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News India high court refuses to suspend homosexuality decriminalization ruling
India high court refuses to suspend homosexuality decriminalization ruling
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 20, 2009 04:11:00 pm

The Supreme Court of India refused Monday to suspend a lower court decision declaring India's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional while it hears an appeal. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court accepted a petition challenging...

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News Peru ex-president Fujimori sentenced to 7 1/2 years on corruption charges
Peru ex-president Fujimori sentenced to 7 1/2 years on corruption charges
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 20, 2009 03:01:00 pm

The Criminal Chamber of Peru's Supreme Court on Monday convicted former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on corruption charges and sentenced him to seven-and-a-half years in prison. Fujimori was accused of paying former Peruvian Intelligence...

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News US military recommends overhaul of Afghanistan prison system: report
US military recommends overhaul of Afghanistan prison system: report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 20, 2009 08:21:00 am

A US military study has recommended a complete overhaul of both the US-run and Afghan-run prisons in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Sunday. After prison conditions continued to deteriorate, and a January report by the UN...

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News Second Circuit overturns Muslim scholar visa denial
Second Circuit overturns Muslim scholar visa denial
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 17, 2009 03:06:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday in favor of three organizations that had challenged the denial of a visa to a controversial Swiss Muslim scholar, reviving their claim. Tariq Ramadan...

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News China officials shut down rights group’s legal research center
China officials shut down rights group’s legal research center
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 17, 2009 02:18:00 pm

Chinese officials from Beijing's Civil Affairs Bureau on Friday shut down the legal research center of the Gongmeng human rights group. Officials confiscated computers and other equipment, telling staff that the...

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News Chinese-American first to be convicted under Economic Espionage Act
Chinese-American first to be convicted under Economic Espionage Act
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 17, 2009 11:30:00 am

Former Boeing engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung was convicted Thursday of stealing corporate trade secrets related to the US Space Shuttle program and turning them over to China in the first ever trial under the...

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News Greece lawmakers approve DNA database and surveillance camera law
Greece lawmakers approve DNA database and surveillance camera law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 17, 2009 09:08:00 am

The Greek Parliament voted Wednesday to approve legislation that would create a DNA database and allow the use of surveillance cameras in fighting crime. The measure, supported by the ruling conservative New Democracy [party website,...

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News Senators conclude Sotomayor questioning
Senators conclude Sotomayor questioning
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 16, 2009 04:00:00 pm

US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor reiterated her commitment to applying the law fairly to the facts of each case as members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee concluded their...

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News Ex-Guantanamo detainee civilian trial set for September 2010
Ex-Guantanamo detainee civilian trial set for September 2010
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 2, 2009 02:49:00 pm

A federal judge on Thursday set a trial date for terrorism suspect and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani of September 13, 2010. Ghailani, the first Guantanamo detainee to be transferred...

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News Minnesota high court declares Franken winner of US Senate race
Minnesota high court declares Franken winner of US Senate race
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 30, 2009 02:51:00 pm

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over incumbent opponent Norm Coleman . In an unanimous ruling, the court affirmed the April...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879. Learn more about Belva Lockwood.

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