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News Bosnia war crimes prosecutor arrests four suspected of crimes against humanity
Bosnia war crimes prosecutor arrests four suspected of crimes against humanity
Caitlin Price
October 14, 2008 11:57:00 am

Four former Bosnian Serb officers have been arrested on suspicions of crimes against humanity in connection with the August 1992 massacre of 200 civilians in Koricanske Stijene, the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia &...

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News Ban rejects UN Hariri-style probe of Bhutto assassination
Ban rejects UN Hariri-style probe of Bhutto assassination
Caitlin Price
October 8, 2008 11:20:00 am

The United Nations will not open an investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told reporters Tuesday. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari [official...

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Mexico extradites former Guatemala president to face corruption charges
Caitlin Price
October 8, 2008 09:56:00 am

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Tuesday from Mexico to Guatemala, where he is accused of authorizing transfers of $15.8 million from the budget of the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense during his presidency from...

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News Palestinians sue Israel for West Bank land rights damages
Palestinians sue Israel for West Bank land rights damages
Caitlin Price
October 7, 2008 12:18:00 pm

Five Palestinians represented by Israeli rights group Yesh Din filed suit against the State of Israel seeking $427,000 in damages for failing to protect Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank from trespassers and...

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News Russia seeks UK extradition of former oil chief charged with tax evasion
Russia seeks UK extradition of former oil chief charged with tax evasion
Caitlin Price
October 7, 2008 10:58:00 am

Russian authorities have asked Britain to extradite former Russneft oil company head Mikhail Gutseriyev, according to a Russian Ministry of the Interior spokesman Monday. Citing systematic government 'persecution' , Gutseriyev resigned ...

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News Canada commission to go ahead with public hearing on Afghan detainee transfers
Canada commission to go ahead with public hearing on Afghan detainee transfers
Caitlin Price
October 1, 2008 11:27:00 am

The Canadian Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) decided Tuesday to move forward with a public hearing investigating the country's military detainee transfer process in Afghanistan despite a move from the Canadian Department of Justice [official...

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Medvedev promotes Russia anti-corruption package
Caitlin Price
October 1, 2008 09:57:00 am

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday pushed for the adoption of sweeping anti-graft legislation while opening the first meeting of the newly-established Anti-Corruption Council . Deflecting rumors that the...

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Vietnam journalists charged with ‘abusing freedom and democracy’
Caitlin Price
October 1, 2008 06:32:00 am

Vietnamese journalists Nguyen Van Hai of Tuoi Tre news agency and Nguyen Viet Chien of Thanh Nien news agency have been charged with "abusing freedom and democracy" and will face up to seven...

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News Former Gurkha soldiers win court challenge to UK immigration policy
Former Gurkha soldiers win court challenge to UK immigration policy
Caitlin Price
September 30, 2008 12:57:00 pm

London's High Court of Justice on Tuesday struck down an immigration policy that has prevented thousands of retired Nepalese members of the British Army from remaining in the UK. Earlier this month, five former members of...

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US judge orders psychiatric evaluation of Pakistan woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent
Caitlin Price
September 24, 2008 11:17:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday entered a not guilty plea and ordered a psychiatric evaluation in the trial of Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman...

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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.

UN Drug Trafficking Convention signed

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.

Learn more about the treaty from the UN.

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