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News Texas fetal burial rule challenged
Texas fetal burial rule challenged
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 13, 2016 12:36:50 pm

The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging new Texas regulations that would require the burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains. The new regulations, approved last week by the Texas...

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News Supreme Court rejects defendant’s argument in bank fraud case
Supreme Court rejects defendant’s argument in bank fraud case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 12, 2016 10:42:46 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Shaw v. United States that a defendant's argument that he should not be convicted of bank fraud because because he only intended to cheat a bank...

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News Supreme Court to rule on Virginia school transgender restroom policy
Supreme Court to rule on Virginia school transgender restroom policy
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
October 28, 2016 04:16:05 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in five cases Friday, including a controversial dispute over a Virginia transgender student's right to use the restroom of his choice. In Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. [docket;...

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News Federal appeals court upholds Ohio early voting cuts
Federal appeals court upholds Ohio early voting cuts
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 24, 2016 01:09:07 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld cuts to early voting in Ohio as well as the elimination of the so-called "Golden Week" in which voters could register and cast their...

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News Malian Jihadist pleads guilty to destroying Timbuktu shrines at start of ICC trial
Malian Jihadist pleads guilty to destroying Timbuktu shrines at start of ICC trial
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 23, 2016 12:50:49 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened the trial of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi Monday for the destruction of historical and religious monuments in Timbuktu. Al Mahdi admitted guilt Monday, apologizing for his...

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News Federal judge temporarily blocks transgender bathroom access guidelines
Federal judge temporarily blocks transgender bathroom access guidelines
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 22, 2016 12:37:42 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Sunday temporarily blocked federal guidelines that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom according to the gender with which they identify. Judge...

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News US transfers 15 Guantanamo detainees to UAE
US transfers 15 Guantanamo detainees to UAE
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 16, 2016 02:07:45 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of 15 Guantanamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Twelve of the detainees were from Yemen, and the other three were from Afghanistan. Six...

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News Hong Kong protest leaders avoid jail time at sentencing
Hong Kong protest leaders avoid jail time at sentencing
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 15, 2016 01:34:54 pm

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced three leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests who were convicted on charges related to their occupation of a government building. Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, prominent leaders of the Umbrella Revolution ,...

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News UN rights experts concerned over Bahrain persecution of Shias
UN rights experts concerned over Bahrain persecution of Shias
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 15, 2016 12:16:35 pm

A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday expressed concern over Bahrain's persecution of the Shia population. The experts said, "he intensified wave of arrests, detentions, summons, interrogations and criminal charges brought against numerous Shia religious...

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News Belize top court strikes down anti-homosexuality law
Belize top court strikes down anti-homosexuality law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 11, 2016 12:13:54 pm

The Belize Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law banning sodomy, declaring it unconstitutional. Section 53 of the Belize Criminal Code banned "carnal intercourse against the order of nature." The law was challenged in 2010 by Caleb...

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French June Rebellion ends

A republican uprising known as the June Rebellion was put down by French authorities in Paris on June 6, 1832. The rebels sought the abdication of French King Louis Philippe I, who assumed the throne two years prior following the overthrow of King Charles X. Louis Philippe would go on to rule until 1848 when he was overthrown in the wave of revolutions that took hold across Europe that year. Author Victor Hugo would later dramatize the June Rebellion in his novel Les Miserables Read excerpts of contemporary coverage about the June Rebellion from the Guardian.

Count Camillo di Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy, dies

On June 6, 1861, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour died He was the first Prime Minister of a united Italy and the political leader of his nation's unification movement. After Italian unification, Cavour was responsible for the creation of the Italian constitutional monarchy and its founding political documents.

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