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News ICC prosecutors request indefinite delay in trial of Kenya president
ICC prosecutors request indefinite delay in trial of Kenya president
Benjamin Minegar
February 5, 2014 10:58:54 am

The Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday requested that the court indefinitely delay the proceedings in the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta , which was originally scheduled...

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UN urges Russia to repeal law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’
Benjamin Minegar
February 5, 2014 10:39:00 am

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Wednesday urged the Russian government to repeal legislation banning the dissemination of homosexual "propaganda" to minors. Reports indicate that the CRC is specifically concerned ...

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News Australia to investigate effects of detention on undocumented immigrant children
Australia to investigate effects of detention on undocumented immigrant children
Benjamin Minegar
February 3, 2014 11:18:57 am

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Monday launched an official government inquiry into the ways in which immigration detention affects the health, well-being and development of child detainees. According to AHRC, more...

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News HRW urges Uganda mining companies to respect indigenous rights
HRW urges Uganda mining companies to respect indigenous rights
Benjamin Minegar
February 3, 2014 10:46:50 am

The burgeoning Ugandan mining industry must respect the rights of indigenous people affected by mineral exploration, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Monday. The report argues that three large mining companies in particular have infringed upon the...

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News UN expert praises strides in Rwanda, urges protection of assembly rights
UN expert praises strides in Rwanda, urges protection of assembly rights
Benjamin Minegar
January 29, 2014 11:21:04 am

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, on Monday praised Rwandan authorities' accomplishments in developing infrastructure and ensuring stability and security since the nation's 1994 genocide . The...

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News UN bans travel, freezes assets of Central African Republic war crimes suspects
UN bans travel, freezes assets of Central African Republic war crimes suspects
Benjamin Minegar
January 29, 2014 10:44:56 am

The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution which extends the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) and imposes travel bans and asset freezes on those...

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News Supreme Court grants contraceptive mandate exemption
Supreme Court grants contraceptive mandate exemption
Benjamin Minegar
January 27, 2014 11:08:03 am

The US Supreme Court on Friday issued an order enjoining the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from requiring that the Little Sisters, a Roman Catholic order, fill out a formal...

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Ukraine protesters seize Ministry of Justice building
Benjamin Minegar
January 27, 2014 10:40:42 am

Anti-government protesters on Sunday seized and occupied the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice building in Kiev and did not disperse until a government minister threatened to initiate a state of emergency Monday morning. The Ukrainian civic group Spilna Sprava, translated...

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News Federal appeals court rules juror exclusion for sexual orientation unconstitutional
Federal appeals court rules juror exclusion for sexual orientation unconstitutional
Benjamin Minegar
January 22, 2014 11:04:56 am

A unanimous three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday held that, pursuant to the equal protection clause, sexual orientation is not a permissible basis upon which to exclude...

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News India high court commutes 15 death sentences to life in prison
India high court commutes 15 death sentences to life in prison
Benjamin Minegar
January 22, 2014 10:39:03 am

A three-judge panel for the Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that a death sentence can be commuted to a life sentence based upon the government's delay. In ruling, the court nullified the death sentences ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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