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News ICC grants prosecutor’s request to investigate Kenya election violence
ICC grants prosecutor’s request to investigate Kenya election violence
David Manes
March 31, 2010 12:07:00 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday granted the request of chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to investigate the deadly violence perpetrated after the 2007 Kenyan presidential election . Earlier this month,...

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UN Afghanistan rights body urges repeal of amnesty law
David Manes
March 26, 2010 09:17:00 am

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) human rights office on Thursday called on the government to repeal the controversial National Stability and Reconciliation Law , which provides amnesty for war...

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News Bangladesh establishes tribunal for 1971 war crimes
Bangladesh establishes tribunal for 1971 war crimes
David Manes
March 26, 2010 08:22:00 am

Bangladesh officials on Thursday announced the establishment of a special war crimes tribunal that will hear cases against individuals accused of war crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . According to Law Minister Shafique Ahmed ,...

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News NYT to pay damages to Singapore leaders for dynasty article
NYT to pay damages to Singapore leaders for dynasty article
David Manes
March 24, 2010 11:03:00 am

The New York Times (NYT) on Wednesday agreed to pay a total of $114,000 in damages to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew , for an article...

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News ACLU files suit seeking information on US drone attacks
ACLU files suit seeking information on US drone attacks
David Manes
March 17, 2010 11:50:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit Tuesday seeking information related to the US government's use of unmanned Predator drones. The suit, filed in the US district court for the District of Columbia, seeks...

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News Sri Lanka ex-chief justice criticizes military trial for detained opposition leader
Sri Lanka ex-chief justice criticizes military trial for detained opposition leader
David Manes
March 15, 2010 11:58:00 am

The former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Monday criticized the government's treatment of detained opposition leader General Sarath Fonseka . Sarath Nanda Silva, who retired from the Sri Lankan Supreme...

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News Bosnia court indicts Serb police commander for alleged role in Srebrenica massacre
Bosnia court indicts Serb police commander for alleged role in Srebrenica massacre
David Manes
March 13, 2010 10:49:00 am

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court indicted the former Serb commander of a special police brigade Saturday for his alleged role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian civil war [JURIST news...

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News California DA files consumer protection suit against Toyota
California DA files consumer protection suit against Toyota
David Manes
March 13, 2010 10:09:00 am

The California Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) filed a consumer protection suit against car manufacturer Toyota on Friday, alleging that the company knowingly sold vehicles with acceleration defects. The suit seeks up to...

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News Former Yukos oil executive criticizes Russian justice system
Former Yukos oil executive criticizes Russian justice system
David Manes
March 3, 2010 11:33:00 am

Former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday criticized Russia's justice system as an "assembly line" that inevitably finds the government's political enemies to be guilty. In an article published in...

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Myanmar high court rejects Suu Kyi appeal of house arrest extension
David Manes
February 26, 2010 09:44:00 am

Myanmar's Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the latest appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against the extension of her house arrest. The court heard Suu Kyi's latest appeal to the...

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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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