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News UN rights chief urges action following Pakistan ‘honor killing’
UN rights chief urges action following Pakistan ‘honor killing’
Dominic Yobbi
May 29, 2014 06:39:44 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was stoned to death in a so-called "honor killing." Farzana Iqbal was killed by her family...

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News Federal appeals court blocks Idaho same-sex marriage ruling
Federal appeals court blocks Idaho same-sex marriage ruling
Dominic Yobbi
May 22, 2014 09:24:05 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday granted Idaho's request for a stay pending appeal of a recent decision by a federal judge to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage....

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News ICC rules it may prosecute Gaddafi’s son
ICC rules it may prosecute Gaddafi’s son
Dominic Yobbi
May 22, 2014 08:21:36 am

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Wednesday that the case against Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may proceed in the ICC and that Libyan authorities must immediately surrender Saif al-Islam to The...

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News Texas execution halted over intellectual disability claim
Texas execution halted over intellectual disability claim
Dominic Yobbi
May 15, 2014 09:33:20 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas inmate just hours before he was to be put to death in order to review his...

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News Amnesty launches global anti-torture campaign
Amnesty launches global anti-torture campaign
Dominic Yobbi
May 15, 2014 08:28:48 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday launched a global anti-torture campaign, as it released a report summarizing the results of a global survey analyzing attitudes towards torture in 141 countries. The report found that 44 percent...

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News DOJ announces settlement with eBay in antitrust suit
DOJ announces settlement with eBay in antitrust suit
Dominic Yobbi
May 2, 2014 03:56:47 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a settlement with eBay in a lawsuit accusing the company of making deals with Intuit not to recruit each others' employees. The deal between the two...

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News UN rights chief warns South Sudan on verge of catastrophe
UN rights chief warns South Sudan on verge of catastrophe
Dominic Yobbi
May 1, 2014 03:50:22 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday stated that the power struggle between Sudanese president Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar is pushing the nation towards "catastrophe." While visiting South Sudan...

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News ICC summons witnesses in trial of Kenya VP Ruto
ICC summons witnesses in trial of Kenya VP Ruto
Dominic Yobbi
April 18, 2014 02:30:22 pm

The International Criminal Court on Thursday granted the prosecution's request to subpoena eight Kenyan witnesses in the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto . The witnesses are no...

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News UN rights expert urges Israel to prevent settlement of West Bank building
UN rights expert urges Israel to prevent settlement of West Bank building
Dominic Yobbi
April 16, 2014 10:01:08 am

An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday urged Israel to prevent settlers from taking over a building in the West Bank city of Hebron. The Al-Rajabi House is a four-story building capable of housing...

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News Crimean lawmakers approve new pro-Russian constitution
Crimean lawmakers approve new pro-Russian constitution
Dominic Yobbi
April 11, 2014 01:43:03 pm

The State Council of the Republic of Crimea on Friday voted unanimously in favor of adopting a new constitution that will make Crimea part of the Russian Federation. The constitution, consisting of 10 chapters...

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United Nations Day

October 24 is United Nations Day. On October 24, 1945, the UN Charter, signed on June 26, 1945, formally entered into force. Review the text of the UN Charter.

Civil Rights pioneers Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks die

On October 24, 1972, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson, died at the age of 53 in Stamford, Connecticut. On the same day in 2005, Rosa Parks passed away in Detroit at the age of 92. Parks inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Both Parks and Robinson were symbols of the civil rights movement, which led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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