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News Montana judge strikes down immigration law
Montana judge strikes down immigration law
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 24, 2014 03:45:07 pm

A Montana judge has struck down most of a voter approved immigration law that requires government officials to check the immigration status of anyone applying for state services. The law was approved by voters [JURIST...

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News CAR violence may lead to genocide: rights group
CAR violence may lead to genocide: rights group
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 24, 2014 11:37:36 am

Religious violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has the potential to create the conditions for genocide , the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said Tuesday, urging other nations to intervene to...

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News HRW: Syria armed groups using child soldiers
HRW: Syria armed groups using child soldiers
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 24, 2014 07:13:44 am

Teenagers as young as 15 have been recruited to join armed groups in Syria and have been fighting in the Syrian civil war, according to a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on...

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News Malaysia top court refuses to overturn ban on non-Muslims using ‘Allah’
Malaysia top court refuses to overturn ban on non-Muslims using ‘Allah’
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 23, 2014 11:34:41 am

The Federal Court of Malaysia on Monday declined to hear an appeal challenging Malaysia's ban on non-Muslims using the word "Allah" to refer to God. The case was brought by the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur...

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News UN rights chief expresses alarm at Sri Lanka violence
UN rights chief expresses alarm at Sri Lanka violence
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 16, 2014 03:58:28 pm

UN high commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep alarm on Monday over inter-communal violence occurring in Sri Lanka. Violence occurred between Buddhists and Muslims after a rally by the Buddhist group Bodu Bala...

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News Supreme Court allows challenge to law criminalizing false political statements
Supreme Court allows challenge to law criminalizing false political statements
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 16, 2014 12:18:27 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus that the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) and the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) ...

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News Central African Republic president requests ICC investigation
Central African Republic president requests ICC investigation
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 13, 2014 02:36:54 pm

Central African Republic (CAR) President Catherine Samba-Panza has requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate crimes committed within ICC jurisdiction since August 21, 2012. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda issued a statement Thursday describing...

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News Report: West African governments should decriminalize drug use
Report: West African governments should decriminalize drug use
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 13, 2014 10:59:59 am

West African governments should decriminalize drug use and treat it as a public health issue, according to a report published Thursday by the West Africa Commission on Drugs . The report also recommends that governments try...

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News Federal appeals court dismisses Guantanamo detainee lawsuit
Federal appeals court dismisses Guantanamo detainee lawsuit
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 11, 2014 02:41:04 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . According to the original...

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News Federal appeals court rules searchable book database constitutes fair use
Federal appeals court rules searchable book database constitutes fair use
William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director
June 11, 2014 11:04:09 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that creating a searchable book database and giving full digital copies of books to disabled people constitutes fair use. The Authors Guild sued HathiTrust...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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