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UN rights chief urges DRC to ensure justice for victims of violence

June 1, 2012 12:40:48 PM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged the government of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure justice for the victims of the recently increasing...

May 31, 2012 02:39:01 PM

Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday rejected the prosecution's application for an arrest warrant against Sylvestre Mudacumura , a field commander in the Democratic Forces...

May 30, 2012 09:39:25 AM

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday ruled that the pre-trial chamber did not err in ruling that there is not enough evidence to try Rwandan rebel leader Callixte...

April 18, 2012 11:32:31 AM

The Rwandan high court ruled Wednesday that the case against opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza will continue despite her announcement this week that she refuses to attend further proceedings. The court's ruling ...

December 17, 2011 11:44:56 AM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Friday that Callixte Mbarushimana should be released because there is not enough evidence to charge him. Mbarushimana was allegedly tied to the murder, rape and...

September 16, 2011 02:39:04 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday opened the confirmation of charges hearing against accused war criminal Callixte Mbarushimana . Mbarushimana, former leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) , is...

August 17, 2011 12:19:22 PM

Judges for the International Criminal Court (ICC) have postponed the opening of the confirmation of charges hearing against accused war criminal Callixte Mbarushimana , originally set for Wednesday, until September 16. Mbarushimana,...

August 11, 2011 11:43:02 AM

Amnesty International (AI) called Wednesday for justice system reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) . The report states that the justice system has allowed the Congolese army and other armed groups to...

July 22, 2011 01:11:12 PM

The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) in conjunction with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on Friday accusing soldiers in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic...

July 6, 2011 11:54:15 AM

The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) released a report confirming the use of rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last summer, but continued investigations...

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US suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of American suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class." Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party. The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

Catholic Church tries Galileo for heresy

On September 20, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church tried Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was brought before the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith for his assertion that the Earth orbits the Sun. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under house arrest. Read documents from the trial of Galileo.

Suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.