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Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW

Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW

October 25, 2010 12:32:24 pm

Suspects detained under Morocco's counterterrorism law routinely face serious human rights violations, including illegal detention and torture, according to a report issued Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The 56-page report was created following interviews...

Pentagon limits ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge authority

Pentagon limits ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge authority

October 22, 2010 11:16:07 am

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a memorandum on Thursday limiting the authority to discharge openly gay service members to five senior Department of Defense (DOD) officials. The memo is seen as a response to...

Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal

Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal

October 18, 2010 12:30:30 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certorari in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd to determine whether former US attorney general John Ashcroft is entitled to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Five executed for witchcraft in Salem

On August 19, 1692, 5 people - four men and a woman - were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Learn more about the Salem Witch Trials.

USSR sentences US pilot to 10 years for espionage

On August 19, 1960, US spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Soviet Union after being convicted of espionage. Powers was captured and tried by the USSR after his U-2 was shot down while flying a mission over Soviet airspace. In 1962, Powers was returned to the US as part of a prisoner exchange agreement. Learn more about the spy plane incident from the US Department of State.