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News Federal judge rules Ohio must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages
Federal judge rules Ohio must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages
Addison Morris
April 14, 2014 12:35:20 pm

Judge Timothy Black of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled on Monday that Ohio authorities must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. The court found that the state's...

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News Cambodia court sentences 13 men for treason
Cambodia court sentences 13 men for treason
Addison Morris
April 11, 2014 09:53:53 am

A Cambodian court on Friday sentenced 13 men, all members of the self-styled Khmer National Liberation Front , to prison for plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen's government. The government accused the men of...

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News China court rejects appeal of legal activist Xu Zhiyong
China court rejects appeal of legal activist Xu Zhiyong
Addison Morris
April 11, 2014 09:22:54 am

The Beijing Supreme People's Court on Friday upheld the four-year prison sentence of legal activist Xu Zhiyong for "gathering a crowd to disturb public order." Xu, a legal scholar, is the founder of the New Citizens'...

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News UN expert raises concerns over withdrawal of humanitarian aid in Myanmar
UN expert raises concerns over withdrawal of humanitarian aid in Myanmar
Addison Morris
April 7, 2014 12:43:33 pm

Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday expressed concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country's Rakhine State [JURIST...

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News AI: impunity and abuse in Greek police enforcement
AI: impunity and abuse in Greek police enforcement
Addison Morris
April 4, 2014 10:02:37 am

Amnesty International (AI) released a report on Thursday detailing a long-standing culture of impunity, racism and excessive force within the Greek police system. The report documents unlawful practices and human rights violations of...

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Supreme Court to rule on patent appeals
Addison Morris
March 31, 2014 04:21:01 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. to determine how the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is to interpret claims in...

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News AI: Both sides committing war crimes in Nigeria conflict
AI: Both sides committing war crimes in Nigeria conflict
Addison Morris
March 31, 2014 01:56:21 pm

Extremists and security forces are committing war crimes in northeastern Nigeria's Islamic uprising, resulting in at least 1,500 deaths this year alone, according to a report published Friday by Amnesty International (AI) . This number equals...

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News Supreme Court refuses review of Delaware arbitration case
Supreme Court refuses review of Delaware arbitration case
Addison Morris
March 24, 2014 02:44:50 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit decision regarding Delaware's state-funded arbitration for business disputes. The lower court held that...

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News Thailand Constitutional Court declares February election invalid
Thailand Constitutional Court declares February election invalid
Addison Morris
March 21, 2014 11:42:18 am

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday declared the country's recent general election to be be invalid, adding further complication to the current political crisis in which protesters have demanded the yielding of governmental power to an interim appointed...

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Ivory Coast to hand ex-youth leader over to ICC
Addison Morris
March 21, 2014 10:56:27 am

The Ivory Coast's government on Thursday announced plans to hand over Charles Ble Goude , the former Ivory Coast Minister for Sports and Youth, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Ble Goude is accused of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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