Report 2007 [Amnesty International] News
Report 2007 [Amnesty International]

Amnesty International Report 2007: the state of the world's human rights, Amnesty International, March 23, 2007 [condemning the US and other Western democratic states for their attempts to roll back some fundamental principles of human rights in their efforts to combat terrorism]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.

NATO created

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization was created as a common alliance against communist encroachment into Europe. Today, NATO has 28 member nations, including former European communist states.