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News UN SG urges protections for journalists’ rights
UN SG urges protections for journalists’ rights
Alexis Wheeler
November 2, 2015 02:06:03 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged greater protection for journalists' rights and honored journalists and media workers killed in the line of duty as he marked the second observation of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes...

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News Federal appeals court refuses to block bulk phone data collection
Federal appeals court refuses to block bulk phone data collection
Alexis Wheeler
October 30, 2015 02:25:44 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday denied a motion by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to halt the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency...

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News HRW: Morocco draft law in conflict with UN treaty on disabilities
HRW: Morocco draft law in conflict with UN treaty on disabilities
Alexis Wheeler
October 27, 2015 08:37:20 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent Moroccan officials a letter Monday claiming that a draft framework law before the country's parliament is in conflict with obligations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...

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Treaty relinquishing Panama Canal signed

On September 7, 1977, US President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal Treaty relinquishing American control over the canal effective in the year 2000.

Boxer Protocol signed, ending Boxer Rebellion in China

On September 7, 1901, the Boxer Protocol was signed between the Qing Dynasty of China on one side and eight Western Powers and Japan on the other. The treaty ended the Boxer Rebellion in China. Among other clauses, it levied an indemnity on China and allowed foreign troops to be stationed in Peking.

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