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News Peru prosecutors complain Fujimori showing ‘lack of respect’ in rights trial
Peru prosecutors complain Fujimori showing ‘lack of respect’ in rights trial
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 10, 2008 12:49:00 pm

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , currently on trial for human rights violations during his three terms in office from 1990-2000, is showing lack of respect for the court and the trial process by his...

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News Federal judge orders handover of CIA ‘torture’ memo
Federal judge orders handover of CIA ‘torture’ memo
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2008 08:55:00 pm

A US federal judge Thursday directed the CIA to produce a 2002 US Department of Justice memo that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims authorized the agency to use specific torture techniques - including waterboarding [JURIST...

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News Incoming Russia president stresses rights in inauguration address
Incoming Russia president stresses rights in inauguration address
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 7, 2008 08:27:00 pm

Incoming Russian President Dmitry Medvedev , a lawyer who won Russia's presidency in March elections, stressed the importance of rights and freedoms at the outset of his inauguration address in the Kremlin Wednesday...

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News Freed Guantanamo detainees facing Afghanistan trial
Freed Guantanamo detainees facing Afghanistan trial
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 6, 2008 12:30:00 pm

Five Afghan detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay last week have been taken to Pul-i-Charkhe prison outside the capital Kabul and will likely face trial, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. The five were...

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News Webby Awards announce Law category winners
Webby Awards announce Law category winners
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 6, 2008 09:59:00 am

The annual Webby Awards in Law and more than 100 other subject categories were announced in New York Tuesday as the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences honored excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability...

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News Suspected pipe bomb explodes outside San Diego federal courthouse
Suspected pipe bomb explodes outside San Diego federal courthouse
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 5, 2008 09:42:00 am

One or more suspected pipe bombs exploded early Sunday morning outside the federal courthouse in San Diego, California. No warning was given of the blast but no one was hurt. The front entrance of the Edward J. Schwartz US...

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News Mexico rights activists pressing president to sign bill easing penalties on illegal migrants
Mexico rights activists pressing president to sign bill easing penalties on illegal migrants
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2008 07:37:00 pm

Mexican rights activists are pressing Mexican President Felipe Calderón to sign a bill lightening penalties for illegal migrants found in the country after the measure passed the lower house of the Mexican Congress Tuesday. Prison...

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News Two Kenya top court judges fired for corruption
Two Kenya top court judges fired for corruption
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2008 05:44:00 pm

Two judges of Kenya's High Court , the court's top judicial authority, were fired from their positions Friday after two investigatory tribunals found them guilty of corruption. The judges had already been suspended while their cases were reviewed....

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News Federal judge rejects latest Katrina damage immunity bid by Army Corps of Engineers
Federal judge rejects latest Katrina damage immunity bid by Army Corps of Engineers
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2008 12:13:00 pm

Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr. of the US Eastern District of Louisiana ruled again Friday that the US Army Corps of Engineers cannot claim immunity from suit in connection with damages suffered by plaintiffs by...

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News Pakistan president insists on constitutional amendment to restore judges
Pakistan president insists on constitutional amendment to restore judges
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2008 10:11:00 am

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf "may accept the restoration of judges if the government amends the constitution," a spokesman for his political party said Saturday, according to AP. On Friday former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the subordinate...

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Massacre of hundreds of Jews ends in Lisbon, Portugal

An anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Lisbon Massacre" came to an end on April 21, 1506. The killings started as the result of a "New Christian," who was forcibly converted from Judaism as a result of King Manuel I's 1497 Edict of Forced Conversion, questioning a purported miracle at the Church of Saint Dominic. At least 1,000 New Christians were killed as a result of the ensuing riots, spurred on by two friars.  Today a memorial to the massacre victims stands outside of the church. Learn more about the Lisbon Massacre.

Henry VIII becomes King of England

On April 21, 1509, King Henry VII died, leaving his son, Henry VIII, King of England. Henry VIII eventually seceded his nation from the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first major European nation to do so. Henry then made himself head of the Church of England and dissolved Catholic monasteries throughout the country.

Learn more about Henry VIII.

Maryland Toleration Act established freedom of worship for all Christians

On April 21, 1649, the Maryland Assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians. The key section of the act read: And whereas the inforceing of the conscience in matters of Religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous Consequence in those commonwealthes where it hath been practised, And for the more quiett and peaceable governement of this Province, and the better to preserve mutuall Love and amity amongst the Inhabitants thereof, Be it Therefore also by the Lord Proprietary with the advise and consent of this Assembly Ordeyned and enacted (except as in this present Act is before Declared and sett forth) that noe person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, Ports, Harbors, Creekes, or havens thereunto belonging professing to beleive in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the beleife or exercise of any other Religion against his or her consent, soe as they be not unfaithfull to the Lord Proprietary, or molest or conspire against the civill Governement established or to bee established in this Province under him or his heires. Learn more about the Maryland Toleration Act.

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