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News International brief ~ Uganda judge refuses to dismiss Besigye treason case
International brief ~ Uganda judge refuses to dismiss Besigye treason case
D. Wes Rist
March 16, 2006 06:33:00 am

Leading Thursday's international brief, a Ugandan high court judge has refused to grant a defense motion that would have dismissed charges of treason and concealment of treason against Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye . Besigye's lawyers...

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News International brief ~ UN approves of AU Darfur extension
International brief ~ UN approves of AU Darfur extension
D. Wes Rist
March 14, 2006 09:21:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the UN Security Council has expressed its approval of the African Union decision to extend the AU peacekeeping force mandate for Darfur by six...

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News International brief ~ India high court gives perjury jail sentence in anti-Muslim riots case
International brief ~ India high court gives perjury jail sentence in anti-Muslim riots case
D. Wes Rist
March 9, 2006 09:16:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Supreme Court of India has exercised a rarely used power and sentenced Zahira Sheikh for deliberately retracting her testimony concerning the arson of the Best Bakery in the state of...

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News Serbia contests ICJ jurisdiction in Bosnia genocide case
Serbia contests ICJ jurisdiction in Bosnia genocide case
D. Wes Rist
March 9, 2006 09:03:00 am

Serbia and Montenegro Wednesday contested the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice at The Hague to hear a case brought by Bosnia accusing Serbia's predecessor state Yugoslavia of perpetrating state-sponsored genocide ...

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News International brief ~ Palestinian presidential powers bill referred to high court
International brief ~ Palestinian presidential powers bill referred to high court
D. Wes Rist
March 8, 2006 09:11:00 am

Leading Wednesday's international brief, a bill passed by the out-going Fatah party in the Palestinian Authority which granted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greater presidential powers, including the power to set up a constitutional court staffed...

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News International brief ~ Uganda opposition leader not guilty on rape charges
International brief ~ Uganda opposition leader not guilty on rape charges
D. Wes Rist
March 7, 2006 09:01:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been found not guilty of rape by a High Court judge who ridiculed the disarray of the prosecutor's office in presenting jumbled and often mislabeled evidence and...

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News International brief ~ Kenya lawyers to challenge newspaper raid in court
International brief ~ Kenya lawyers to challenge newspaper raid in court
D. Wes Rist
March 6, 2006 09:11:00 am

Leading Monday's international brief, the Law Society of Kenya has said that it is initiating a private lawsuit against three senior Kenyan government officials for their part in last week's police raid on the Standard...

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News International brief ~ Kenya police raid newspaper offices, smash printing equipment
International brief ~ Kenya police raid newspaper offices, smash printing equipment
D. Wes Rist
March 3, 2006 08:29:00 am

Leading Friday's international brief, Kenyan police have conducted a night-time raid on the Standard Group, Kenya's second largest journalistic company, during which they confiscated television and radio broadcast equipment and destroyed several printing presses while allegedly searching for evidence...

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News International brief ~ Security Council to hear new resolution on Sudan sanctions
International brief ~ Security Council to hear new resolution on Sudan sanctions
D. Wes Rist
March 1, 2006 08:39:00 am

Leading Wednesday's international brief, a British official has revealed that the UN Security Council will be presented with a resolution in the next two weeks that will seek to impose mandatory sanctions against up to ten government...

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News International brief ~ India high court bans media release of illegally-taped conversations
International brief ~ India high court bans media release of illegally-taped conversations
D. Wes Rist
February 28, 2006 08:27:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Supreme Court of India has issued a ruling that bans all media entities from publishing or revealing any transcripts or recordings they may have of conversations that were taped illegally. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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