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UK seeking release of British residents detained at Guantanamo Bay

August 7, 2007 07:56:00 AM

The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office said Tuesday that it has asked the United States to release five Guantanamo Bay detainees who were legal residents in the UK prior to their detention. The Foreign Office...

Two alleged CIA rendition victims join ACLU lawsuit against Boeing subsidiary

August 1, 2007 07:52:00 PM

Two men who allege that the CIA detained and tortured them in foreign prisons Wednesday joined a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan [corporate...

Detainee alleges abuse en route to Guantanamo

August 3, 2005 12:41:00 PM

Benyam Mohammed , a 27-year-old Ethiopian man held at Guantanamo, claims he was tortured in Pakistan, Morocco, and Afghanistan before arriving in Cuba. While there is no independent verification for Mohammed's claims, it is not the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Hitler and Nazis attempt failed coup in Beer Hall Putsch

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party attempted an ill-faited coup in Munich, Germany on November 8, 1923. Instead of seizing power, the conspirators suffered 15 casualties and their leaders were arrested, including Hitler. The future dictator would spend a year in prison as a result, where he would write his infamous Mein Kampf. Learn more about the Beer Hall Putsch.

Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide

On November 8, 1994, Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act by voter initiative, becoming the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Read the Death With Dignity Act,

France government opens the Louvre as a public museum

On November 8, 1793, the revolutionary government in France opened the Louvre for the first time as a public museum. Learn more about the history of the Louvre.