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HRW criticizes new UK counter-terrorism bill

October 15, 2018 12:01:35 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the UK Monday to amend a new counter-terrorism bill, stating that the bill “excessively restrict freedom of expression, freedom of movement, and privacy.” The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill makes it illegal for someone to express support for a terrorist organization if it “reckless” encourages others to support the [...]

February 7, 2018 12:31:10 PM

Three justices of the Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday annulled a controversial ruling the court had issued last Thursday that required the government to immediately release a number of political prisoners. The reversal came a...

February 3, 2018 12:00:07 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UN expressed concern Thursday about human rights abuses in Mali despite the Malian government signing a peace agreement in 2015 with several armed groups. The...

January 29, 2018 02:52:15 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the government of Sri Lanka on Monday for not repealing its "Draconian" counterterrorism law. HRW accused the government of using the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to arbitrarily detain...

January 16, 2018 08:35:17 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Mohit Gupta of South Asian University discusses the legacy of the ICTY... International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), an ad hoc international criminal tribunal established by mandate from United Nations Security Council officially came to...

November 11, 2017 12:00:05 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman (OTO) has anti-graft and corruption charges Tuesday against former Philippines president Benigno...

November 10, 2017 06:46:07 AM

Following an Associated Press (AP) article published Wednesday, Sri Lanka wrote Thursday in a letter to the New York Times that it will investigate allegations of torture and rape of 50 Tamil individuals by police offices and...

September 2, 2017 12:00:05 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Kenya's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Friday to invalidate the recent presidential election. UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee on Thursday expressed grave concern for...

August 29, 2017 01:33:08 PM

Human rights groups on Monday filed suits against Jagath Jayasuriya, a former Sri Lanka army general, for alleged war crimes and human rights violations he committed during the 2009 civil war in Sri Lanka. The suits are based on his...

March 23, 2017 12:23:26 PM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presented his report on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, stating that much work remains to make Sri Lanka's judiciary conform with...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.