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News UN rights committee concerned about Iran executions, minority rights
UN rights committee concerned about Iran executions, minority rights
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 4, 2011 01:48:07 pm

The UN Human Rights Committee expressed concern Friday over the protection of individuals' rights in Iran. The committee, composed of independent experts, has recently examined Iran's progress in adopting the International Covenant on...

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News UN expert calls for increased efforts to combat Somalia piracy
UN expert calls for increased efforts to combat Somalia piracy
Rebecca DiLeonardo
November 1, 2011 10:59:56 am

Pirates off the Somalia coast have increased their area of operation and use of violence despite unprecedented efforts to reduce piracy, a UN official said Monday. Assistant Secretary-General for Political AffairsTaye-Brook Zerihoun told the UN...

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News Spain judge to face trial for illegal jailhouse wiretap order
Spain judge to face trial for illegal jailhouse wiretap order
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 28, 2011 12:21:03 pm

The Spanish Supreme Court announced Friday that Judge Baltasar Garzon will stand trial on November 29 for ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses. Garzon was indicted [text, PDF, in Spanish; JURIST...

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News Amnesty report: Syria government using hospitals to repress opposition
Amnesty report: Syria government using hospitals to repress opposition
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 25, 2011 10:43:41 am

The Syrian government has been utilizing state-run hospitals and their personnel to abuse wounded protesters, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report published Tuesday. The report alleges that since the anti-government protests began,...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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