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News Executions increase in 2008 despite global trend away from capital punishment: report
Executions increase in 2008 despite global trend away from capital punishment: report
Adrienne Lester
March 24, 2009 08:08:00 am

At least 2,390 people were executed throughout 25 countries in 2008, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) , up from the reported 1,252 executions in 2007 ....

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Federal judge enjoins rule permitting concealed weapons in national parks
Adrienne Lester
March 20, 2009 01:50:00 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against a federal rule that permits the possession of "concealed, loaded and...

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UN rights investigator cites North Korea for ‘egregious’ violations
Adrienne Lester
March 17, 2009 08:27:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea  Vitit Muntarbhorn said Monday that he found there to be a "broad range of egregious human rights violations" in the country. In a report to the UN...

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Turkish journalist arrested in connection with alleged coup plot
Adrienne Lester
March 6, 2009 02:51:00 pm

A Turkish court ordered the arrest of Cumhuriyet journalist Mustafa Balbay Thursday for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . Balbay was arrested ...

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1 in 31 US adults under correctional control: report
Adrienne Lester
March 3, 2009 08:04:00 am

One in 31 US adults are on probation, in prison, or on parole, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Center on the States . The report found that men are five times...

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Nebraska court upholds firing of state trooper for KKK affiliation
Adrienne Lester
February 27, 2009 02:02:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Nebraska ruled Friday that Robert Henderson will not be reinstated as a state trooper for the Nebraska State Patrol because of his membership in the Knights Party ,...

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Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel

On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt.

After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to the Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.

American feminist arrested for advocating birth control

On February 16, 1916, feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City for advocating birth control.

Learn more about Emma Goldman and her defense of reproductive rights from the University of California, Berkeley.

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