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News Bin Laden aide found guilty of US embassy bombings
Bin Laden aide found guilty of US embassy bombings
Colleen Mallick
February 27, 2015 10:17:24 am

A former aide of Osama Bin Laden has been found guilty on Thursday of plotting the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. Extradited from the UK to the US...

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Federal appeals court affirms possible extradition of former Bosnian prison guard
Colleen Mallick
February 26, 2015 12:03:33 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court's ruling that former Bosnian guard Almaz Nezirovic is subject to extradition to his home country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),...

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News Guatemala ex-president released from US jail
Guatemala ex-president released from US jail
Colleen Mallick
February 26, 2015 10:48:41 am

Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo was released from a US prison on Wednesday after serving a sentence for taking bribes from Taiwan. Federal prosecutors charged Portillo with using US banks and institutions...

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News Rights groups urge action after alleged US-UK SIM card hack
Rights groups urge action after alleged US-UK SIM card hack
Colleen Mallick
February 20, 2015 11:25:47 am

Rights groups called Friday for urgent action to protect private calls and online correspondence after allegations that US and British agencies hacked into the networks of Gemalto, a major SIM card manufacturer. Edward Snowden allegedly leaked documents ...

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News Federal judge dismisses Ohio death row inmates’ lethal injection lawsuit
Federal judge dismisses Ohio death row inmates’ lethal injection lawsuit
Colleen Mallick
February 20, 2015 11:10:13 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday dismissed a claim filed by four death row inmates challenging the constitutionality of an Ohio law that provides confidentiality for...

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UN rights chief urges Syria to release activists held without due process
Colleen Mallick
February 19, 2015 01:21:06 pm

UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein urged Syrian authorities on Thursday to release jailed activists that have been held without due process, in some cases for years, after reports of...

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Florida suspends execution pending Supreme Court decision
Colleen Mallick
February 19, 2015 01:03:06 pm

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a petition to stay an inmate's execution until after the US Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols in Oklahoma. This is the stay...

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Zambia court blocks arrest of chief prosecutor on corruption charges
Colleen Mallick
February 13, 2015 11:28:01 am

Zambian High Court Judge Mwila Chitabo on Thursday ordered a stay of the arrest warrant against chief prosecutor Mutembo Nchito after a lower court issued the warrant on claims of corruption. The High Court judge...

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News Senate committee passes bill barring Guantanamo detainee transfers
Senate committee passes bill barring Guantanamo detainee transfers
Colleen Mallick
February 13, 2015 10:50:43 am

The Senate Armed Services committee narrowly advanced a bill on Thursday that would prevent most detainee transfers out of Guantanamo until after President Barack Obama leaves office. The White House has vowed to veto the...

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UN rights expert: African states must provide public education
Colleen Mallick
February 12, 2015 12:05:35 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education Kishore Singh expressed concern on Thursday about the basic human right to education after African education authorities discussed the possibility of delegating basic education...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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