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News Prosecutors begin closing arguments in Ratko Mladic war crimes trial
Prosecutors begin closing arguments in Ratko Mladic war crimes trial
Brittany Felder
December 5, 2016 04:24:19 pm

Prosecutors before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday began closing arguments in the trial of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic . It is expected that the closing arguments...

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News UN ‘strongly condemns’ recent executions in Belarus
UN ‘strongly condemns’ recent executions in Belarus
Brittany Felder
December 5, 2016 03:10:56 pm

A UN Special Rapporteur on Monday "strongly condemn" the executions of three men in Belarus last week. Citing the executions as a confirmation of the "the persistent disregard for human rights in the country," the expert asserted...

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News Rwanda probes possible role of French military members in Rwandan genocide
Rwanda probes possible role of French military members in Rwandan genocide
Brittany Felder
November 30, 2016 02:47:59 pm

The Rwandan government on Wednesday announced that it has launched an investigation into the possible involvement of 20 French military officials in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Richard Muhumuza, Rwanda's Prosecutor General, said that the...

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News Germany lawyers file suit against Syria president for war crimes in Aleppo
Germany lawyers file suit against Syria president for war crimes in Aleppo
Brittany Felder
November 28, 2016 02:19:06 pm

A group of German lawyers on Monday announced the filing of charges against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, alleging that he committed war crimes in Aleppo. As Germany has the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows countries to sue foreigners...

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News Germany court upholds conviction of former Nazi officer
Germany court upholds conviction of former Nazi officer
Brittany Felder
November 28, 2016 02:04:33 pm

The German Federal Court of Justice has upheld the conviction of former Nazi SS Officer Oskar Groening, for his role in the deaths of over 300,000 people during...

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News UN rights committee orders Sri Lanka to compensate Canadian torture victim
UN rights committee orders Sri Lanka to compensate Canadian torture victim
Brittany Felder
November 21, 2016 05:17:58 pm

The UN Human Rights Committee has ordered the Sri Lankan government to provide Canadian Roy Samathanam with "adequate compensation" for his unlawful detention and torture. The committee determined that Sri Lanka needed...

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News Rwanda Catholic church apologizes for role in genocide
Rwanda Catholic church apologizes for role in genocide
Brittany Felder
November 21, 2016 03:52:12 pm

The Catholic Church in Rwanda on Sunday issued an apology for its role in the Rwandan Genocide in a statement read aloud to parishioners. The Church acknowledged that many members engaged in wrongdoing, including the planning,...

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News Indonesia authorites name Jakarta governor suspect in blasphemy case
Indonesia authorites name Jakarta governor suspect in blasphemy case
Brittany Felder
November 16, 2016 07:02:45 pm

The Governor of Jakarta, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, an open Christian, has been named by police as a suspect in a blasphemy investigation . The announcement follows increasing protests calling for the governor's arrest as he has been...

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News Egypt lawmakers approve law restricting NGOs
Egypt lawmakers approve law restricting NGOs
Brittany Felder
November 16, 2016 02:16:30 pm

Egyptian legislators on Monday approved a bill regulating the work of non-government organizations (NGOs), a move that many human rights organizations believe will severely curtail their ability to work within the region. The 89-article bill...

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News UK report: no clear evidence Saudi Arabia violated international human rights law in Yemen
UK report: no clear evidence Saudi Arabia violated international human rights law in Yemen
Brittany Felder
November 15, 2016 09:51:11 am

The UK Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a report Monday that it can find no clear evidence that Saudi Arabia has violated international humanitarian law (IHL) in Yemen. Conceding that it has been "unable...

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President Johnson signed Immigration and Nationality Act into law, ending country quotas

On October 3, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, signed into law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

The Act ordered elimination of the national origins quota system established in 1882 in favor of a worldwide quota blind to national origin. Immigration was redistributed by pooling unused quotas and making them available on a first-come, first-served basis to oversubscribed nations. Learn more about the 1965 Act and its aftermath.

Germany reunified

On October 3, 1990, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed by the Federal Republic of Germany, reunifying the country for the first time since the Second World War. Today, the event is marked annually by German Unity Day.
Read the Unification Treaty, signed in Berlin on August 31, 1990.

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