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News HRW: CIA transferred terror suspects to Jordan as part of rendition program
HRW: CIA transferred terror suspects to Jordan as part of rendition program
Brett Murphy
April 9, 2008 08:59:00 am

Human Rights Watch accused the CIA Tuesday of transferring terror suspects to Jordan following September 11, saying that the US sent them there for interrogations as part of the CIA's rendition program [JURIST news...

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News DOJ memo advised military that interrogations not limited by criminal law
DOJ memo advised military that interrogations not limited by criminal law
Brett Murphy
April 2, 2008 10:34:00 am

The US Department of Justice advised the US Department of Defense in 2003 that military interrogators could employ a wide range of interrogation methods when questioning foreign detainees outside the United States without fear of criminal liability...

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News China ignoring human rights in Tibet: UK annual rights report
China ignoring human rights in Tibet: UK annual rights report
Brett Murphy
March 26, 2008 12:29:00 pm

China is denying human rights, including basic religious freedom, to Tibetans, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office . The report found:Violations of human rights continue in...

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News Nebraska legislature rejects death penalty ban
Nebraska legislature rejects death penalty ban
Brett Murphy
March 26, 2008 11:39:00 am

A Nebraska bill that would have banned the death penalty, replacing it with a sentence of life in prison without parole, failed in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday, receiving only 20 of the 25...

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News Cambodia still obtaining criminal confessions through torture: rights group
Cambodia still obtaining criminal confessions through torture: rights group
Brett Murphy
March 21, 2008 11:04:00 am

A quarter of criminal defendants in Cambodian courts are tortured or coerced into giving confessions, a statistic that has not changed since last year, according to an annual report released Thursday by Center for Social Development (CSD)...

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News China tightens controls on video-sharing websites
China tightens controls on video-sharing websites
Brett Murphy
March 21, 2008 10:07:00 am

Chinese officials have ordered the closure of 25 video-sharing websites in a recent crackdown on Internet content considered pornographic, violent, or a threat to national security, the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television ...

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News China makes arrests in Tibet protests
China makes arrests in Tibet protests
Brett Murphy
March 20, 2008 11:35:00 am

China has arrested 24 suspects in Tibet for their role in pro-Tibet protests that erupted throughout the region last week, the Tibet Daily reported Thursday. The suspects are charged with endangering national security, among...

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News ECCC denies Khmer Rouge second-in-command bid for pre-trial release
ECCC denies Khmer Rouge second-in-command bid for pre-trial release
Brett Murphy
March 20, 2008 11:16:00 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday rejected a request by former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea to be released from provisional detention . Nuon Chea, known...

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News Former Chile police officers convicted for Pinochet-era rights abuses
Former Chile police officers convicted for Pinochet-era rights abuses
Brett Murphy
March 20, 2008 10:58:00 am

A Chilean court convicted 24 former Chilean police officers of human rights violations on Wednesday for their role in the 1973 murders of 30 leftist prisoners. A woman who survived the incident, which took place during the regime of...

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News Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainee pleads for release in letter
Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainee pleads for release in letter
Brett Murphy
March 20, 2008 10:00:00 am

Seventeen Chinese Uighur Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay for six years have still not been told why they are being held at the military facility, according to a letter written by one of the detainees and released...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Alabama removes 10 Commandments from courthouse

On August 28, 2003, the Supreme Court of Alabama removed a monument of the Biblical Ten Commandments from its courthouse rotunda. The monument had been installed on the orders of Chief Justice Roy Moore, triggering a federal lawsuit. In Glassroth v. Moore, the federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama ordered Moore to remove the monument. This decision was upheld on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit. When Moore refused, he was removed from his post by the Supreme Court of Alabama.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" speech

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington. Listen to King's speech. The march was later credited with helping to achieve passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Peace Palace opens

On August 28, 1913, the Peace Palace was opened in the Hague by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The Palace was conceived of as a forum to host the international Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). In addition to the PCA, the Palace today hosts the International Court of Justice, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the Peace Palace Library of International Law. Learn more about the creation of the Peace Palace.

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