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News Kenya prosecutors charge suspected Somali pirates captured by US
Kenya prosecutors charge suspected Somali pirates captured by US
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 16, 2009 12:01:00 pm

Kenyan prosecutors have charged 17 Somalis with piracy . The men, arrested by US Naval forces in the Gulf of Aden in May, were turned over to the Kenyan authorities last Wednesday and charged [AP...

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News Peru government to seek repeal of controversial indigenous land laws
Peru government to seek repeal of controversial indigenous land laws
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 16, 2009 11:07:00 am

Peruvian Prime Minister Yehude Simon announced Monday that the Executive Branch would ask the Peruvian Congress to repeal controversial land laws that led to indigenous protests and...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear US-Mexico border fence, ‘Cuban Five’ appeals
Supreme Court declines to hear US-Mexico border fence, ‘Cuban Five’ appeals
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 15, 2009 02:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a challenge to the construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border . The Court denied certiorari in County of...

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News Supreme Court finds Alaska shipping tax unconstitutional
Supreme Court finds Alaska shipping tax unconstitutional
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 15, 2009 10:10:00 am

The US Supreme Court issued opinions in two cases Monday. The Court ruled 7-2 in Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez that a municipal tax that falls...

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News Yemen denies plans to transfer Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
Yemen denies plans to transfer Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 15, 2009 09:01:00 am

The government of Yemen denied Sunday that it had reached an agreement with the US to transfer nearly 100 Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation. According to a statement from the Yemen Ministry...

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News Greece judges order officers to stand trial for killing that sparked protests
Greece judges order officers to stand trial for killing that sparked protests
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 12, 2009 02:23:00 pm

A Greek council of judges in Athens on Friday ordered two police officers to stand trial for the murder of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos that sparked violent protests in December. Officer Epameinonta Korkonea, who is accused of shooting...

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News Bermuda decision to take Uighurs beyond territorial powers: UK
Bermuda decision to take Uighurs beyond territorial powers: UK
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 12, 2009 11:23:00 am

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Thursday criticized Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown for failing to consult with London before agreeing to accept four Uighur Guantanamo detainees . Bermuda is a UK territory,...

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News Four Uighur Guantanamo detainees transferred to Bermuda
Four Uighur Guantanamo detainees transferred to Bermuda
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 11, 2009 11:25:00 am

Four Uighurs held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been released from US custody Thursday and transferred to Bermuda . The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that the four detainees...

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News Palau offer to accept Uighur detainees not motivated by Chinese reaction: report
Palau offer to accept Uighur detainees not motivated by Chinese reaction: report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 11, 2009 10:19:00 am

Palau President Johnson Toribiong told the Associated Press Thursday that his offer to accept 17 Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay was motivated by human rights concerns and not by the Chinese...

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News Europe court finds Turkish government responsible for domestic violence killing
Europe court finds Turkish government responsible for domestic violence killing
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
June 11, 2009 08:13:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Wednesday that the Turkish government is responsible for the death of a woman at the hands of her ex-husband. The court found that in failing...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers. American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to 22 member states. Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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