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News UN rights chief urges Democratic Republic of Congo to allow peaceful assembly
UN rights chief urges Democratic Republic of Congo to allow peaceful assembly
Austin Koltonowski
March 19, 2018 02:25:56 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday said the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) violated human rights law after a report emerged that the DRC severely restricted...

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UN rights experts concerned over Iran’s treatment of activists
Austin Koltonowski
March 19, 2018 01:58:11 pm

UN human rights experts on Monday called for the immediate release of two human rights defenders in Iran after reports emerged that the two defenders had been subjected to beatings in detention. Atena Daemi and Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee...

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Peru Congress approves second impeachment trial against president
Austin Koltonowski
March 16, 2018 02:38:10 pm

Peru's Congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for a second time in three months. Congress voted 87-15 in...

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Turkish lawmakers approve controversial electoral reform
Austin Koltonowski
March 16, 2018 01:38:34 pm

Turkey's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation modifying electoral regulations, leading to a brawl on the chamber floor as the opposition says the new rules could lead to fraud and undermine the integrity of a slate of polls...

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UN official convinced Myanmar’s actions constitute genocide
Austin Koltonowski
March 12, 2018 02:30:16 pm

A UN official investigating human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee , on Monday called for an immediate investigation into "clearance operations" in Rakhine State, stating she is increasingly convinced the state's actions amount to genocide. Lee called...

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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sued for insider trading
Austin Koltonowski
March 7, 2018 05:06:05 pm

A group of private cryptocurrency traders on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit alleging that employees of the San Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase engaged in insider trading of Bitcoin Cash. The class action lawsuit was...

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UN investigators accuse Russia of potential war crime in Syria
Austin Koltonowski
March 7, 2018 04:22:07 pm

UN investigators on Tuesday reported that Russian airstrikes on a Syrian market that killed more than 80 civilians last year may constitute a war crime. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria stated that on November...

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Federal judge rules Trump had right to end DACA
Austin Koltonowski
March 7, 2018 03:30:34 pm

A federal judge in Maryland on Monday rejected a challenge to President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrival (DACA) program, an Obama-era immigration policy that protects undocumented children. Judge Roger Titus stated that...

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News UN rights chief warns of war crimes in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
UN rights chief warns of war crimes in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
Austin Koltonowski
March 2, 2018 02:39:29 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned Syria that air strikes, shelling and use of toxic agents in Eastern Ghouta likely constitute war crimes. Zeid asserts that the citizens of...

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UN rights chief urges Security Council to end ‘pernicious use’ of veto
Austin Koltonowski
February 26, 2018 02:15:04 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council to end the "pernicious use" of the veto. At the thirty-seventh session of...

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Supreme Court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil

On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Act and ordered its dissolution.

Read Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.

Austrian State Treaty signed

On May 15, 1955, the Allied Powers of World War II and representatives of Austria signed the Österreichischer Staatsvertrag (Austrian State Treaty), which re-established Austria as an independent nation for the first time since it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. The treaty explicitly forbade any future attempts to unify with Germany.

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