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International brief ~ AU suspends Togo membership

February 25, 2005 12:05:00 PM

In Friday's international brief, the African Union announced the suspension of Togo's membership in the continental organization following a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council . The AU also called for wider sanctions against...

January 17, 2005 01:52:00 PM

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found two former Bosnian Serb army officers guilty Monday of playing prominent roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Vidoje Blagojevic, former commander of the Bratunac...

November 24, 2004 10:38:00 AM

Report of Carla del Ponte, Prosecutor of the ICTY, to the UN Security Council, November 23, 2004 [declaring that Serbia has continued to avoid its legal obligations, allowing up to 12 people wanted by the tribunal to live free in...

November 24, 2004 09:08:00 AM

Leaders from the UN tribunals for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have reported to the Security Council that, despite some lack of cooperation by member states in arresting and transfering indicted individuals, they will complete their...

November 16, 2004 10:40:00 AM

The UN Security Council arrives in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday in preparation for its official meetings on the peace process in Sudan on Thursday. The meeting marks only the fourth time that the UN Security Council has ever held...

November 10, 2004 11:28:00 AM

The Bosnian Serb government apologized for the first time Wednesday to family members and friends of the roughly 8,000 Muslims killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. The government issued a statement in which it said it "sympathizes with...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.