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News Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW
Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW
Ashley Hileman
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...

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Pentagon limits ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge authority
Ashley Hileman
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...

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News Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal
Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal
Ashley Hileman
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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On July 22, 1939, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed Jane Matilda Bolin a judge of the city's Domestic Relations Court, making her the first African-American woman appointed to judicial office in the United States. She served on the court for 40 years. Learn more about Jane Matilda Bolin.

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