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News UK Parliament begins official process triggering Brexit
UK Parliament begins official process triggering Brexit
Jonathon Churchin
January 26, 2017 12:37:22 pm

The House of Commons of the UK Parliament completed its first reading of HC Bill 132 on Thursday in accordance with Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which would empower the prime minister to trigger...

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News Federal judge approves $1.2 Billion settlement for VW dealers
Federal judge approves $1.2 Billion settlement for VW dealers
Jonathon Churchin
January 24, 2017 12:59:20 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday approved a $1.2 billion settlement with Volkswagen (VW) dealers. The 650 US dealers will receive payments over the course of...

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News HRW: Zimbabwe widows deprived of property rights
HRW: Zimbabwe widows deprived of property rights
Jonathon Churchin
January 24, 2017 12:20:08 pm

Widows in Zimbabwe are routinely evicted from their land by relatives after the death of their husbands, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. The report documents interviews with 59 widows, throughout all 10...

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News Federal judge orders Defense Department to release Abu Ghraib photos
Federal judge orders Defense Department to release Abu Ghraib photos
Jonathon Churchin
January 19, 2017 04:31:21 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Wednesday that the Department of Defense must release a cache of photos taken at Abu Ghraib and other sites in Iraq...

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News Rights groups express concern over Facebook censorship
Rights groups express concern over Facebook censorship
Jonathon Churchin
January 19, 2017 03:49:08 pm

Seventy-seven advocacy groups penned a letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday asking for transparency in the social media website's censorship of speech. The groups are concerned with Facebook's censorship of people of color's posts, mainly regarding political...

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News UK top court allows suit against government in MI6 torture case
UK top court allows suit against government in MI6 torture case
Jonathon Churchin
January 17, 2017 12:13:35 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against the UK government in a case of torture by MI6 agents in Libya in 2004. All seven Justices ruled in favor of Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his...

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News Amnesty: EU security laws targeting Muslims
Amnesty: EU security laws targeting Muslims
Jonathon Churchin
January 17, 2017 11:19:59 am

The increased "securitization" of Europe has disadvantaged ethnic and religious groups, particularly Muslims Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Tuesday. AI looked at human rights analyses drawn from 14 EU member states. The group warned of...

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Senate takes first step to repeal ACA
Jonathon Churchin
January 12, 2017 02:55:59 pm

Senate Republicans on Thursday took the first step required to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by passing a resolution by a vote of 51 to 48, allowing the process not to be subjected...

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News Illinois man files suit following arrest for flag burning
Illinois man files suit following arrest for flag burning
Jonathon Churchin
January 12, 2017 01:38:05 pm

A 22-year-old Illinois man filed a lawsuit Wednesday after he was arrested for posting a video of him burning a flag, calling the state's law unconstitutional. Byron Bryton Mellot posted six pictures on social media of him burning...

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UN report: children in Afghanistan facing malnutrition
Jonathon Churchin
January 10, 2017 12:42:13 pm

A new report released Monday by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows that children in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of the nutritional crisis, despite attempts at administering food aid. OCHA...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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