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News Spain extradites Argentina ex-naval officer to face ‘Dirty War’ charges
Spain extradites Argentina ex-naval officer to face ‘Dirty War’ charges
Lisl Brunner
April 1, 2008 07:34:00 am

Former Argentinean naval officer Ricardo Miguel Cavallo was extradited Monday from Spain to Argentina, where he will face trial for crimes committed during Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War" ....

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News Guatemala adoption agency lawyers on trial in ‘human trafficking’ case
Guatemala adoption agency lawyers on trial in ‘human trafficking’ case
Lisl Brunner
March 25, 2008 01:14:00 pm

Lawyers for Guatemalan adoption agency Casa Quivira have been charged with human trafficking as a result of irregularities discovered in the agency's records, the defendants' lawyers said Monday. The investigation began in August, when...

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News Colombia president threatens to charge Chavez at ICC for aiding ‘genocide’
Colombia president threatens to charge Chavez at ICC for aiding ‘genocide’
Lisl Brunner
March 5, 2008 12:36:00 pm

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe declared Tuesday that his country would bring charges against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly "sponsoring and financing...

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News Guatemala panel to declassify documents on civil war-era rights abuses
Guatemala panel to declassify documents on civil war-era rights abuses
Lisl Brunner
February 26, 2008 01:10:00 pm

Guatemala on Monday announced plans to declassify documents describing human rights abuses committed by its military during the country's 1960-1996 civil war . Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has created a panel...

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News Argentina woman sues parents in ‘Dirty War’ abduction
Argentina woman sues parents in ‘Dirty War’ abduction
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2008 12:03:00 pm

An Argentinean woman has brought charges against her adoptive parents for kidnapping her and falsifying her identity during Argentina's "Dirty War" . While several other cases have dealt with the abduction of children ...

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News Castro resignation could prompt suits over rights abuses
Castro resignation could prompt suits over rights abuses
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2008 06:09:00 am

The resignation of Cuban President Fidel Castro could prompt lawsuits against him in Spanish courts for crimes against humanity, Spanish human rights lawyers indicated on Tuesday. In December, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional dismissed a claim against...

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News El Salvador judges protest judicial corruption allegations
El Salvador judges protest judicial corruption allegations
Lisl Brunner
February 1, 2008 09:14:00 am

Hundreds of judges and lawyers in El Salvador marched to the Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday to protest challenges that the Attorney General has made to the rulings of four judges. Last week,...

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News Mexico human rights commission denounces military abuses
Mexico human rights commission denounces military abuses
Lisl Brunner
January 25, 2008 07:54:00 am

The Mexican military has committed grave human rights abuses, including the torture, rape and murder of civilians, according to a report from the Mexican National Human Rights Commission submitted to the Mexican National Congress. According...

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News Peru brings maritime dispute with Chile before the ICJ
Peru brings maritime dispute with Chile before the ICJ
Lisl Brunner
January 17, 2008 10:28:00 am

Peru filed an application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Wednesday over its ongoing maritime boundary dispute with Chile. Peru has been threatening to bring the case before the ICJ since the court resolved...

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News Bolivia president proposes confidence referendum amid protests over new constitution
Bolivia president proposes confidence referendum amid protests over new constitution
Lisl Brunner
December 6, 2007 11:02:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales has proposed a national referendum on whether he and the country's nine provincial governors should remain in office in response to accusations that the process of creating a new constitution ...

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Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel

On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction was overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt. After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the US Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.

American anarchist arrested for advocating birth control

On February 16, 1916, feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City for advocating birth control. Learn more about Emma Goldman and her defense of reproductive rights from the University of California, Berkeley.

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