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News Indonesia foreign minister defends executions of Catholic militants
Indonesia foreign minister defends executions of Catholic militants
James M Yoch Jr
September 24, 2006 10:48:00 am

Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda insisted Sunday that the recent executions of three Roman Catholic militants convicted in 2001 of leading a Christian militia which killed at least 70 Muslims in 2000 ...

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News US military hardening Guantanamo facility to protect guards
US military hardening Guantanamo facility to protect guards
James M Yoch Jr
September 24, 2006 10:22:00 am

The US military plans to turn a new medium-security building at Guantanamo Bay into a maximum-security facility and enhance security in its existing structures at the military detention center, according to deputy commander Brig....

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News UK soldier first to plead guilty to Iraq war crime
UK soldier first to plead guilty to Iraq war crime
James M Yoch Jr
September 19, 2006 11:59:00 am

Corporal David Payne, one of seven British soldiers facing court-martial for charges relating to the abuse of Iraqi detainees, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of inhumane treatment, becoming the first British soldier to...

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News FBI reports first increase in violent crime since 2001
FBI reports first increase in violent crime since 2001
James M Yoch Jr
September 19, 2006 10:46:00 am

The number of violent crimes increased in 2005 for the first time since 2001, according to the 2005 annual report on violent crime published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Monday. The report...

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News US anti-Muslim bias incidents spiked in 2005: rights group
US anti-Muslim bias incidents spiked in 2005: rights group
James M Yoch Jr
September 19, 2006 10:09:00 am

Reported incidents of anti-Muslim bias, harassment, discrimination and violence in the US increased by 29.6 percent in 2005, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) , the largest US Muslim civil liberties group, announced Monday. A new CAIR report...

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News Italy military court indicts soldiers for shooting Iraqi civilians in ambulance mix-up
Italy military court indicts soldiers for shooting Iraqi civilians in ambulance mix-up
James M Yoch Jr
September 15, 2006 12:16:00 pm

An Italian military tribunal in Rome has indicted three Italian soldiers for a 2004 attack on an ambulance in the town of Nasiriyah in Iraq that resulted in the deaths of four civilians, Italian newspaper Corriere...

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News Supreme Court to make oral argument transcripts public same-day
Supreme Court to make oral argument transcripts public same-day
James M Yoch Jr
September 15, 2006 11:55:00 am

The US Supreme Court will provide copies of oral argument transcripts on the Court's website the same day that cases are heard when the Court begins its new term on October 2, the court announced ...

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News Retired judges urge Congress to retain habeas jurisdiction for Guantanamo detainees
Retired judges urge Congress to retain habeas jurisdiction for Guantanamo detainees
James M Yoch Jr
September 15, 2006 10:56:00 am

Nine former federal judges sent a letter to Congress on Thursday raising concerns about a provision in the proposed Military Commissions Act of 2006 that, according to the judges, would "strip the federal courts of...

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Congressmen seek court order forcing FEC compliance with 527 groups ruling
James M Yoch Jr
September 13, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Two US congressmen on Wednesday filed a motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia requesting Judge Emmett Sullivan to order the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) ...

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UK minister calls for review of war crimes definition after Mideast conflict
James M Yoch Jr
September 13, 2006 02:50:00 pm

UK Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells called for the redefinition of "war crimes" in light of the recent Mideast conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, during a Wednesday hearing of...

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James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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