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News Oman reports accepting Guantanamo Bay detainees upon request
Oman reports accepting Guantanamo Bay detainees upon request
Lawrenz Fares
January 16, 2017 02:39:52 pm

Oman's Foreign Ministry announced that it has accepted 10 detainees from Guantanamo Bay upon request from the Obama administration. However, there has been no official statement released by the US Defense Department on the...

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News Federal lawsuit filed over Chicago police cellphone tracking system
Federal lawsuit filed over Chicago police cellphone tracking system
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January 13, 2017 01:03:38 pm

Loevy and Loevy , a civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of a secret cellphone tracking system by the Chicago Police Department . The suit was filed on behalf...

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News UN rights chief calls on business leaders to oppose human rights violations
UN rights chief calls on business leaders to oppose human rights violations
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January 13, 2017 11:38:21 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday asked business leaders meeting in Davos at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to use their influence to prevent human rights violations in countries where...

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News Supreme Court vacates ruling on New Mexico police officer’s immunity
Supreme Court vacates ruling on New Mexico police officer’s immunity
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January 9, 2017 01:32:33 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday vacated a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that denied immunity to a New Mexico police officer who gave no warning before...

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News UK drivers suing Volkswagen for compensation following emissions scandal
UK drivers suing Volkswagen for compensation following emissions scandal
Lawrenz Fares
January 9, 2017 12:49:54 pm

A group of 10,000 British motorists have filed a class action lawsuit seeking compensation following Volkswagen's (VW) diesel emissions scandal. Damon Parker, the head litigator at Harcus Sinclair , the law firm handling the suit, claims...

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UN to assess human rights situation in Myanmar
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January 6, 2017 05:01:16 pm

The UN announced on Friday that Yanghee Lee , the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, will travel to the country to assess the human rights situation following concerns over the safety of refugees in...

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Kosovo charges Serbian citizen with war crimes
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January 6, 2017 04:25:53 pm

Prosecutors in Kosovo on Friday charged a Serbian citizen with war crimes for acts committed during the 1998-99 war. The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo released a statement announcing the indictment of the...

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Germany Volkswagen owners file suit for compensation
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January 4, 2017 04:30:00 pm

Lawyers representing a German owner of a diesel-powered Volkswagen (VW) vehicle equipped with a software that could cheat emissions tests filed the first lawsuit seeking compensation for damages on Tuesday. According to the Braunschweig district court [official website,...

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News Florida Supreme Court issues order declaring death penalty procedure unconstitutional
Florida Supreme Court issues order declaring death penalty procedure unconstitutional
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January 4, 2017 03:43:08 pm

The Florida Supreme Court issued a one-paragraph order Wednesday informing judges and prosecutors that the state's death penalty procedure is unconstitutional, marking the second such order in three months. Attorney General Pam Bondi argued that, although...

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China to prosecute ex-security official
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December 30, 2016 04:27:45 pm

The Chinese government on Friday announced that it will prosecute Ma Jian, a former vice minister of China's Ministry of State Security, after he was accused of bribery and abusing his powers. Jian was put under investigation...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Massacre of hundreds of Jews ends in Lisbon, Portugal

An anti-Jewish pogrom known as the "Lisbon Massacre" came to an end on April 21, 1506. The killings started as the result of a "New Christian," who was forcibly converted from Judaism as a result of King Manuel I's 1497 Edict of Forced Conversion, questioning a purported miracle at the Church of Saint Dominic. At least 1,000 New Christians were killed as a result of the ensuing riots, spurred on by two friars.  Today a memorial to the massacre victims stands outside of the church. Learn more about the Lisbon Massacre.

Henry VIII becomes King of England

On April 21, 1509, King Henry VII died, leaving his son, Henry VIII, King of England. Henry VIII eventually seceded his nation from the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first major European nation to do so. Henry then made himself head of the Church of England and dissolved Catholic monasteries throughout the country.

Learn more about Henry VIII.

Maryland Toleration Act established freedom of worship for all Christians

On April 21, 1649, the Maryland Assembly passed the Maryland Toleration Act, providing for freedom of worship for all Christians. The key section of the act read: And whereas the inforceing of the conscience in matters of Religion hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous Consequence in those commonwealthes where it hath been practised, And for the more quiett and peaceable governement of this Province, and the better to preserve mutuall Love and amity amongst the Inhabitants thereof, Be it Therefore also by the Lord Proprietary with the advise and consent of this Assembly Ordeyned and enacted (except as in this present Act is before Declared and sett forth) that noe person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, Ports, Harbors, Creekes, or havens thereunto belonging professing to beleive in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any waies troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the beleife or exercise of any other Religion against his or her consent, soe as they be not unfaithfull to the Lord Proprietary, or molest or conspire against the civill Governement established or to bee established in this Province under him or his heires. Learn more about the Maryland Toleration Act.

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