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News Sri Lanka president rejects proposed UN rights panel
Sri Lanka president rejects proposed UN rights panel
Jonathan Cohen
March 6, 2010 04:05:00 pm

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday rejected the plan of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war,...

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News Obama administration seeks to block House vote on Armenian genocide resolution
Obama administration seeks to block House vote on Armenian genocide resolution
Jonathan Cohen
March 6, 2010 03:02:00 pm

A spokesperson for the US State Department said Friday that the Obama administration opposes a vote before the full House of Representatives on a resolution branding the World War I-era...

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News White House revives military commission option for 9/11 trials: reports
White House revives military commission option for 9/11 trials: reports
Jonathan Cohen
March 5, 2010 12:01:00 pm

White House advisers are considering recommending that accused 9/11 co-conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in a military court rather than through the civilian criminal justice system, according to Friday reports. The Washington Post...

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News UK PM seeks to limit war crimes arrest warrants for international leaders
UK PM seeks to limit war crimes arrest warrants for international leaders
Jonathan Cohen
March 4, 2010 11:58:00 am

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday proposed tighter restrictions on the use of politically motivated arrest warrants for foreign leaders accused of war crimes. Brown said that he would seek to make tougher "the...

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News UN, EU condemn Gaddafi call for Jihad against Switzerland
UN, EU condemn Gaddafi call for Jihad against Switzerland
Jonathan Cohen
February 26, 2010 12:22:00 pm

UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Friday condemned calls by Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi for a jihad on Switzerland. Gaddafi issued the call in response to Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of...

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News Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in Canada: report
Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in Canada: report
Jonathan Cohen
February 25, 2010 12:24:00 pm

Incidents of anti-Semitism in Canada have risen 11.4 percent since 2008, according to a Wednesday report by B'nai Brith Canada . The group found that there were 1,264 incidents of anti-Semitic harassment, violence,...

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News USDA reaches $1.25 billion settlement in black farmer discrimination case
USDA reaches $1.25 billion settlement in black farmer discrimination case
Jonathan Cohen
February 19, 2010 12:01:00 pm

The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced a $1.25 billion settlement for African American farmers claiming they suffered racial discrimination in USDA loan programs. The settlement arises from the Pigford...

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News Federal judge sets hedge fund founder criminal trial for October
Federal judge sets hedge fund founder criminal trial for October
Jonathan Cohen
February 18, 2010 11:25:00 am

A federal judge on Thursday decided that the criminal trial of Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam will begin October 25. Prosecutors had asked the judge to schedule the trial for...

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News ICTY dismisses Karadzic appeal of court-appointed lawyer
ICTY dismisses Karadzic appeal of court-appointed lawyer
Jonathan Cohen
February 12, 2010 11:59:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday dismissed the appeal against the imposition of a court-appointed lawyer by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic ....

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-army officer to 15 years for incitement
Rwanda genocide tribunal sentences ex-army officer to 15 years for incitement
Jonathan Cohen
February 11, 2010 11:56:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday convicted former Rwandan army officer Tharcisse Muvunyi of direct and public incitement to genocide and sentenced him to 15 years...

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Trial of former-Yugoslavia leader Slobodan Milošević begins

On February 12, 2002, the trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of Yugoslavia, began at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. Milošević was indicted on sixty-six counts of war crimes allegedly perpetrated during the Balkan civil wars of the 1990s, including allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity. The trial ended without a verdict, when Milosevic died of a heart attack during the proceedings. Read ICTY documents from the trial of Slobodan Milošević.

Congress passed Fugitive Slave Law

On February 12, 1793, the US Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, prohibiting anyone from assisting a runaway slave.

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