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News Amnesty: Slovenia strips refugees of EU and international law protections
Amnesty: Slovenia strips refugees of EU and international law protections
Lawrenz Fares
January 27, 2017 11:17:07 am

The Slovenian parliament passed amendments to the Aliens Act to enact emergency measures to deny refugees entry into the country and to expel those whom did not have their asylum claims properly assessed on Wednesday. Amnesty International (AI)...

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News UN: senior judge or prosecutor to head Syria war crimes investigation
UN: senior judge or prosecutor to head Syria war crimes investigation
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 27, 2017 10:41:41 am

The UN announced on Thursday that the independent panel charged with assisting in the investigation and prosecution of war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria will be headed by a senior judge or prosecutor with...

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News International lawyer accuses Dutch police of racially motivated attack
International lawyer accuses Dutch police of racially motivated attack
Justin Cosgrove
January 27, 2017 10:30:22 am

An international lawyer alleged on Thursday that she was attacked by two Dutch police officers due to her race, leaving her in the hospital. The American lawyer, Chaka Laguerre, claims that she was "brutalised, arrested and thrown into...

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News Egypt bans human rights lawyer from departing
Egypt bans human rights lawyer from departing
Alexandra Farone
January 27, 2017 09:24:11 am

The Egyptian government prohibited a prominent human rights lawyer from leaving the country on Thursday. Negad Borai, the lawyer who runs the United Group for Law intended to visit family in Jordan when airport authorities prevented [AP...

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News Federal judge rejects Ohio lethal injection protocol
Federal judge rejects Ohio lethal injection protocol
Justin Cosgrove
January 27, 2017 09:09:35 am

A federal judge on Thursday blocked Ohio's lethal injection protocol. The protocol, which uses three drugs, was rejected as the sedative midazolam was deemed insufficiently humane. The sedative has been used in numerous states that experienced problematic executions....

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News Puerto Rico governor signs controversial labor reform bill
Puerto Rico governor signs controversial labor reform bill
Alexandra Farone
January 27, 2017 08:18:40 am

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello signed into law on Thursday a heavily-debated labor reform bill . The bill, known as the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act, was enacted to stimulate the economy and create employment,...

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News UK court: Nigeria citizens cannot sue Shell for oil spill
UK court: Nigeria citizens cannot sue Shell for oil spill
Aaron Christenson
January 26, 2017 04:41:37 pm

The UK High Court ruled on Thursday that Nigerian citizens affected by Shell oil spills cannot sue for relief in the UK. Lawyers for the Nigeria residents promised to appeal the judgment immediately, claiming...

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News Kenya court orders doctors to end strike
Kenya court orders doctors to end strike
Rachel Gerber
January 26, 2017 02:46:49 pm

A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike or risk being sent to jail. The union protest has lasted for more than six weeks and has sent the hospital system into a crisis . Justice...

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News Federal judge blocks rule on assistance to dialysis patients
Federal judge blocks rule on assistance to dialysis patients
Jonathon Churchin
January 26, 2017 01:35:25 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking a new federal rule that would prevent patients from using charitable assistance to buy private health insurance....

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News Record number of prison deaths in England and Wales: report
Record number of prison deaths in England and Wales: report
Rachel Gerber
January 26, 2017 01:20:07 pm

The UK Ministry of Justice released figures Thursday demonstrating a record number of suicides and other deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016. Many experts and politicians have attributed the findings...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

Read the Articles of Impeachment.

UK signs Hong Kong over to China

On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 years after the transfer of power.

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