leader of Unity...

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Guantanamo detainee appeals to Supreme Court for habeas relief
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September 30, 2010 11:26:12 am

Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad al Odah on Tuesday petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court decision that denied...

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Sri Lanka president ratifies ex-army chief’s prison sentence
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September 30, 2010 10:35:14 am

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday ratified a prison sentence for former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka . Fonseka was convicted two weeks ago...

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September 29, 2010 12:17:57 pm

France's National Assembly began considering Tuesday a new bill that would would make it easier to deport illegal immigrants and strip immigrants accused of violent crimes...

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ICTY begins project to strengthen region’s courts
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September 29, 2010 10:51:52 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday announced a collaborative project that will support and strengthen regional courts in the former Yugoslavia . The ICTY, partnered with the Organisation for Security and...

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September 22, 2010 11:21:18 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the False Claims Act , which allows citizen "whistle-blowers" to sue federal contractors for committing fraud against the...

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US scientist charged with conspiracy to sell nuclear data to Venezuela
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September 18, 2010 11:55:56 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that a US scientist and his wife have been indicted for conspiring to sell nuclear weapons information to an individual they believed worked for the Venezuelan government....

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September 18, 2010 10:37:06 am

Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday upheld a verdict in favor of Royal Dutch Shell PLC in a case brought by families of Nigerian protesters who...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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