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News DOJ seeks dismissal of diplomatic immunity suit in Italy CIA rendition case
DOJ seeks dismissal of diplomatic immunity suit in Italy CIA rendition case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
September 2, 2009 09:36:00 am

Lawyers for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former State Department official seeking diplomatic immunity against Italian charges of...

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News Federal judge denies Al Odah Guantanamo <i>habeas</i> petition
Federal judge denies Al Odah Guantanamo habeas petition
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
September 1, 2009 11:24:00 am

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah in a partially redacted opinion [text,...

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News DC Circuit strikes down FCC rule limiting cable companies&#8217; market control
DC Circuit strikes down FCC rule limiting cable companies’ market control
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
September 1, 2009 08:34:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday struck down a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule preventing cable companies from controlling more than 30 percent of the US...

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News DOJ seeks deportation of Michigan man suspected of killing Jews during WWII
DOJ seeks deportation of Michigan man suspected of killing Jews during WWII
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 31, 2009 04:19:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced the initiation of removal proceedings against a Michigan man accused of killing Jews while serving as a member of the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (UAP) in...

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News Cambodia genocide court announces appointment of acting co-prosecutor
Cambodia genocide court announces appointment of acting co-prosecutor
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 31, 2009 03:27:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Monday that William Smith of Australia has been appointed acting international co-prosecutor to replace Canadian Robert Petit when his resignation takes...

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News Iran president urges prosecution of opposition leaders over election protests
Iran president urges prosecution of opposition leaders over election protests
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 28, 2009 02:26:00 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for the prosecution of opposition leaders who allegedly conspired to orchestrate widespread protests after the country's disputed June 12 presidential election . Ahmadinejad spoke in front...

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News East Timor president rejects rights group&#8217;s calls for international criminal tribunal
East Timor president rejects rights group’s calls for international criminal tribunal
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 28, 2009 12:32:00 pm

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta has rejected a call from Amnesty International (AI) to establish an independent international criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses stemming...

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News DHS announces increased oversight for US border laptop searches
DHS announces increased oversight for US border laptop searches
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 28, 2009 10:29:00 am

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday new restrictions on controversial searches of laptop computers at the US border. DHS issued directives to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...

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News Pakistan high court refuses Musharraf treason charges petition
Pakistan high court refuses Musharraf treason charges petition
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 28, 2009 09:12:00 am

The registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday rejected a petition seeking treason charges against former president Pervez Musharraf , finding that the applicant lacked standing and that the Supreme Court...

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News Rights group urges creation of East Timor independent criminal tribunal
Rights group urges creation of East Timor independent criminal tribunal
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 27, 2009 02:33:00 pm

The UN Security Council should establish an independent criminal tribunal to investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights abuses stemming from East Timor's 1999 referendum for independence from Indonesia, Amnesty International (AI)...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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