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News Former Cambodia Head of State denies committing genocide
Former Cambodia Head of State denies committing genocide
Meena Ansari
June 25, 2017 04:15:35 pm

Cambodia's former head of state on Friday rejected charges of crimes against humanity in his UN-assisted tribunal. The 85-year-old Khieu Samphan, who was head of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, said the allegations were concocted by...

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News HRW: pregnant and married African girls are being denied education
HRW: pregnant and married African girls are being denied education
Meena Ansari
June 18, 2017 04:44:15 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Friday that millions of pregnant and married girls across Africa are being denied education due to discriminatory policies. More than 49 million girls in sub-Saharan African are out of primary...

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News Israel leader Netanyahu and wife win libel suit
Israel leader Netanyahu and wife win libel suit
Meena Ansari
June 11, 2017 04:17:33 pm

A Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Sunday awarded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, USD $32,500 in a libel case. The Netanyahus filed the suit against Igal Sarna , who alleged in a...

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News Late Libya Leader Gaddafi’s son released from prison
Late Libya Leader Gaddafi’s son released from prison
Meena Ansari
June 11, 2017 03:29:56 pm

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released from prison Friday, according to the Abu Bakr al-Sideeq militia, which was held him for the past five years. Saif, 44, who was the most high-profile of...

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News Guatemala judge pleads guilty in FIFA fraud case
Guatemala judge pleads guilty in FIFA fraud case
Meena Ansari
June 4, 2017 04:02:14 pm

Hector Trujillo, a Guatemalan judge who served as general secretary for Guatemala's soccer federation, pled guilty Friday to fraud and conspiracy in the FIFA scandal. Judge Trujillo entered the plea before US District Judge Pamela...

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News HRW: fifty years of human rights violations in West Bank
HRW: fifty years of human rights violations in West Bank
Meena Ansari
June 4, 2017 02:43:36 pm

Israel has occupied the West Bank through human rights abuses for the past fifty-years, stated Human Rights Watch (HRW)(advocacy website) Sunday. According to HRW, Israel has violated international humanitarian law during the occupation through "unlawful killings; forced displacement;...

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News New York top prosecutor accuses Exxon of false climate change predictions
New York top prosecutor accuses Exxon of false climate change predictions
Meena Ansari
June 2, 2017 04:32:44 pm

Eric Schneiderman , New York's top prosecutor, accused ExxonMobil in a court filing Friday of misleading investors about climate change risks and demanded the corporation turn over internal documents. Schneiderman, Attorney General for New...

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News China human rights lawyer arrested
China human rights lawyer arrested
Meena Ansari
June 2, 2017 03:14:15 pm

Family members of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong said Friday that police have informed them of his formal arrest and his decision to dismiss all legal counsel. The legal activist disappeared in November after publicizing...

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News Japan lawmakers approve bill allowing emperor’s abdication
Japan lawmakers approve bill allowing emperor’s abdication
Meena Ansari
June 2, 2017 12:32:30 pm

Japan's lower house of parliament passed a bill Friday allowing Emperor Akihito to step down and calling for a debate on women emperors in the male-dominated monarchy. Emperor Akihito, who has been on the throne for nearly...

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News Venezuela president pledges to hold referendum on new constitution
Venezuela president pledges to hold referendum on new constitution
Meena Ansari
June 2, 2017 11:46:47 am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged Thursday to hold a referendum on a new controversial constitution that he has proposed. Maduro's pledge to rewrite the national charter has led to two months of protests...

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Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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