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News UN rights expert applauds Georgia for commitment to aiding displaced persons
UN rights expert applauds Georgia for commitment to aiding displaced persons
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 18, 2013 08:14:57 am

UN independent expert Chaloka Beyani commended the government of Georgia Monday for its ongoing commitment to improving the living conditions of internally displaced people (IDPs) but called for the country to develop an integrated approach...

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News Jordan parliament approves UK treaty to deport Abu Qatada
Jordan parliament approves UK treaty to deport Abu Qatada
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 13, 2013 09:37:40 am

Jordan's Parliament approved a treaty with the UK Wednesday that will lead to the deportation and fair trial of radical cleric Abu Qatada . The new treaty passed with support from...

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News Federal judge strikes down law prohibiting demonstrations at Supreme Court
Federal judge strikes down law prohibiting demonstrations at Supreme Court
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 13, 2013 08:15:37 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday struck down a law banning protests and demonstrations in the plaza of the US Supreme Court. Enacted in 1949, the law...

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News Kuwait woman sentenced to 11 years for criticizing regime over Twitter
Kuwait woman sentenced to 11 years for criticizing regime over Twitter
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 11, 2013 09:13:08 am

A criminal court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced a woman to 11 years in prison for remarks she made on Twitter . Huda Al-Ajmi was found guilty of three violations, including insulting the nation's ruler, Emir Shaikh Sabah Al...

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News Federal appeals court rules for Monsanto in seed patent suit
Federal appeals court rules for Monsanto in seed patent suit
Elizabeth LaForgia
June 11, 2013 08:01:23 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday dismissed a suit against Monsanto challenging its patents on genetically modified seeds. The suit was filed by farmers that have no desire...

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News New Bolivia law allows president to run for third term
New Bolivia law allows president to run for third term
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 21, 2013 04:08:26 pm

Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera signed into law Tuesday a constitutional amendment that will allow President Evo Morales to run for a third term. The Bolivian Constitution only allows a...

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News Guatemala court voids ex-dictator Rios Montt’s genocide conviction
Guatemala court voids ex-dictator Rios Montt’s genocide conviction
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 21, 2013 03:37:44 pm

The Guatemala Constitutional Court on Tuesday overturned the genocide conviction of ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered the trial to resume from the point that it was stopped on April 19. Earlier...

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News UK court denies bail for Abu Qatada
UK court denies bail for Abu Qatada
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 20, 2013 11:56:33 am

A UK immigration tribunal denied bail for radical cleric Abu Qatada Monday due to the high risk of escape. Qatada's lawyers insist that he should be able to spend time with his family before...

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News EU concerned over Russia human rights record
EU concerned over Russia human rights record
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 20, 2013 11:18:25 am

The EU expressed concern with Russia's human rights record Sunday, focusing on the country's recent adoption of restrictive legislation, the prosecution of political activists and efforts towards establishing an independent judiciary. At the human rights consultation...

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News Guatemala ex-dictator found guilty of genocide
Guatemala ex-dictator found guilty of genocide
Elizabeth LaForgia
May 11, 2013 10:24:28 am

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty Friday of the genocide, torture and rape of 1,771 indigenous Ixil Mayans during his 1982-83 rule. The court found that Rios Montt was responsible for commanding his...

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FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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