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News UN rights expert urges Mongolia to protect environment
UN rights expert urges Mongolia to protect environment
Miracle Jones
September 28, 2017 12:26:38 pm

Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox called on Mongolia Wednesday to protect the environment. The call came as a result of economic and cultural implications the nations agricultural community is facing...

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News ACLU of Colorado files suit alleging racial profiling
ACLU of Colorado files suit alleging racial profiling
Miracle Jones
September 28, 2017 11:34:31 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU-CO) filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging unlawful racial profiling. In the complaint , the ACLU alleges officers from the Aurora police department prevented Omar Hassan, a black Ethiopian...

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News DHS adds social media to immigration review policy
DHS adds social media to immigration review policy
Miracle Jones
September 26, 2017 09:39:16 pm

The Federal Register posted a notice on Monday detailing an updated rule that will allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to track social media accounts of immigrants. The social media accounts will be collected as part of the...

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News Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive
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September 26, 2017 05:56:47 pm

Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Tuesday announced by decree that the country will grant women driver's licenses beginning next June. The order was broadcast though Saudi Arabia's state television channel and...

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News Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Medicare for all’ bill
Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Medicare for all’ bill
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September 14, 2017 10:46:32 am

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday introduced his "Medicare for all" bill. The Medicare for All Act of 2017 , which is cosponsored by 16 democrats including 2020 front runners Cory Booker, Kamala Harris,...

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News Rights groups urge Trump administration to sanction foreign individuals
Rights groups urge Trump administration to sanction foreign individuals
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September 14, 2017 09:37:09 am

A coalition of rights groups, led by Human Rights First , called on the US Departments of State and Treasury Wednesday to use the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction foreign citizens...

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News Iraq votes against Kurdish independence referendum
Iraq votes against Kurdish independence referendum
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September 12, 2017 04:56:24 pm

The council of Iraq on Tuesday denied the referendum petition of Kurdistan to permit its independence. The council voted to keep Kurdistan in its region despite its ongoing tensions to maintain the...

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UK lawmakers advance measure to continue Brexit withdrawal
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September 12, 2017 03:40:16 pm

The British Parliament on Monday approved a bill to continue the process of withdrawal from the EU. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill passed by 326 votes to 290 after a lengthy debate ...

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News US House unanimously passes driverless vehicle bill
US House unanimously passes driverless vehicle bill
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September 7, 2017 10:53:30 am

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to allow self-driving cars into the marketplace. The Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act will allow 100,000 autonomous vehicles...

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Cambodia opposition leader charged with treason
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September 5, 2017 03:35:47 pm

Kem Sokha, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was charged Tuesday with treason after his arrest on Sunday. The arrest of Sokha was first announced by his daughter on social media. Sokha and others were...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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