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News UK launches action plan to promote transgender equality
UK launches action plan to promote transgender equality
Michael Haggerson
December 8, 2011 03:28:53 pm

The UK Home Office Government Equalities Office on Thursday announced the UK's first ever government action plan promoting transgender equality . The plan stated that there was a 14 percent rise in transgender-related hate...

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News Malawi to review controversial anti-homosexuality law
Malawi to review controversial anti-homosexuality law
Michael Haggerson
December 8, 2011 02:49:52 pm

Malawian Justice Minister Ephraim Chiume said Thursday that President Bingu wa Mutharika has ordered the Malawi Law Commission to review several controversial laws, including a law banning homosexual acts. Chiume stated that the review was in response...

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News HRW report: lesbians and transgender men face discrimination in South Africa
HRW report: lesbians and transgender men face discrimination in South Africa
Michael Haggerson
December 6, 2011 03:26:08 pm

Lesbians and transgender men in South Africa face discrimination and fear violence on a daily basis from both private individuals and government officials, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday. The report argues...

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News International election fraud monitor concerned about Russia election process
International election fraud monitor concerned about Russia election process
Michael Haggerson
December 6, 2011 02:01:10 pm

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) issued preliminary findings on Sunday stating that the Russian election was "characterized by frequent procedural violations and instances of apparent manipulation." The report noted...

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News Canada citizen removed from UN terrorist list
Canada citizen removed from UN terrorist list
Michael Haggerson
December 2, 2011 01:56:00 pm

Sudanese-born Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik was removed from the UN Security Council Al Qaeda Sanctions List (1267 List) on Thursday. Abdelrazik was added to the list while being held in Sudan...

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UN rights chief: more than 4,000 dead in Syria conflict
Michael Haggerson
December 1, 2011 03:03:18 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay stated on Thursday that the death toll in Syria during the eight-month uprising has surpassed 4,000 . Pillay recommended that the UN Security Council...

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Egypt military council apologizes for deaths of protesters
Michael Haggerson
November 24, 2011 03:14:39 pm

Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Thursday called for an end to violence against protesters and reiterated that demonstrations were a protected right, as long as they were done peacefully. The SCAF also assured...

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British Columbia Supreme Court upholds anti-polygamy law
Michael Haggerson
November 24, 2011 02:06:54 pm

The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled on Wednesday that a law banning polygamy was constitutional. The law was under challenge by two bishops of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of...

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Prosecutors appeal decision to release Khmer Rouge leader
Michael Haggerson
November 18, 2011 01:42:18 pm

Prosecutors in the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) filed an immediate appeal on Friday of the court's decision to release Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith [ECCC...

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California high court rules Proposition 8 sponsors may defend it in court
Michael Haggerson
November 17, 2011 03:20:10 pm

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot initiatives can defend them in court when the state refuses to do so....

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Nuremberg race laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans." White circles represented on the chart are "pure Germans" while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish heritage. Review the Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

KKK bombs Alabama Church

On September 15, 1963, members of the Klu Klux Klan bombed a predominantly African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The blast at the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young girls and injured twenty other people. Despite an investigation by the FBI, no one was charged with responsibility for the crime until Robert Chambliss was convicted of murder in 1977. His accomplices, Thomas Blaton, Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, were not tried and convicted until about twenty-five years later. Learn more about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and the trials of Blanton and Cherry from NPR.

Nuremberg Laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans": white circles represent on the chart are "pure Germans", while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish blood.

Review the Laws for Protection of the German Race on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

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