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News Sri Lanka lawyers protest impeachment of chief justice
Sri Lanka lawyers protest impeachment of chief justice
Sarah Paulsworth
November 5, 2012 09:49:50 am

Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers and citizens took to the streets of Colombo on Monday to protest the impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake , the chief justice and lone woman on the country's Supreme Court. The protesters waved placards...

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News Malawi enacts moratorium on anti-gay laws
Malawi enacts moratorium on anti-gay laws
Sarah Paulsworth
November 5, 2012 09:01:48 am

A moratorium has been enacted on Malawi's laws barring same-sex marriage and homosexuality, Malawi Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara announced on Monday. According to him, the laws were suspended to enable to the country...

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News Military judge rules 9/11 accused do not have to attend hearings
Military judge rules 9/11 accused do not have to attend hearings
Sarah Paulsworth
October 16, 2012 09:50:11 am

Five men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks do not have to attend court proceedings against them, a military judge ruled Monday. Army Col. James Pohl ruled that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...

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News ICTY opens final war crimes trial
ICTY opens final war crimes trial
Sarah Paulsworth
October 16, 2012 09:03:08 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday opened the trial of Goran Hadzic , the last suspect to be tried by the court. Hadzic, one 161 people tried by...

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News UK court allows accused Sudanese war criminal to remain in country
UK court allows accused Sudanese war criminal to remain in country
Sarah Paulsworth
October 9, 2012 10:08:56 am

A UK immigration tribunal has ruled that man who says he was paid to kill civilians in Sudan may remain in the UK indefinitely. The 27-year-old man, whose identity has not been revealed, is...

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News Sri Lanka judges, lawyers protest assault of outspoken judge
Sri Lanka judges, lawyers protest assault of outspoken judge
Sarah Paulsworth
October 9, 2012 09:04:20 am

Lawyers and judges from Sri Lanka held a large-scale protest on Monday to express their dismay over the assault of an outspoken judge and to call for a thorough, impartial investigation into the incident. Nearly 500 judges, lawyers and...

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News UN rights office urges justice for Nepal civil war crimes
UN rights office urges justice for Nepal civil war crimes
Sarah Paulsworth
October 9, 2012 07:37:23 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday released a report urging justice for victims of international law violations that occurred Nepal's civil war. Approximately 13,000 people were...

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News Charles Taylor defense investigator arrested on contempt charges
Charles Taylor defense investigator arrested on contempt charges
Sarah Paulsworth
October 8, 2012 09:07:31 am

A investigator for the Charles Taylor defense team in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was arrested Saturday on charges of contempt. Prince Taylor is accused of interfering...

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News California sexual orientation therapy ban challenged
California sexual orientation therapy ban challenged
Sarah Paulsworth
October 2, 2012 10:01:24 am

The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit challenging a California law that bans sexual orientation therapy for minors. California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed...

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Rule of law deteriorating in Egypt: AI
Sarah Paulsworth
October 2, 2012 09:09:56 am

The rule of law continues to deteriorate in Egypt , and human rights abuses are occurring with alarming frequency, according to two reports released Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) . In the report "Egypt: Brutality...

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October 24 is United Nations Day. On October 24, 1945, the UN Charter, signed on June 26, 1945, formally entered into force. Review the text of the UN Charter.

Civil Rights pioneers Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks die

On October 24, 1972, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson, died at the age of 53 in Stamford, Connecticut. On the same day in 2005, Rosa Parks passed away in Detroit at the age of 92. Parks inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Both Parks and Robinson were symbols of the civil rights movement, which led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

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