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Egypt lawyer challenges censorship law
Jacqueline Jones
December 14, 2015 02:14:51 pm

Egyptian lawyer Nasser Amin on Saturday challenged a law that allows for writers to be jailed for writings that violate Egyptian "morals." The challenge came during the trial of Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji, who could face a nearly USD...

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Egypt court sentences 2 in killing of detained lawyer
Jacqueline Jones
December 13, 2015 02:04:33 pm

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced national security officers Omar Mahmoud and Mohamed el-Anwar for beating lawyer Karim Hamdi to death in Cairo last February. The court's decision is part of a series of cases seeking to end police...

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Obama applauds new climate change agreement from Paris summit
Jacqueline Jones
December 13, 2015 12:36:54 pm

US President Barack Obama on Saturday applauded the new climate change agreement reached Friday at the Paris summit. The agreement was reached during the twenty-first annual conference of parties, known as COP21 . He stated...

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News Obama signs bill revising ‘No Child Left Behind’
Obama signs bill revising ‘No Child Left Behind’
Jacqueline Jones
December 10, 2015 03:50:32 pm

US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the Every Student Succeeds Act into law. The new measures hand much of the power over education success monitoring back to the states and allow them to make the...

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News EU opens infringement case against Hungary over asylum law
EU opens infringement case against Hungary over asylum law
Jacqueline Jones
December 10, 2015 03:23:47 pm

The European Commission on Thursday initiated an infringement action against Hungary's new asylum law and the country's response to the refugee situation. Hungary recently erected a fence along its border to keep migrants from crossing...

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UN rights chief urges protection for Venezuela opposition after assassination
Jacqueline Jones
November 29, 2015 01:58:12 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday called for the protection of political oppositions associated with the assassinated Venezuelan opposition leader, Luis Diaz. Diaz was shot while on stage with jailed opposition...

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Slovakia plans to challenge EU refugee distribution system
Jacqueline Jones
November 29, 2015 01:38:35 pm

Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico said Sunday that his country plans to file a lawsuit by December 18 challenging the EU's plan to distribute 120,000 refugees to each of its member states. Along with Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and...

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Russia court bans Church of Scientology
Jacqueline Jones
November 24, 2015 08:58:37 am

A Russian Court on Monday banned the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology. The court banned the church stating that it does not comply with federal laws on freedom of religion because 'Scientology' is a US...

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UN rights expert warns Cambodia’s political polarization reaching breaking point
Jacqueline Jones
November 24, 2015 07:09:25 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, warned Monday that the increasing polarization of the political parties in Cambodia is reaching a breaking point. Smith is concerned about the possible...

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Jacqueline Jones
November 22, 2015 02:27:41 pm

President Obama, on Sunday, ordered an assessment of whether intelligence reports from US Central Command (Centcom) were changed by supervisory military personnel before formal submission to present a more optimistic picture of the American military campaign against...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court heard New York Times v. Sullivan

On January 6, 1964, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the free speech/free press case of New York Times v. Sullivan. Columbia Law School professor Herbert Wechsler argued for the petitioner. Listen to the oral arguments on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia database at Northwestern University.

Charles I of England put on trial

On January 6, 1649, the Parliament of England voted to put Charles I on trial for high treason following the English Civil War. Prior to the vote, a group of soldiers purged Parliament of Members they believed would vote in the King's favor, creating the Rump Parliament. The Rump Parliament then voted on January 6 to create the High Court of Justice, which would serve as the body to try King Charles. He was convicted on January 27 and finally executed on January 30 of that same year.

Learn more about the trial of King Charles I of England.

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