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News Dutch court acquits politician in hate speech case
Dutch court acquits politician in hate speech case
Julia Zebley
June 23, 2011 09:30:42 am

Dutch politician Geert Wilders was acquitted of all charges on Thursday, the court finding his anti-Islam statements were not hate speech or discriminatory. Wilders has made several "anti-Islam" comments as...

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News ICC prosecutor to seek investigation into Ivory Coast
ICC prosecutor to seek investigation into Ivory Coast
Julia Zebley
June 22, 2011 01:57:16 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday that he will seek an investigation into the Ivory Coast on Thursday. Last week, Ocampo issued a public...

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News Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko files complaint with Europe rights court
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko files complaint with Europe rights court
Julia Zebley
June 22, 2011 12:12:57 pm

Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, alleging violations of the European Convention of Human...

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News UN criticizes Sudan for human rights abuses
UN criticizes Sudan for human rights abuses
Julia Zebley
June 22, 2011 11:11:37 am

A UN official on Tuesday denounced continued human rights abuses against civilians in the South Kordofan region of the Sudan . The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos ...

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News Bahrain military court sentences 20 activists
Bahrain military court sentences 20 activists
Julia Zebley
June 22, 2011 09:22:19 am

Bahrain's Lower National Safety Court sentenced 20 activists on Wednesday—eight to life in prison—for anti-government protests conducted earlier this year. The convicted were charged with "plotting to topple the leadership of the Kingdom of Bahrain,"...

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News Federal prosecutors drop charges against Osama Bin Laden
Federal prosecutors drop charges against Osama Bin Laden
Julia Zebley
June 17, 2011 02:24:48 pm

Federal prosecutors in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dropped all charges against al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in a filing made Friday. The judge...

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News ICC asks for victim statements in preparation for Ivory Coast investigation
ICC asks for victim statements in preparation for Ivory Coast investigation
Julia Zebley
June 17, 2011 11:08:49 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Friday issued a public notice for victims of violence in the Ivory Coast to give statements and advise if the ICC should proceed with a...

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News UN rights council passes first gay rights resolution
UN rights council passes first gay rights resolution
Julia Zebley
June 17, 2011 10:08:19 am

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed the "Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity" resolution with a vote of 23-19 and 3 abstentions on Friday. The resolution is the first to...

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News Mexico, Central American countries join challenge to Georgia immigration law
Mexico, Central American countries join challenge to Georgia immigration law
Julia Zebley
June 16, 2011 03:22:08 pm

The governments of Mexico and several other countries, along with the Anti-Defamation League filed amicus briefs on Thursday in support of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) class action lawsuit against Georgia's new...

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News Supreme Court allows class action suit against Bayer
Supreme Court allows class action suit against Bayer
Julia Zebley
June 16, 2011 02:34:45 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed the lower court in Smith v. Bayer Corp. , allowing a class action lawsuit against the company to proceed. The Court held that...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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