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News Former Thailand PM files criminal case against attorney general
Former Thailand PM files criminal case against attorney general
Emelina Perez
September 30, 2015 06:21:09 am

Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra filed a criminal case against Attorney General Trakul Winitnaiyaphak and other prosecutors on Tuesday, accusing them of abuse of power and causing damage to others in the handling of...

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News UN agencies urge states to protect rights of LGBTI individuals
UN agencies urge states to protect rights of LGBTI individuals
Emelina Perez
September 29, 2015 12:50:12 pm

Twelve UN agencies published a joint statement on Tuesday urging states to end violence and discrimination toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. Abuses toward the LGBTI population are human rights abuses impacting society as...

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News Bolivia panel approves constitutional change to extend presidential term limts
Bolivia panel approves constitutional change to extend presidential term limts
Emelina Perez
September 25, 2015 07:17:37 am

A Bolivian legislative committee approved a bill on Tuesday to amend the constitution to extend presidential terms, allowing current President Evo Morales and his vice president to run for a fourth consecutive term in office. The president's party, Movement...

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News Colombia president, FARC set deadline for peace agreement
Colombia president, FARC set deadline for peace agreement
Emelina Perez
September 25, 2015 06:41:49 am

Members of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government reached an agreement on Wednesday regarding punishing civil rights abuses, a move commended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon . The two...

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News Lawyers for US soldier held captive in Afghanistan request release of documents
Lawyers for US soldier held captive in Afghanistan request release of documents
Emelina Perez
September 23, 2015 08:05:31 am

Lawyers for Bowe Bergdahl filed a petition with the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals asking for the public release of unclassified documents that were admitted into evidence in a public preliminary hearing last week. In 2009...

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News ACLU asks federal court to enforce court orders against Kentucky clerk
ACLU asks federal court to enforce court orders against Kentucky clerk
Emelina Perez
September 22, 2015 12:49:15 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a motion in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky asking the court to enforce orders relating to the issuance of...

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News GM reaches $900 million settlement of criminal charges over faulty ignition switches
GM reaches $900 million settlement of criminal charges over faulty ignition switches
Emelina Perez
September 18, 2015 06:30:30 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that General Motors (GM) has reached a deal to accept charges of wire fraud and a $900 million fine for allegedly concealing information about ignition-switch...

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News Former Bangladesh PM to face trial for corruption
Former Bangladesh PM to face trial for corruption
Emelina Perez
September 17, 2015 12:41:38 pm

Bangladesh's High Court on Thursday ordered prime minister Khaleda Zia to face trial on charges of embezzling money from two corruption cases between 2001 and 2006. Fifteen other defendants are also accused along with Zia of losing...

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Bahrain human rights record criticized by 32 countries
Emelina Perez
September 16, 2015 08:13:28 am

Thirty-two nations joined a statement read to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday regarding human rights concerns in Bahrain. The message, read by a representative of Switzerland, urged Bahrain to protect citizens' freedoms of...

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France court blocks extradition of genocide suspect
Emelina Perez
September 15, 2015 01:49:18 pm

A court in Toulouse, France, on Tuesday refused extradition requests for a Rwandan man facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Joseph Habyarimana allegedly incited the murder of monks when he worked in a monastery in 1994. Authorities...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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