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News Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee plans boycott of military commission trial
Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee plans boycott of military commission trial
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2008 04:43:00 pm

A Saudi Arabian Guantanamo Bay detainee said during a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that he plans to boycott his upcoming military commission trial and does not wish to attend or have legal representation. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi ...

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News Malaysia top judge indicates support for proposed judicial reform
Malaysia top judge indicates support for proposed judicial reform
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2008 03:43:00 pm

Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia Abdul Hamid Mohamad indicated his support Wednesday for the creation of an independent body to govern the appointment and promotion of judges, reportedly telling a group of judges that...

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News China detained over 900 Tibet pro-independence protesters: official
China detained over 900 Tibet pro-independence protesters: official
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2008 03:09:00 pm

Police in China have detained 953 people, of which 403 have been formally arrested, in connection with protests against Chinese rule in Tibet last month, Chairman of the Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region...

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News Draft EU counterterror proposals lack rights protections: Marty
Draft EU counterterror proposals lack rights protections: Marty
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 03:49:00 pm

New EU anti-terror laws proposed by the European Commission fail to adequately reconcile human rights concerns and may conflict with the Council of Europe's Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism , Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly...

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News Slovakia signs agreement to offer prisons to ICTY convicts
Slovakia signs agreement to offer prisons to ICTY convicts
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 03:25:00 pm

Slovakia has signed an enforcement of sentences agreement with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to allow ICTY convicts to be held in Slovakian prisons, the ICTY announced [press...

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Kosovo leaders sign draft constitution
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 02:52:00 pm

Top officials in Kosovo signed the country's new draft constitution Monday. The constitution now goes to the Assembly of Kosovo , which is expected to approve it. Last Thursday, the...

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Turkish ruling party proposes amendment to state slander provision
Alexis Unkovic
April 7, 2008 02:08:00 pm

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Monday submitted to parliament a proposed amendment to the controversial Article 301 of Turkey's penal code , which makes "insulting the...

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Alleged Jemaah Islamiyah leader denies links to Indonesia terror bombings
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2008 04:47:00 pm

One of two alleged leaders of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Wednesday denied involvement in a series of 2002 Bali night club bombings and other attacks...

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DOD to charge UK resident held at Guantanamo Bay: NYT
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2008 03:54:00 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) plans to file unspecified terrorism-related charges against one of two UK residents still remaining at Guantanamo Bay, US and British officials told the New York Times Wednesday. UK officials...

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April 2, 2008 03:12:00 pm

Seventeen states Wednesday filed a petition in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit seeking to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to comply with last year's Supreme Court ruling...

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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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