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Colombia signs peace agreement with FARC rebels
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September 27, 2016 01:24:39 pm

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement on Monday that ends a more than 50-year conflict. The agreement was finalized in August after four years of negotiations...

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Pakistan lawmakers approve bill to allow Hindu marriage registration
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September 27, 2016 12:53:39 pm

The National Assembly of Pakistan on Monday approved a bill that allows the Hindu community to legally register their marriages. Rights groups applauded the passing of the Hindu marriage bill as it will...

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News Afghanistan war crimes investigation unit receives 600 complaints against UK soldiers
Afghanistan war crimes investigation unit receives 600 complaints against UK soldiers
Ashley Hogan
September 22, 2016 01:32:52 pm

A policing unit in Afghanistan set up to investigate alleged war crimes committed by UK soldiers stationed in the war-torn country reportedly received around 600 complaints of ill treatment and abuse occurring between 2005 and 2013. Members of...

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News Afghanistan government signs peace agreement with insurgent group
Afghanistan government signs peace agreement with insurgent group
Ashley Hogan
September 22, 2016 12:56:50 pm

The Afghanistan government signed a peace agreement on Thursday with insurgent group Hezb-i Islami, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The US Embassy applauded the peace accord as an important step towards ending violence and protecting constitutional rights in the...

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UN report highlights worsening human rights situation in Burundi
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September 20, 2016 05:04:40 pm

The UN Independent Investigation in Burundi (UNIIB) on Tuesday stated their grave concern about the current human rights situation in Burundi. The group found, "abundant evidence of gross human rights violations," which they believe could amount...

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Thailand court finds UK labor rights activist guilty of defamation
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September 20, 2016 12:30:09 pm

Thailand's Bangkok South Criminal Court found British labor rights activist Andy Hall guilty of criminal defamation and violating cyber crime laws on Tuesday. The charges came about after Hall published Cheap Has a High Price , a...

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Kosovo war crimes prosecutor vows to fully investigate all suspects
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September 15, 2016 12:41:36 pm

Recently appointed Kosovo war crimes prosecutor David Schwendiman of the Special Investigative Task Force vowed to investigate all war crime suspects, "fairly, vigorously and without fear" on Thursday. Many of the suspected offenders are former members...

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Amnesty releases images of refugees trapped between Syria and Jordan
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September 15, 2016 11:24:55 am

Amnesty International (AI) released images from the "desert no man's land" between Jordan and Syria on Thursday showing thousands of refugees trapped in the area. The images show how dire the humanitarian situation has...

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Brazil Congress expels lawmaker who led charge to oust president
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September 13, 2016 01:03:08 pm

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted to expel the formerly influential congress member Eduardo Cunha on Monday. The vote was largely in favor of ousting the lawmaker for "conduct incompatible with parliamentary decorum." Cunha was charged...

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September 8, 2016 02:46:39 pm

The Illinois Disclosure and Regulation of Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Act was ruled constitutional on Wednesday in a Federal District Court in Chicago. The law limits how much political action committees (PACs) can contribute to candidates, but...

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Nuremberg race laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans." White circles represented on the chart are "pure Germans" while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish heritage. Review the Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

KKK bombs Alabama Church

On September 15, 1963, members of the Klu Klux Klan bombed a predominantly African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The blast at the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young girls and injured twenty other people. Despite an investigation by the FBI, no one was charged with responsibility for the crime until Robert Chambliss was convicted of murder in 1977. His accomplices, Thomas Blaton, Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, were not tried and convicted until about twenty-five years later. Learn more about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and the trials of Blanton and Cherry from NPR.

Nuremberg Laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans": white circles represent on the chart are "pure Germans", while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish blood.

Review the Laws for Protection of the German Race on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

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