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News UK government to end inmate early release program
UK government to end inmate early release program
Steve Dotterer
February 22, 2010 02:07:00 pm

UK Justice Minister Jack Straw announced Monday that the government plans to terminate to the inmate early release program initiated in June 2007 to ease prison overcrowding . In remarks before the House of Commons...

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News Massachusetts AG seeking summary judgment in Defense of Marriage Act suit
Massachusetts AG seeking summary judgment in Defense of Marriage Act suit
Steve Dotterer
February 19, 2010 01:44:00 pm

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley moved for summary judgment Thursday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . The case will be decided...

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News UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
Steve Dotterer
February 16, 2010 07:18:00 am

Controversial full-body scanners currently used in two UK airports may be illegal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced Monday. The EHRC made the statement in a letter to Department...

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News Rights group urges Nigeria acting president to remedy abuses
Rights group urges Nigeria acting president to remedy abuses
Steve Dotterer
February 12, 2010 01:55:00 pm

Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan must take action to "tackle the culture of impunity" in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter dated Friday. HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth called on Jonathan...

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News Sri Lanka military police arrest defeated opposition candidate
Sri Lanka military police arrest defeated opposition candidate
Steve Dotterer
February 8, 2010 01:08:00 pm

Sri Lankan military police on Monday arrested defeated opposition presidential candidate and former general Sarath Fonseka . The Sri Lankan Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) announced that Fonseka was arrested "in connection with certain fraudulent...

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News Top military appeals court upholds Abu Ghraib guard convictions
Top military appeals court upholds Abu Ghraib guard convictions
Steve Dotterer
February 5, 2010 01:52:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Friday upheld the convictions of two soldiers found guilty of offenses committed as guards at Abu Ghraib prison . Army Spc. Sabrina Harman...

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News Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Steve Dotterer
February 2, 2010 08:58:00 am

The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has submitted a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requesting an inquiry into the spate of religious violence [BBC...

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News Obama orders federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
Obama orders federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
Steve Dotterer
January 29, 2010 02:04:00 pm

US President Barack Obama on Friday ordered the federal government to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2020. The reduction is pursuant to Executive Order 13514 , signed by Obama...

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News US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
US transfers 3 Guantanamo detainees to Slovakia
Steve Dotterer
January 25, 2010 02:17:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that three Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Slovakia. Slovakia announced last week that it would accept the detainees, in what...

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News China official says missing rights lawyer ‘where he should be’
China official says missing rights lawyer ‘where he should be’
Steve Dotterer
January 22, 2010 01:40:00 pm

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu stated in a press conference Thursday that Chinese human rights lawyer and activist Gao Zhisheng is "where he should be." Ma stated that holding...

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Harlan Fiske Stone becomes first US Supreme Court nominee to testify before Senate committee

On January 28, 1925, US Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone became the first US Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours.

Articles of the Warsaw Confederation signed

On January 28, 1573, the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation were signed, opening religious freedom in Lithuania and Poland. The Confederation document statutized the Polish practice of tolerating different religions.

Read the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation in the original Polish.

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