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News Amnesty: Tunisia security forces committing rights abuses
Amnesty: Tunisia security forces committing rights abuses
Jonathon Churchin
February 14, 2017 11:42:42 am

Tunisian security forces have committed human rights abuses following a series of armed attacks in the country, Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday. In 2015 Tunisia passed a new counter-terrorism law in an attempt remove...

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Texas senate approves bill targeting ‘sanctuary cities’
Jonathon Churchin
February 9, 2017 02:00:02 pm

The Texas Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would effectively ban so-called sanctuary cities, requiring cities to be in compliance with federal immigration law. SB 4 would require law enforcement in cities and on college campuses to hold...

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UN Advisor: African nations should not abandon ICC
Jonathon Churchin
February 9, 2017 01:12:09 pm

African nations should not abandon the International Criminal Court (ICC) , UN Special Adviser Adama Dieng urged in an editorial Monday. Dieng, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, wrote in...

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UN rights expert: Myanmar violence in Rakhine could be crimes against humanity
Jonathon Churchin
February 7, 2017 12:43:40 pm

UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng said Monday that violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state could amount to crimes against humanity. Responding to a UN report issued last week,...

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VIZIO to pay $2.2 million in settlement over illegal data collection
Jonathon Churchin
February 7, 2017 11:14:31 am

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday announced a $2.2 million settlement with VIZIO over the alleged collection of viewer data without consent. The settlement was in response to an FTC complaint [text,...

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Europe rights court backs Germany preventative detention
Jonathon Churchin
February 3, 2017 07:57:56 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously upheld a German court's ruling allowing the preventative detention of a 28- year-old man. Daniel Ilnseher was convicted of strangling a woman to death in 1997. In...

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ICJ rules it has jurisdiction over Kenya-Somalia boundary dispute
Jonathon Churchin
February 2, 2017 12:02:31 pm

The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that it had the authority to adjudicate a dispute over a stretch of water in the Indian Ocean that is potentially laden with oil and gas. Somalia asked...

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Federal appeals court upholds order allowing refugees to attend Pennsylvania public high school
Jonathon Churchin
January 31, 2017 01:08:10 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld an order that refugee students in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, be allowed to attend the public high school, even with limited English skills. The students had...

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News Top EU court rules asylum may be denied to those with terror links
Top EU court rules asylum may be denied to those with terror links
Jonathon Churchin
January 31, 2017 12:22:21 pm

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that those seeking asylum in the EU may be denied if they have any ties to terrorism. The case was in regards to Mostafa Lounani, a Moroccan national. Lounani was...

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Federal judge blocks rule on assistance to dialysis patients
Jonathon Churchin
January 26, 2017 01:35:25 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking a new federal rule that would prevent patients from using charitable assistance to buy private health insurance....

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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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