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News Prominent female rights activist detained in Saudi Arabia
Prominent female rights activist detained in Saudi Arabia
Bradley McAllister
January 14, 2016 06:40:44 am

A well-known female human rights activist was detained Tuesday by government authorities in Saudi Arabia. Samar Badawi was detained and interviewed by Saudi prosecutors, allegedly for her involvement in managing a Twitter account that campaigned for the...

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News Former Serbian commander indicted for war crimes in Croatia
Former Serbian commander indicted for war crimes in Croatia
Bradley McAllister
January 11, 2016 10:59:21 am

Former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic was indicted Friday for war crimes committed during Croatia's war of independence. Vasilikovic was indicted in Croatia six months after being extradited from Australia. The 61-year-old holds dual Serbian-Australian citizenship. Vasiljkovic...

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News Zimbabwe death row inmates challenge sentences
Zimbabwe death row inmates challenge sentences
Bradley McAllister
January 11, 2016 10:21:07 am

More than a dozen death row inmates in Zimbabwe on Sunday submitted a plea to the nation's constitutional court through a local NGO, arguing that their death sentences are unconstitutional. The inmates have spent between four and 20 years...

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News China court accepts first same-sex marriage application case
China court accepts first same-sex marriage application case
Bradley McAllister
January 6, 2016 11:41:43 am

A court in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, on Wednesday agreed to hear China's first legal challenge over a refusal to issue same-sex marriage applications. A 26-year-old man filed a case against a civil affairs bureau...

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News Bangladesh top court upholds death sentence against Islamist leader
Bangladesh top court upholds death sentence against Islamist leader
Bradley McAllister
January 6, 2016 10:52:30 am

The high court of Bangladesh on Monday upheld the death sentence of Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes committed in the country's war for independence against Pakistan in 1971. Nizami's conviction was upheld on charges of genocide,...

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News Rwanda voters approve constitutional referendum to extend presidential term limit
Rwanda voters approve constitutional referendum to extend presidential term limit
Bradley McAllister
December 19, 2015 04:23:11 pm

Approximately six million Rwandans on Saturday approved a referendum by a vote of 98% to amend Article 101 of the Rwanda constitution which states the president may only serve two seven-year terms. The referendum [Telegraph...

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News Muslim and human rights groups in France ask government to lift state of emergency
Muslim and human rights groups in France ask government to lift state of emergency
Bradley McAllister
December 19, 2015 02:02:12 pm

The French Human Rights League and the Collective against Islamophobia on Thursday joined over 100 organizations to issue a statement asking the French government to lift the state of emergency. The petition urges the...

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News Supreme Court to rule on refusing blood alcohol tests
Supreme Court to rule on refusing blood alcohol tests
Bradley McAllister
December 12, 2015 05:32:48 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in four cases. In Birchfield, Danny v. North Dakota , consolidated with Bernard, William R. v. Minnesota and Beylund, Steve M. v. North Dakota, the court will...

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News Supreme Court justice blocks vote in Native Hawaiian election
Supreme Court justice blocks vote in Native Hawaiian election
Bradley McAllister
November 28, 2015 12:41:50 pm

US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Friday issued an order blocking the Native Hawaiian Role Commission (NHRC) from counting the ballots and certifying the winner of a wholly native-Hawaiian election now taking place in...

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News Influential Kurdish lawyer shot dead during press statement in Turkey
Influential Kurdish lawyer shot dead during press statement in Turkey
Bradley McAllister
November 28, 2015 11:22:05 am

A prominent human rights lawyer was fatally shot Saturday while delivering a press statement in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Tahir Elci was an influential figure in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, and he was the head of...

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Harlan Fiske Stone becomes first US Supreme Court nominee to testify before Senate committee

On January 28, 1925, US Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone became the first US Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours.

Articles of the Warsaw Confederation signed

On January 28, 1573, the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation were signed, opening religious freedom in Lithuania and Poland. The Confederation document statutized the Polish practice of tolerating different religions.

Read the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation in the original Polish.

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