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News HRW: Lebanon residency regulations putting refugees at risk
HRW: Lebanon residency regulations putting refugees at risk
Alonso Diaz
January 12, 2016 12:46:35 pm

Lebanese residency laws risk creating a large undocumented community of refugees living at the margins of society, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. Residency regulations adopted in January 2015 require refugees...

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News Last Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee repatriated
Last Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee repatriated
Alonso Diaz
January 8, 2016 03:36:18 pm

The last Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo, Faiz Mohammed Ahmed al-Kandari, has been repatriated to his home country, the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Friday. The Periodic Review Board (PRB) determined in September that "continued law...

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News UN rights office reports violations in Kunduz during temporary Taliban occupation
UN rights office reports violations in Kunduz during temporary Taliban occupation
Alonso Diaz
December 13, 2015 04:02:13 pm

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report Saturday describing human rights abuses in Kunduz, Afghanistan, during a temporary occupation by the Taliban. The report...

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News Emergency stay granted to daily sports fantasy sites
Emergency stay granted to daily sports fantasy sites
Alonso Diaz
December 12, 2015 03:17:29 pm

An appellate court judge granted a temporary stay to daily sports fantasy sites DraftKings and FanDuel hours after a New York judge on Friday granted a temporary injunction demanding the fantasy sports companies cease operations in that state....

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News UN SG condemns Boko Haram for Chad attacks
UN SG condemns Boko Haram for Chad attacks
Alonso Diaz
December 6, 2015 03:06:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Boko Haram on Sunday for the group's alleged involvement in a triple suicide attack on the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad Saturday that left more than 30 dead and...

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News UN: IS human rights abuses increasing against Sunni Arabs
UN: IS human rights abuses increasing against Sunni Arabs
Alonso Diaz
December 5, 2015 02:35:51 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Office (OHCHR) announced on Friday that it has received reports that human rights violations against Sunni Arab communities by Iraqi and Kurdish security forces are...

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News UN rights expert warns states about unilateral sanctions against Sudan
UN rights expert warns states about unilateral sanctions against Sudan
Alonso Diaz
December 2, 2015 11:02:36 am

A UN human rights expert on Monday urged states to reexamine their unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) imposed on Sudan, which impact innocents instead of political elites. Idriss Jazairy, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions,...

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News Sweden court rules against forcing ISPs to block Pirate Bay
Sweden court rules against forcing ISPs to block Pirate Bay
Alonso Diaz
November 30, 2015 10:32:02 am

Stockholm's district court on Friday, ruled against forcing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block The Pirate Bay and Swefilmer, a file sharing and streaming website, respectively. The plaintiffs, Swedish Film Industry, Nordisk Film, Universal Music, Sony...

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News Brazil to sue mining giants for dam failure
Brazil to sue mining giants for dam failure
Alonso Diaz
November 29, 2015 08:47:10 am

Brazil's Minster of Natural Environment said Friday that the country's government plans to sue BHP Billiton Ltd., Vale SA, and Samarco Mineração SA for USD $5.24 billion for damages caused by a dam collapse at an iron ore site the...

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Bangladesh executes opposition leaders for war crimes
Alonso Diaz
November 23, 2015 12:16:17 pm

Two senior opposition leaders in Bangladesh on Sunday were executed for war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. One of the men, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, was sentenced for crimes that included murdering Bengali nationalists...

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Vienna riots kill 89+

On July 15, 1927, a riot erupted in Vienna over the acquittal of three conservative paramilitary members accused of firing on a group of socialists, killing war veteran Matthias Csmarits and 8-year-old Josef Grössing. The riots resulted in the burning of Vienna's Palace of Justice, which is the seat of the country's Supreme Court, as well at least 89 deaths. Learn more from the city of Vienna.

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On July 15, 1949, Congress passed the Federal Housing Act to fund slum clearance and low-rent public housing projects. Learn more about the history of federal housing policy.

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