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News Spain seeks broader EU constitution at pro-charter summit
Spain seeks broader EU constitution at pro-charter summit
Gabriel Haboubi
January 26, 2007 04:59:00 pm

Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos argued for an expanded European constitution in his opening statement at the “Friends of the EU Constitution” summit [press release, in Spanish; additional declaration...

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News Canada PM announces settlement with Arar, apologizes for role in US deportation
Canada PM announces settlement with Arar, apologizes for role in US deportation
Gabriel Haboubi
January 26, 2007 03:58:00 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized to Maher Arar on behalf of the Canadian government Friday for its role in the US deportation of...

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News Taylor war crimes trial delayed until June
Taylor war crimes trial delayed until June
Gabriel Haboubi
January 26, 2007 01:15:00 pm

The UN Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has delayed the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor until June 4, giving Taylor’s lawyers more time to prepare their defense. While the...

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News Foreign judges in Khmer Rouge genocide trial may step down over procedures
Foreign judges in Khmer Rouge genocide trial may step down over procedures
Gabriel Haboubi
January 26, 2007 07:39:00 am

Some non-Cambodian judges involved in the multinational Khmer Rouge genocide trials may resign because of a protracted dispute over procedural rules among the various jurists overseeing the upcoming tribunal, the International Herald Tribune reported Thursday. Tribunal...

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News Italy moves towards criminalizing Holocaust denial
Italy moves towards criminalizing Holocaust denial
Gabriel Haboubi
January 25, 2007 08:33:00 pm

Italy is set to become the latest country in Europe to criminalize Holocaust denial after the cabinet of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi unanimously approved a draft bill ...

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News Moscow gay pride parade organizers may file ECHR lawsuit over ban
Moscow gay pride parade organizers may file ECHR lawsuit over ban
Gabriel Haboubi
January 19, 2007 04:33:00 pm

The organizers of a Moscow Gay Pride parade that was denied a permit in May by Moscow's mayor, and then when held anyway in protest was marred by anti-gay violence, are considering filing a lawsuit against the...

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News Egypt  blogger faces prison on charges of insulting Islam online
Egypt blogger faces prison on charges of insulting Islam online
Gabriel Haboubi
January 19, 2007 02:16:00 pm

The trial of 22-year-old Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil , who has been in detention since November on charges of insulting Islam and causing sectarian strife in his blog , has begun in the Mediterranean city...

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News Jury deadlock in California Vioxx case leads to mistrial
Jury deadlock in California Vioxx case leads to mistrial
Gabriel Haboubi
January 19, 2007 10:45:00 am

A jury in California could not reach a decision on the third of a series of questions on a verdict form in the consolidated cases of two men who blamed their heart attacks on the painkiller Vioxx [JURIST news...

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News Second US soldier pleading guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Second US soldier pleading guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Gabriel Haboubi
January 19, 2007 06:16:00 am

A second US soldier has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, and is expected to plead guilty to charges stemming from the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family...

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Hicks supporters decry new US military commission rules
Gabriel Haboubi
January 18, 2007 07:56:00 pm

The father and military lawyer of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks spoke out against new US military commission rules Thursday, insisting that the regulations are even more unfair...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience

On June 7, 1893, Mohandas Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience in South Africa. Because he was an Indian, Gandhi was ordered to move to the third class section of a train, despite holding a first-class ticket. When he refused, Gandhi was thrown off of the train. Gandhi would go on to organize efforts by Indians living in South Africa to oppose racial discrimination thereby founding the Natal Indian Congress. He would then return to his native India to lead its drive for independence from Great Britain. Learn more about the Natal Indian Congress from the South African History Archive.

US Supreme Court ruled contraceptive use protected by privacy right

On June 7, 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the US Supreme Court held that the use of contraceptives was protected by the constitutional right of privacy.

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