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News Japan promises more aid to Cambodia genocide  tribunal
Japan promises more aid to Cambodia genocide tribunal
Tere Miller-Sporrer
January 11, 2009 10:02:00 am

Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone pledged an additional $21 million in aid for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Sunday during a visit to the country. This pledge...

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News China court sentences writer/activist to 2 1/2 years on impersonation and fraud charges
China court sentences writer/activist to 2 1/2 years on impersonation and fraud charges
Tere Miller-Sporrer
January 6, 2009 03:23:00 pm

Human rights group Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) on Tuesday reported that Chinese activist and blogger Chen Qitang was sentenced last month to two-and-a-half years in prison for impersonation and fraud. According to the group,...

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News TSA officials and JetBlue settle passenger discrimination lawsuit for $240,000
TSA officials and JetBlue settle passenger discrimination lawsuit for $240,000
Tere Miller-Sporrer
January 6, 2009 02:02:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday announced that two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid a $240,000 settlement to a man who claims he was...

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News Trial on hold pending medical care for Zimbabwe rights activist Jestina Mukoko
Trial on hold pending medical care for Zimbabwe rights activist Jestina Mukoko
Tere Miller-Sporrer
January 6, 2009 09:08:00 am

The trial for imprisoned Zimbabwe human rights activist and head of Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) Jestina Mukoko was put on hold Monday until she recieves medical care. Mukoko was allegedly tortured and...

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News France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Tere Miller-Sporrer
January 6, 2009 08:07:00 am

A Paris court on Monday began a trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , for his alleged involvement in a suicide bombing of a Tunisian...

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News Russia lower house approves bill to cut jury trials in terrorism and treason cases
Russia lower house approves bill to cut jury trials in terrorism and treason cases
Tere Miller-Sporrer
December 13, 2008 06:08:00 pm

The Russian Duma Friday approved by 355-85 a bill that would end jury trials on charges of terrorism and treason . Ostensibly directed against lenient juries , the bill is excepted to...

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News Georgia court sentences Atlanta gunman who killed judge to consecutive life terms
Georgia court sentences Atlanta gunman who killed judge to consecutive life terms
Tere Miller-Sporrer
December 13, 2008 10:15:00 am

A Superior Court of Georgia jury Saturday sentenced Brian Nichols to consecutively serve seven life terms, four terms of life without parole, and 485 years following his conviction last month for the...

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News Federal court rules US decision to deny visa to South Africa scholar subject to review
Federal court rules US decision to deny visa to South Africa scholar subject to review
Tere Miller-Sporrer
December 10, 2008 07:39:00 am

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday ruled that it has the authority to review a decision by the US consulate in South Africa that denied a visa to a...

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News ICTR sentences Hutu singer to 15 years for inciting Rwanda genocide
ICTR sentences Hutu singer to 15 years for inciting Rwanda genocide
Tere Miller-Sporrer
December 2, 2008 01:59:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Tuesday sentenced popular Rwandan singer-songwriter Simon Bikindi to 15 years in prison for his actions during the 1994 Rwanda genocide...

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News Europe rights chief criticizes anti-terror blacklists
Europe rights chief criticizes anti-terror blacklists
Tere Miller-Sporrer
December 1, 2008 02:41:00 pm

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said Monday that human rights standards have been undermined by the "war on terror." Hammarberg focused on blacklists created by UN Security Council Resolution 1267...

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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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