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News Amnesty International ‘welcomes’ UK Mousa inquiry, calls for impartiality
Amnesty International ‘welcomes’ UK Mousa inquiry, calls for impartiality
Patrick Porter
May 17, 2008 01:30:00 pm

Amnesty International welcomed Saturday the recently-announced public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa , an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died in British military custody in 2003....

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News France court releases RIA Novosti Account
France court releases RIA Novosti Account
Patrick Porter
May 17, 2008 12:51:00 pm

A French court released a bank account belonging to Russian news agency RIA Novosti Friday. The account was frozen in January , along with other accounts belonging to several Russian state organizations. The court ruled that...

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News EU ministers reach agreement on new anti-terror measures
EU ministers reach agreement on new anti-terror measures
Patrick Porter
April 18, 2008 02:21:00 pm

European Commission ministers Friday agreed on implementation of a new counter-terrorism package, including a proposal to amend the Framework Decision on combating terrorism to criminalize recruitment and training for terrorism, particularly when committed...

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News Military commission trial of alleged 9/11 planner to be televised for victims’ families
Military commission trial of alleged 9/11 planner to be televised for victims’ families
Patrick Porter
April 18, 2008 01:34:00 pm

US Army Col. Lawrence Morris, chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo Bay military commissions, has said that the trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other Sept. 11 suspects will be broadcast live via closed-circuit television...

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News Former Pakistan justice calls reconstituted top court unconstitutional
Former Pakistan justice calls reconstituted top court unconstitutional
Patrick Porter
April 18, 2008 01:07:00 pm

Former Supreme Court of Pakistan justice Rana Bhagwandas Thursday told the Lahore High Court Bar Association that the Supreme Court as currently constituted is unconstitutional, and that its ruling supporting Pakistani President...

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News Some US states to resume executions after high court lethal injection ruling
Some US states to resume executions after high court lethal injection ruling
Patrick Porter
April 16, 2008 06:47:00 pm

Several US states announced Wednesday that they would resume executions by lethal injection after the Supreme Court's decision upholding Kentucky's lethal injection protocol earlier in the day. Virginia lifted its death penalty moratorium and Oklahoma's...

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News Australia court deals setback to ex-Guantanamo detainee compensation claim
Australia court deals setback to ex-Guantanamo detainee compensation claim
Patrick Porter
April 16, 2008 06:19:00 pm

The Federal Court of Australia Wednesday ruled against former Guantanamo detainee Mamdouh Habib in an ongoing claim for compensation against the Australian government, which he accused of being complicit in torture he...

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Zimbabwe police ban political rallies
Patrick Porter
April 11, 2008 02:17:00 pm

Police in Zimbabwe Friday banned all political demonstrations as tension continued to mount after the country's contested March 29th presidential election . Independent observers say that Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate Morgan Tsvangirai won more...

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Pakistan lawmakers introduce bill to lift media restrictions
Patrick Porter
April 11, 2008 01:44:00 pm

Pakistani lawmakers introduced a bill Friday that would lift media restrictions imposed by President Pervez Musharraf after his declaration of emergency rule last November. The bill seeks to remove prohibitions on live broadcasts as...

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News Mukasey says Fourth Amendment applies to domestic military terror ops
Mukasey says Fourth Amendment applies to domestic military terror ops
Patrick Porter
April 11, 2008 01:06:00 pm

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey Thursday disavowed a 2001 memo advising the Bush administration that Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures did not apply to "domestic military operations." Appearing before the Senate...

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38 Santee Sioux hanged by US for rebellion

On December 26, 1862, 38 Santee Sioux men were hanged in a mass execution for their roles in a rebellion against US authorities in Minnesota which left hundreds dead and made refugees of some 40,000 white settlers. Government annuities promised under a treaty with the Sioux had failed to arrive on schedule and credit for purchases was not advanced in the meantime, threatening the tribe with starvation. The Santee Sioux Tribe's members were deported first to South Dakota and ultimately to Nebraska, where they remain today. Learn more about the 1862 Minnesota Sioux Rebellion.

Louis XVI put on trial during French Revolution

On December 26, 1792, Romain de Sèze, a defense attorney for deposed King Louis XVI, presented a defense of his client. The former King was on trial before a French Revolutionary court on thirty-three charges, including treason and other crimes against the state. He was convicted on January 15, 1793 executed by guillotine on the following January 21.

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