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News Zimbabwe rights defenders facing harassment: report
Zimbabwe rights defenders facing harassment: report
Addison Morris
November 26, 2012 01:25:32 pm

Human rights defenders in Zimbabwe continue to be harassed, victimized and threatened, according to a report released Monday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS) . The OBS, a joint program of...

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News Afghanistan government ends death penalty moratorium with 8 executions
Afghanistan government ends death penalty moratorium with 8 executions
Addison Morris
November 21, 2012 11:11:31 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Afghan government to institute a moratorium on further executions after eight men were hanged, marking an end of Afghanistan's four-year virtual moratorium on the death penalty. Human...

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News ICJ rules for Colombia in dispute with Nicaragua over islands
ICJ rules for Colombia in dispute with Nicaragua over islands
Addison Morris
November 19, 2012 01:52:04 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ended a long-running territorial and maritime dispute between Colombia and Nicaragua by ruling Monday that Colombia has sovereignty over a group of small islands in the western...

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News Uruguay lawmakers propose legislation for state-regulated marijuana
Uruguay lawmakers propose legislation for state-regulated marijuana
Addison Morris
November 16, 2012 01:33:25 pm

Lawmakers in Uruguay on Thursday formally proposed to Congress a framework for the regulation of the production, sale and consumption of marijuana in an attempt to reduce drug-related violence. While the use of cannabis...

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News HRW: Abused migrant women fear deportation from Belgium
HRW: Abused migrant women fear deportation from Belgium
Addison Morris
November 9, 2012 12:44:08 pm

Fear of deportation prevents many migrant women in Belgium from seeking necessary protection from domestic violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Friday. The 57-page report, entitled "'The Law was Against Me':...

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Canada high court rules against Pfizer on Viagra patent
Addison Morris
November 8, 2012 12:31:59 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that the Viagra patent held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is no longer valid, opening the door for generic competition. The court ruled 7-0...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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