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News UN rights experts reiterate call for Honduras to protect human rights defenders
UN rights experts reiterate call for Honduras to protect human rights defenders
Taylor Isaac
April 12, 2016 01:52:36 pm

UN rights experts on Monday called for Honduras to provide justice in the murder case of Berta Cáceres , as well as broad protection for everyone defending human rights and the environment. Cáceres was the founder of the...

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News HRW: fully autonomous weapons must be internationally prohibited
HRW: fully autonomous weapons must be internationally prohibited
Taylor Isaac
April 11, 2016 10:30:50 am

Fully autonomous weapons, as opposed to the current remote-controlled drone weapons, must be internationally prohibited , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Monday. The report is part of the Campaign to Stop Killer...

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News Palestine president establishes controversial constitutional court
Palestine president establishes controversial constitutional court
Taylor Isaac
April 11, 2016 09:41:05 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has established a new constitutional court that will be inaugurated Monday with the swearing in of the last justice. The court, which will hold supremacy over all others, was quietly created by presidential decree, but those...

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News DOJ investigating voting issues in Arizona primary
DOJ investigating voting issues in Arizona primary
Taylor Isaac
April 5, 2016 02:58:53 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has notified Maricopa County officials that it will investigate the issues voters in Arizona's most populous county faced during the March 22 primary election. After the county decided to...

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News Amnesty: Chile justice system permits police brutality
Amnesty: Chile justice system permits police brutality
Taylor Isaac
April 5, 2016 01:56:04 pm

Chile's justice system allows for police brutality by requiring such cases to be heard in military courts, where similar personnel manage the judicial process, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Tuesday. According to the...

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News Supreme Court to hear case on racial bias in jury deliberation
Supreme Court to hear case on racial bias in jury deliberation
Taylor Isaac
April 4, 2016 12:09:34 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in a case regarding racial bias expressed in jury deliberation and whether the no-impeachment rules applied in this scenario violate an individual's Sixth Amendment right to...

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News Missouri court strikes down part of law passed in wake of Ferguson conflict
Missouri court strikes down part of law passed in wake of Ferguson conflict
Taylor Isaac
March 29, 2016 03:16:35 pm

A Missouri court struck down part of a law on Monday that was passed in the wake of the unrest in Ferguson last yea. Senate Bill 5 was passed as a response to widespread concern regarding the...

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News HRW: Louisiana prisons not providing basic HIV services
HRW: Louisiana prisons not providing basic HIV services
Taylor Isaac
March 29, 2016 01:52:23 pm

Louisiana jails are failing to provide basic HIV services to inmates, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Tuesday. HRW said this failure occurs through "limited, haphazard, and in many cases, non-existent" services provided...

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News Supreme Court to rule on sentencing schemes under Armed Career Criminal Act
Supreme Court to rule on sentencing schemes under Armed Career Criminal Act
Taylor Isaac
March 28, 2016 02:21:06 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Moon v. United States and Jeffries v. United States , both dealing with criminal sentencing. The cases had ben remanded to the US Courts of Appeals...

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News Rights groups sue North Carolina governor regarding new transgender law
Rights groups sue North Carolina governor regarding new transgender law
Taylor Isaac
March 28, 2016 12:18:45 pm

North Carolina individuals and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday against Governor Pat McCrory claiming the bill signed last week regarding transgender discrimination is unconstitutional and discriminatory . The bill (H.B. 2) ,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Montenegrins vote for independence from Serbia

Citizens of Montenegro voted by 55.5-45.5% on May 21, 2006 to secede from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and declare independence. The new country formally declared independence on June 3 of that year. Learn more about the 2006 Montenegro independence referendum.

Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry born

English prison reformer Elizabeth Fry was born on May 21, 1780. Learn more about Elizabeth Fry.

American Red Cross founded

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