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African Union to seek delay of Bashir ICC indictment

February 3, 2009 07:51:00 AM

The African Union (AU) agreed Monday to seek a postponement of the pending International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir , citing concerns over a possible threat to...

January 15, 2009 03:34:00 PM

Sudanese authorities on Wednesday detained prominent political opposition figure and Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi in response to al-Turabi's calls for President Omar al-Bashir to turn himself over to the International Criminal Court...

January 8, 2009 09:17:00 AM

The Chinese government on Wednesday warned that pressing war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in the International Criminal Court (ICC) would have "disastrous" consequences on the implementation of a...

October 13, 2008 01:10:00 PM

Justice ministers of countries belonging to the League of Arab States said Monday that the International Criminal Court has 'no sound legal basis' to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir...

September 17, 2008 09:56:00 AM

South African President Thabo Mbeki spoke out Tuesday against an International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , telling reporters that the move will jeopardize stability in the Darfur...

August 21, 2008 01:40:00 PM

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced on Wednesday that his office is reviewing allegations that war crimes have been committed during the recent conflict over Georgia's breakaway region...

August 17, 2008 04:11:00 PM

Chad Hazlett and Nina McMurry : "The debate continues as to whether Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir should be offered a way out of a possible ICC indictment via Article 16 of the Rome...

June 14, 2007 07:58:00 AM

The US State Department Tuesday cited the governments of 16 countries, including 11 predominantly Islamic states, for not making a "significant effort to combat human trafficking" in its annual report on modern-day slavery around the...

May 18, 2007 12:36:00 PM

A study released Friday by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has found a "substantial growth in the scale, scope and sophistication" of Internet censorship worldwide. The study, focusing on state-mandated censorship, found evidence of content...

March 31, 2007 08:33:00 AM

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on "Combating defamation of religions" by a vote of 24 to 14, with 9 abstentions Friday, expressing a "deep concern at attempts to identify Islam...

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International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.