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News JURIST names Matthew Shames as Executive Director
JURIST names Matthew Shames as Executive Director
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November 1, 2011 03:27:37 pm

JURIST Legal News and Research Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Shames as Executive Director. In this role, Mr. Shames will oversee JURIST's business and development efforts, including outreach and educational initiatives, fundraising,...

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News Europe rights court rules Turkey failed to protect murdered journalist
Europe rights court rules Turkey failed to protect murdered journalist
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September 14, 2010 04:55:05 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey failed to protect the life of well-known Turkish-Armenian writer and journalist Hrant Dink , failed to adequately...

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News Bosnian Serbs go on trial for Srebrenica massacre roles
Bosnian Serbs go on trial for Srebrenica massacre roles
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April 20, 2007 01:18:00 pm

Four Bosnian Serbs who went on an "illegal military operation" during the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995 went on trial Friday before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina [official...

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News Russia urges UK extradition of tycoon charged with plotting coup against Putin
Russia urges UK extradition of tycoon charged with plotting coup against Putin
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April 13, 2007 02:14:00 pm

The Russian government Friday renewed its call for the United Kingdom to extradite Russian business billionaire Boris Berezovsky , who has been charged with plotting a coup against Russian President Vladimir Putin . The request for extradition...

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News France to try suspected terrorists in 2003 Casablanca bombings
France to try suspected terrorists in 2003 Casablanca bombings
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April 13, 2007 10:43:00 am

Eight suspected members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) were sent for trial Thursday by French investigators for their alleged role in the Casablanca terrorist attacks in May 2003. The suspects have been charged...

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North Carolina Senate passes resolution apologizing for slavery
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April 6, 2007 01:38:00 pm

The North Carolina Senate passed a joint resolution Thursday apologizing for the state government's role in the practice of slavery, detailing various legal steps in the 17th through the 20th centuries which had suppressed the freedom...

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News UN disability rights treaty opened for signature
UN disability rights treaty opened for signature
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March 30, 2007 02:19:00 pm

A ground-breaking UN disabilities rights treaty opened for signature Friday. The treaty would protect the 650 million persons living with disabilities worldwide and is expected to be signed by more...

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News Massachusetts governor wants end to limitations on stem cell research
Massachusetts governor wants end to limitations on stem cell research
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March 30, 2007 01:47:00 pm

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said Friday he plans to reverse the restrictions placed on stem cell research by former governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney . Patrick emphasized during a meeting...

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News Plame says White House ‘carelessly and recklessly’ exposed CIA identity
Plame says White House ‘carelessly and recklessly’ exposed CIA identity
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March 16, 2007 02:27:00 pm

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame testified before the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Friday that the White House and US Department of State "carelessly and recklessly" blew her cover in an effort...

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Chechen president-elect accuses Russia of torturing Chechnya detainees
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March 16, 2007 01:52:00 pm

The president-elect of Russia's Chechen Republic accused Russian authorities Friday of torturing Chechen detainees. The allegations by Ramzan Kadyrov came just days after the Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of...

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Last Quaker executed for religious beliefs in American colonies

On March 24, 1661, William Ledda, executed in Boston, became the last Quaker in the American colonies to be put to death for his religious beliefs.

Learn more about the persecution of the Quakers in colonial Massachusetts.

Oscar Romero assassinated

On March 24, 1980, the Archbishop Óscar Romero, was assassinated while performing Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador by a right-wing death squad. Romero had become unpopular with conservative elements in the country, when he began speaking out against government repression of the nation's poor and of his fellow priests. Read a biography of Archbishop Oscar Romero from the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University.

In 2003, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), an American human-rights organization, filed a lawsuit in the United States against former Salvadorean Air Force Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia for his alleged role in the assassination or Archbishop Romero. The suit was filed in a U.S. federal district court under the Alien Tort Claim Act (28 U.S.C. § 1350). In Doe v. Rafael Saravia, the defendant was found guilty of crimes against humanity and extrajudicial killing, resulting in a $10 million judgment against Saravia. Read a description of the case from CJA.

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