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Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW

Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW

Ashley Hileman

October 25, 2010 12:32:24 pm

Suspects detained under Morocco's counterterrorism law routinely face serious human rights violations, including illegal detention and torture, according to a report issued Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The 56-page report was created following interviews...

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Pentagon limits ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge authority

Pentagon limits ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge authority

Ashley Hileman

October 22, 2010 11:16:07 am

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a memorandum on Thursday limiting the authority to discharge openly gay service members to five senior Department of Defense (DOD) officials. The memo is seen as a response to...

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Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal

Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal

Ashley Hileman

October 18, 2010 12:30:30 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certorari in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd to determine whether former US attorney general John Ashcroft is entitled to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

Learn more about Belva Lockwood.

British Labour Party founded

On February 15, 1906, the British Labour Party was organized. By the 1920's, Labour had surpassed the Liberal Party to become the primary opposition to the Conservative Party in Great Britain. Today, the government is controlled by Labour, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Read the Labour Party Rule Book.