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News China lawyers file class action lawsuit in high court over tainted milk
China lawyers file class action lawsuit in high court over tainted milk
Kayleigh Shebs
January 21, 2009 09:10:00 am

Lawyers for the families of 213 Chinese children sickened or killed by melamine-contaminated milk petitioned the Supreme People's Court , China's highest court, to hear a class action lawsuit against 22 dairy companies involved...

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News Outgoing CIA director defends use of controversial interrogation techniques
Outgoing CIA director defends use of controversial interrogation techniques
Kayleigh Shebs
January 16, 2009 12:09:00 pm

Outgoing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Michael Hayden during a Thursday press conference defended the controversial interrogation techniques used to gather information in the "war on terror." Hayden strongly defended the CIA-termed "enhanced...

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Military commissions overseer says torture tactics used in Guantanamo interrogation
Kayleigh Shebs
January 14, 2009 12:04:00 pm

The convening authority of military commissions Susan Crawford has said that torture tactics were used in the interrogation of Mohammed al-Qahtani , a suspect held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

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Second US soldier to face court martial for Iraq detainee deaths
Kayleigh Shebs
January 8, 2009 10:57:00 am

The US Army on Wednesday announced that Sgt. John Hatley will be court-martialed for his alleged role in the killings of four Iraqi citizens in April 2007. Hatley, along with soldiers Sgt. Michael Leahy, Jr....

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Sixth Circuit rejects EPA interpretation of Clean Water Act
Kayleigh Shebs
January 8, 2009 09:46:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Tuesday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped its interpretive authority by classifying certain pesticides as exempt from a permitting process allowing...

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Zimbabwe rights group condemns treatment of imprisoned activists
Kayleigh Shebs
January 7, 2009 11:22:00 am

Zimbabwean Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on Tuesday announced the release of a revealing and in depth report detailing how lawyers and justice officials within Zimbabwe have allowed the illegal detention and abuse of several...

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Fifth Circuit upholds convictions of Enron ex-CEO Skilling, orders new sentence
Kayleigh Shebs
January 7, 2009 10:13:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday ordered that former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling be resentenced for the convictions that stem from his involvement...

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Egypt suspends 280 police officers for alleged human rights violations
Kayleigh Shebs
December 28, 2008 03:12:00 pm

Egyptian Deputy Interior Minister Hamid Rashid Sunday announced the suspension and investigation of 280 police officers alleged to have abused their power and committed human rights violations. In a statement before the Egyptian Parliament, Rashid...

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News Norway court hands down first sentence under new war crimes law
Norway court hands down first sentence under new war crimes law
Kayleigh Shebs
December 2, 2008 02:34:00 pm

A Norwegian court on Tuesday sentenced Bosnian immigrant Mirsad Repak to five years in prison for committing war crimes against 11 Serbian citizens imprisoned during the Bosnian War. Repak, who has lived Norway for more...

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News Zimbabwe government to ignore African regional court order on land redistribution
Zimbabwe government to ignore African regional court order on land redistribution
Kayleigh Shebs
December 1, 2008 10:30:00 am

Government officials in Zimbabwe said Monday that they will disregard a South African Development Community Tribunal ruling that ordered Zimbabwe to halt its Land Reform Program . The tribunal...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Dutch leader Johan de Witt killed by mob

The Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt were lynched on August 20, 1672, after an angry mob took the two from a prison, where Cornelis was being held on charges of treason, and killed them both. William of Orange (later William III of England & Scotland) became Stadtholder of Holland a month before the killings and remained in the position until his death in 1702. Learn more about Johan de Witt from the Rijksmuseum.

UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital

On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.

Economic Opportunity Act signed into law

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