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News Sexual orientation anti-discrimination bill introduced in US Senate
Sexual orientation anti-discrimination bill introduced in US Senate
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
August 6, 2009 11:31:00 am

A bill aimed at banning workplace discrimination motivated by an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identification was introduced in the US Senate on Wednesday by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) . The Employment Non-Discrimination...

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News Rights groups criticize Italy for deporting Tunisia national at risk of torture
Rights groups criticize Italy for deporting Tunisia national at risk of torture
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
August 6, 2009 09:13:00 am

Human rights advocates on Wednesday accused Italy of disregarding its obligations under past European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments by deporting terror suspect Ali Ben Sassi Toumi to his native Tunisia. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called...

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News Seventh Circuit dissolves injunction against Illinois abortion notification law
Seventh Circuit dissolves injunction against Illinois abortion notification law
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
July 15, 2009 08:12:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday dissolved an injunction that had previously barred the enforcement of a controversial abortion notification law in Illinois. Having been the subject of numerous court...

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News Rwandan Hutu first to be convicted under Canada war crimes act
Rwandan Hutu first to be convicted under Canada war crimes act
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
May 22, 2009 02:39:00 pm

Rwandan Hutu Desire Munyaneza was convicted by the Superior Court of Quebec Friday on seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes under Canada's new Crimes Against Humanity and War...

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News Spain judge reinstates charges against US soldiers for journalist’s death in Iraq
Spain judge reinstates charges against US soldiers for journalist’s death in Iraq
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
May 22, 2009 12:05:00 pm

Spanish National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz Gomez reinstated charges Thursday against three US soldiers for their involvement in the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso , which occurred when...

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News Bolivia Senate to hold impeachment trial for high court chief justice
Bolivia Senate to hold impeachment trial for high court chief justice
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
May 22, 2009 10:49:00 am

The Bolivian Senate announced Thursday that an impeachment trial for Chief Justice Dr. Eddy Walter Fernandez Gutierrez of the Bolivian Supreme Court will be held on June...

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News Canada government to appeal ruling mandating efforts to repatriate Khadr
Canada government to appeal ruling mandating efforts to repatriate Khadr
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
May 9, 2009 10:35:00 am

An official for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Friday confirmed the government’s intention to appeal a Federal Court ruling directing the government to firmly push for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

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News Iran minister vows judiciary will fairly review conviction of US journalist
Iran minister vows judiciary will fairly review conviction of US journalist
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
May 3, 2009 05:45:00 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced Saturday that Iran's judiciary will fairly review the espionage conviction of US journalist Roxana Saberi , adding that "ules and regulations in Iran equally apply...

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News Rights groups criticize Iran for executing female sentenced to death as juvenile
Rights groups criticize Iran for executing female sentenced to death as juvenile
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
May 3, 2009 03:22:00 pm

An Iranian woman sentenced to death for a murder committed as a juvenile was secretly executed Friday, drawing criticism from human rights groups. Delara Darabi, a 23-year-old Iranian artist sentenced to death six years ago as a juvenile on...

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News UK court sentences accused London transit bombers on lesser charges
UK court sentences accused London transit bombers on lesser charges
Ingrid Burke Friedman | JURIST Editorial Director
April 29, 2009 04:58:00 pm

A UK judge sentenced two of the three men acquitted of conspiracy charges relating to the July 7, 2005 London Transit Bombings to seven years in prison Wednesday on lesser charges. Mohammed Shakil and Waheed...

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Border closed between East and West Berlin

On August 13, 1961, the government of East Germany closed off the border between East and West Berlin. Soon thereafter, construction began on the Berlin Wall, which would stand until 1989. Learn more about the history of the Berlin Wall.

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