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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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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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