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News Cambodia bar association stance on fees threatens Khmer Rouge genocide trials
Cambodia bar association stance on fees threatens Khmer Rouge genocide trials
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2007 05:22:00 pm

A meeting to sort out remaining differences over the rules governing the Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal in Cambodia has been delayed after the Cambodian Bar Association (BAKC) refused to compromise on fees for...

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News Thai court rejects extraditon for Vietnamese anti-communist leaflet dropper
Thai court rejects extraditon for Vietnamese anti-communist leaflet dropper
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2007 04:55:00 pm

A court of appeals in Thailand Tuesday refused to extradite dissident Ly Tong to Vietnam for using a hijacked plane to drop anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)...

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News South American war crimes suspects arrested in US for immigration violations
South American war crimes suspects arrested in US for immigration violations
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2007 04:08:00 pm

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tuesday announced the arrests of three former South American military officials suspected of war atrocities in their home countries. Ernesto Guillermo Barreiro is a former Argentine military officer accused...

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News Pinochet posthumously investigated in death of former Chile president
Pinochet posthumously investigated in death of former Chile president
Lisl Brunner
March 27, 2007 05:18:00 pm

The late former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is under investigation for possibly ordering the murder of former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1982. Although Pinochet died of a heart attack [JURIST...

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News Federal judge dismisses Rumsfeld torture lawsuit
Federal judge dismisses Rumsfeld torture lawsuit
Lisl Brunner
March 27, 2007 04:21:00 pm

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for authorizing torture and abuse of detainees by US...

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News Serbia, Kosovo leaders spar over UN independence plan
Serbia, Kosovo leaders spar over UN independence plan
Lisl Brunner
March 27, 2007 04:12:00 pm

Kosovan Prime Minister Agim Ceku Tuesday urged Serbs to accept a UN plan to have Kosovo govern itself as an autonomous, multi-ethnic society. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica responded that Kosovo "could never be independent"...

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News Congo chief prosecutor orders arrest of presidential runner-up after more violence
Congo chief prosecutor orders arrest of presidential runner-up after more violence
Lisl Brunner
March 23, 2007 12:39:00 pm

The chief prosecutor of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Jean-Pierre Bemba , a former warlord turned senator, whose private militia clashed with government...

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News Federal judge denies class action status in Mississippi State Farm Katrina lawsuits
Federal judge denies class action status in Mississippi State Farm Katrina lawsuits
Lisl Brunner
March 23, 2007 12:16:00 pm

US District Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. refused to certify a class in a suit against State Farm Insurance brought by policyholders whose claims were rejected following Hurricane Katrina . The "slab case" plaintiffs,...

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News German lawmakers condemn Koran citation in judgment denying divorce
German lawmakers condemn Koran citation in judgment denying divorce
Lisl Brunner
March 23, 2007 11:38:00 am

A German judge who cited the Koran as part of her rationale for denying a Muslim woman a fast-track divorce has provoked criticism from German lawmakers and Muslim clerics. The woman, a German citizen of Moroccan descent, had a...

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News France signs extradition treaty with China despite death penalty record
France signs extradition treaty with China despite death penalty record
Lisl Brunner
March 20, 2007 05:27:00 pm

France signed an extradition treaty with China Tuesday in Paris over the objections of human rights groups that oppose China's use of the death penalty. After signing the treaty, Justice Minister Pascal Clement [official profile, in...

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

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On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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