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News UN rights office concerned over Burundi suppression of free speech ahead of elections
UN rights office concerned over Burundi suppression of free speech ahead of elections
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 3, 2015 10:54:42 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern Friday over actions by Burundi authorities ahead of its upcoming presidential elections. OHCHR Spokesman Rupert Colville noted in particular [UN News Centre...

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News HRW: Thailand must authorize UN investigation into human trafficking
HRW: Thailand must authorize UN investigation into human trafficking
Julie Deisher-Edwards
May 3, 2015 10:01:26 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the Thai government to authorize a UN-assisted inquiry into human trafficking in Thailand. The discovery of more than 20 bodies of ethnic Rohingya Muslims near...

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News El Salvador lawmakers advance constitutional measure to limit marriage to one man and one woman
El Salvador lawmakers advance constitutional measure to limit marriage to one man and one woman
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 18, 2015 10:24:33 am

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Thursday approved a measure to amend the constitution to limit marriage and adoption to couples with only one man and one woman. The bill...

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News HRW: Yemen combatants must stop targeting hospitals
HRW: Yemen combatants must stop targeting hospitals
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 18, 2015 09:09:30 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday condemned the targeting of the Ibn Khaldun Hospital in Yemen by combatants. Rebel soldiers and pro-government forces fortified near the hospital , and the resulting combat forced the hospital to...

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News Hadzic granted provisional release pending trial
Hadzic granted provisional release pending trial
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 15, 2015 01:38:25 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday ordered the provisional release pursuant to an interlocutory appeal for Goran Hadžic , the former president of the Republic of...

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News HRW: asylum-seekers suffering abuse at hands of Serbia police
HRW: asylum-seekers suffering abuse at hands of Serbia police
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 15, 2015 01:08:02 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday that asylum-seekers and migrants fleeing war-torn countries are suffering abuse at the hands of Serbian authorities . Most of the asylum-seekers are Syrian or Afghan, travelling through Serbia to seek...

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News Euro bank identifies risks in Greece anti-foreclosure law
Euro bank identifies risks in Greece anti-foreclosure law
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 11, 2015 11:14:45 am

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Friday released an opinion on Greece's draft law prohibiting the foreclosure of primary residences. Under the draft law, banks are prohibited from auctioning primary residences valued at less than...

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News Idaho legislators kill child support bill
Idaho legislators kill child support bill
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 11, 2015 10:26:35 am

The Idaho State Legislature on Friday voted to kill legislation that would have brought the state into compliance with federal guidelines on the collection of child support. Legislators were concerned that the bill would force...

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News Rights group urges retrial for 6 convicted before Egypt military tribunal
Rights group urges retrial for 6 convicted before Egypt military tribunal
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 4, 2015 11:25:46 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Egypt to halt the executions of six men convicted by a military tribunal for participating in attacks on security forces and killing two armed forces officers in a...

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News DOJ: prison officials must treat gender identity disorder
DOJ: prison officials must treat gender identity disorder
Julie Deisher-Edwards
April 4, 2015 10:28:55 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest on Friday with the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia stating that the Eighth Amendment requires individualized assessment and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

White supremacists overthrow government in Wilmington, North Carolina

A group of white supremacists overthrew the government of Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898, killing at least dozens of Black people in the process. The city's Republican government resigned after the 500-2,000 strong white mob burned the offices of a Black-owned newspaper and terrorized black neighborhoods. The new state Democratic government passed laws in 1899 disenfranchising Black voters across North Carolina. Learn more about the 1898 Wilmington Coup.

Supreme Court limited free speech in wartime

On November 10, 1919, the US Supreme Court ruled in Abrams v. United States that the federal government could criminalize speech if it was of a type tending to bring about harmful results, in this case, resistance to the United States war effort. In a powerful dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes countered that even during wartime, free speech could only be curtailed when there was clear and "present danger of immediate evil or an intent to bring it about."

Leonid Brezhnev dies

On November 10, 1982, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died of a heart attack. He had served as leader of the USSR from October 1964 until his death. Following his death, the Soviet Union cycled through three more leaders during the 1980s until Mikhail Gorbachev allowed the country to dissolve in 1991. Read an obituary of Leonid Brezhnev from the New York Times.

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