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News 7 Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges
7 Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges
Jonathon Churchin
March 2, 2017 01:03:51 pm

Federal prosecutors arrested seven Baltimore police officers on Wednesday on racketeering charges. The police officers are suspected of conducting illegal stops, stealing money and narcotics from individuals, swearing false affidavits, submitting false incident reports and participating in...

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News HRW: Philippines police falsify evidence to justify ‘war on drugs’ killings
HRW: Philippines police falsify evidence to justify ‘war on drugs’ killings
Jonathon Churchin
March 2, 2017 11:51:14 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify killings in the country's war on drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte has conducted a large scale war on drugs...

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News DOJ reverses stance on Texas voter ID law
DOJ reverses stance on Texas voter ID law
Jonathon Churchin
February 28, 2017 12:44:02 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) introduced a motion to withdraw in a Texas Federal Court Monday, reversing its previous stance that SB 14 , a Texas voter ID law, was created with an intent to discriminate...

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News UN: Germany failing to protect citizens of African descent
UN: Germany failing to protect citizens of African descent
Jonathon Churchin
February 28, 2017 11:07:52 am

A UN Working Group on Monday concluded that people of African descent in Germany suffer discrimination, profiling and xenophobia on a day to day basis. The report concluded that, "institutional racism and racist stereotyping by the...

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News EPA Chief promises aggressive rollback of Obama regulations
EPA Chief promises aggressive rollback of Obama regulations
Jonathon Churchin
February 26, 2017 06:09:43 pm

On Saturday the newly confirmed head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt announced that they would be rolling back some Obama era regulations as soon as next week. When speaking at the Conservative Political...

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News Montana legislature introduces bill to charge doctors assisting in suicides
Montana legislature introduces bill to charge doctors assisting in suicides
Jonathon Churchin
February 26, 2017 05:39:07 pm

On Thursday the Montana House of Representatives introduced HB 536 which would allow homicide charges to be brought against doctors engaged in physician-assisted suicide. This legislation would run against the current policy of the State of...

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News UK appeals court rules heterosexual couple may not enter into civil partnership
UK appeals court rules heterosexual couple may not enter into civil partnership
Jonathon Churchin
February 21, 2017 12:17:09 pm

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales on Tuesday rejected a heterosexual couple's legal challenge to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 , ruling 2-1 that only same-sex couples may enter into civil partnerships. The court's decision gave...

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News UN: trial of Gaddafi’s son did not meet international standards
UN: trial of Gaddafi’s son did not meet international standards
Jonathon Churchin
February 21, 2017 11:08:27 am

The 2014 trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi failed to meet international fair trial standards, according to a UN report published Tuesday. The UN "closely monitored" the proceedings and conducted individual investigations with integral parties. The report...

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News Report: China targeting human rights defenders as national security threats
Report: China targeting human rights defenders as national security threats
Jonathon Churchin
February 16, 2017 11:43:50 am

The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) released its annual report on Thursday, highlighting intensified crackdowns on human rights defenders in China. According to the CHRD report, human rights activities are being criminalized as "'political'...

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News UN: Ukraine victims of sexual violence lack access to justice
UN: Ukraine victims of sexual violence lack access to justice
Jonathon Churchin
February 16, 2017 10:54:29 am

Victims of sexual violence in Ukraine are not being provided with adequate access to justice or services in the country, according to a UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report released Thursday....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

European human cloning treaty signed

On January 12, 1998, nineteen European nations signed a treaty prohibiting human cloning within their jurisdictions. Review the terms of the Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings.

WWII National War Labor Board established

On January 12, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt revived the National War Labor Board (NWLB) for World War II. In order to prevent wartime labor stoppages, the NWLB was set up to arbitrate labor disputes that arose during the war. The NWLB also managed wage controls over the airplane, automobile, shipping, mining, telegraph, and railway industries during the war. The original NWLB was created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I for largely the same purposes. Read Cornell University's collection of NWLB files from both World Wars.

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