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News Serbia military chief files libel suit against rights activist
Serbia military chief files libel suit against rights activist
Andrea Bottorff
March 19, 2012 11:46:16 am

Serbian General Ljubisa Dikovic on Monday brought a libel suit against the head of a Serbian human rights group that accused him of failing to prevent war crimes in 1998 and 1999 during the war...

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News Switzerland judge resigns from Cambodia genocide tribunal
Switzerland judge resigns from Cambodia genocide tribunal
Andrea Bottorff
March 19, 2012 10:22:09 am

A Swiss judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) resigned on Monday over a dispute with a Cambodian ECCC judge. International Co-Investigating Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet said that he...

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News Turkish court releases four journalists accused in coup plot
Turkish court releases four journalists accused in coup plot
Andrea Bottorff
March 13, 2012 11:41:33 am

An Istanbul court on Monday ordered four Turkish journalists to be released from prison while they wait for their trial to resume. Journalists Ahmet Sik, Nedim Sener, Coskun Musluk and Sait Cakir were released , although...

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News DOJ, HUD, state AGs file foreclosure settlement in federal court
DOJ, HUD, state AGs file foreclosure settlement in federal court
Andrea Bottorff
March 13, 2012 10:22:16 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and 49 state attorneys general on Monday filed in federal court a proposed $25 billion settlement agreement with the nation's five...

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News Switzerland referendum supports law regulating public protests
Switzerland referendum supports law regulating public protests
Andrea Bottorff
March 12, 2012 11:20:17 am

Swiss voters in a referendum on Sunday supported proposed changes to a Swiss law that imposes heavy fines for people who protest without prior governmental authorization. About 55 percent of voters in Geneva agreed to allow the...

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News Ethiopia NGO law undermining human rights: AI
Ethiopia NGO law undermining human rights: AI
Andrea Bottorff
March 12, 2012 09:21:38 am

A 2009 Ethiopian law regulating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is sabotaging charity work and undermining human rights in the country, Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday. Ethiopia's Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSP) blocks Ethiopian NGOs from...

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News Thailand court convicts ‘yellow shirt’ leader of corporate fraud
Thailand court convicts ‘yellow shirt’ leader of corporate fraud
Andrea Bottorff
February 28, 2012 11:27:17 am

The Bangkok Criminal Court on Tuesday convicted a leader of the royalist People's Alliance for Democracy Network , known as "yellow shirts," of corporate fraud. Yellow shirt movement founder and Thai media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul was sentenced to...

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News UN rights chief calls for immediate cease-fire in Syria
UN rights chief calls for immediate cease-fire in Syria
Andrea Bottorff
February 28, 2012 10:17:16 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay , in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council during an emergency session on Tuesday, called for an immediate end to the violence in Syria. Pillay...

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News Indonesia high court reinstates 15-year sentence for radical cleric
Indonesia high court reinstates 15-year sentence for radical cleric
Andrea Bottorff
February 27, 2012 11:29:35 am

The Supreme Court of Indonesia on Monday restored a 15-year prison sentence for radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for his conviction on terrorism charges. Bashir appealed to the Supreme Court his...

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News Spain high court acquits judge Garzon in abuse of power case
Spain high court acquits judge Garzon in abuse of power case
Andrea Bottorff
February 27, 2012 10:26:25 am

The Spanish Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision acquitted Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon Monday of abuse of power charges . Garzon was charged with abusing power...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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