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News UN rights office condemns Boko Haram for kidnappings
UN rights office condemns Boko Haram for kidnappings
Stephen Adelgren
May 7, 2014 12:56:29 pm

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday criticized the militant group Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in April...

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News Thailand PM ordered to step down for abuse of power
Thailand PM ordered to step down for abuse of power
Stephen Adelgren
May 7, 2014 11:13:31 am

The Thai Constitutional Court on Tuesday ordered caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down for an alleged abuse of power relating to the transfer of a senior civil servant to another position...

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News Egypt court hands down more sentences for Morsi supporters
Egypt court hands down more sentences for Morsi supporters
Stephen Adelgren
April 27, 2014 03:25:29 pm

Egyptian courts over the weekend convicted many supporters of the ousted former president Mohamed Morsi on charges including violence and rioting. According to AFP reports, 13 supporters were sentenced on Saturday and another 42 on Sunday. Those...

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News Nepal legislature passes amnesty bill for former rebels, security forces
Nepal legislature passes amnesty bill for former rebels, security forces
Stephen Adelgren
April 27, 2014 02:07:49 pm

Nepalese lawmakers passed legislation on Friday that could grant amnesty to former Maoist rebels and security forces accused of committing various war crimes, including torture and murder, during the nation's civil war. The bill establishes ...

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News Kosovo prime minister calls for vote on creating court for Balkans war crimes
Kosovo prime minister calls for vote on creating court for Balkans war crimes
Stephen Adelgren
April 18, 2014 01:39:19 pm

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci on Thursday called on the nation's parliament to vote on creating a European Union-backed tribunal to investigate allegations of harvesting organs from dead Serbs during the 1990s Balkans war. In a press...

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News Ohio AG approves proposed constitutional amendment to overturn gay marriage ban
Ohio AG approves proposed constitutional amendment to overturn gay marriage ban
Stephen Adelgren
April 15, 2014 12:58:44 pm

Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine determined on Monday that a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would overturn its current ban on gay marriage had obtained the requisite number of signatures and satisfied the...

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News ICTY upholds genocide charges against Ratko Mladic for 1995 Srebrenica massacre
ICTY upholds genocide charges against Ratko Mladic for 1995 Srebrenica massacre
Stephen Adelgren
April 15, 2014 12:00:09 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia determined during a session on Tuesday that sufficient evidence exists to uphold charges on two counts of genocide against Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb...

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News UN crime agency reports 437,000 intentional homicides in 2012
UN crime agency reports 437,000 intentional homicides in 2012
Stephen Adelgren
April 11, 2014 02:11:15 pm

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released the results of the Global Study on Homicide 2013 (GSH) which detailed the global prevalence of intentional homicides, finding 437,000 homicides in 2012. The UNODC collected [UN News...

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European Court of Justice declares Netherlands ‘piracy levy’ unlawful
Stephen Adelgren
April 11, 2014 01:13:55 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Thursday that the Netherlands' "piracy levy" tax added to the purchase price of copying materials such as blank CDs or DVDs does not properly account for the...

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UN experts urge countries to ratify treaty on rights of migrant workers
Stephen Adelgren
April 8, 2014 11:44:14 am

UN experts on the rights and status of migrant workers on Monday renewed calls to states urging the signing and ratification of a treaty more than 10 years old. The International Convention on the Protection of the...

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James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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