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News HRW: ‘methodical massacre’ of Rohingya and continued destruction of villages in Myanmar
HRW: ‘methodical massacre’ of Rohingya and continued destruction of villages in Myanmar
Erik Slobe
December 19, 2017 04:40:14 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday detalied the "methodical massacre" in the Rohingya village of Tula Toli, also known as Min Gyi, in Burma's Rakhine State on August 30, 2017. HRW alleges that Tula Toli was attacked...

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Pennsylvania Governor vetoes 20-week abortion ban
Erik Slobe
December 19, 2017 09:49:51 am

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed a bill that would have placed stricter limits on abortion. The vetoed bill, SB-3, decreased the legal gestational age for an abortion from 24 weeks to 20...

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News California Department of Insurance seeks to revoke Wells Fargo’s license
California Department of Insurance seeks to revoke Wells Fargo’s license
Erik Slobe
December 6, 2017 04:19:01 pm

The California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday that it has served Wells Fargo Bank and Wells Fargo Insurance with an accusation seeking to suspend or revoke the companies' licenses due to improper insurance sales...

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SEC freezes assets of PlexCorp during initial coin offering for PlexCoins cryptocurrency
Erik Slobe
December 6, 2017 03:51:22 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cyber Unit announced Monday that it has obtained an emergency asset freeze against Dominic Lacroix, Lacroix's partner Sabrina Paradis-Royer, and his company, PlexCorps, after filing charges alleging...

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News UN rights chief: cannot rule out genocide in Myanmar
UN rights chief: cannot rule out genocide in Myanmar
Erik Slobe
December 5, 2017 11:47:42 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that he could not rule out that genocide is occurring in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority. During statements to a special session of...

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News Austria Constitutional Court strikes down law banning same-sex marriage
Austria Constitutional Court strikes down law banning same-sex marriage
Erik Slobe
December 5, 2017 10:57:55 am

Austria's Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a 2009 law that allowed same-sex couples to enter registered partnerships but not to get married was unconstitutional. The court ruled that the 2009 law violated...

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Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI
Erik Slobe
December 1, 2017 03:58:50 pm

Former national security advisor to Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty Friday to charges of making false statements to the FBI. The charges , brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller , are related to two...

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News UN tribunal initiates independent review after defendant consumes poison in courtroom
UN tribunal initiates independent review after defendant consumes poison in courtroom
Erik Slobe
December 1, 2017 11:59:49 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced that it has initiated an independent expert review on internal operations after the death of Slobodan Praljak, who consumed poison in the courtroom on...

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News Bosnian Croat war crimes defendent dies after taking ‘poison’ in courtroom
Bosnian Croat war crimes defendent dies after taking ‘poison’ in courtroom
Erik Slobe
November 29, 2017 03:21:20 pm

Bosnian Croat war crimes defendant Slobodan Praljak died Wednesday after drinking what he said was poison after judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) affirmed [judgment summary, PDF, Volume I Part 1,...

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News Japan Supreme Court rules sexual intention not necessary in indecent assault charges
Japan Supreme Court rules sexual intention not necessary in indecent assault charges
Erik Slobe
November 29, 2017 12:10:58 pm

Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the crime of indecent assault does not require a sexual intention. The case came before the supreme court after a man denied having sexual intent...

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President Johnson signed law against burning draft cards

On August 31, 1965, President Johnson signed a law making the burning of draft cards a federal offense subject to a five-year prison sentence and $1000 fine. In response to the law and in protest of the war in Vietnam, the student-run National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged the first public burning of a draft card in the United States on October 15, 1965. The constitutionality of the federal law was upheld in 1968 by the US Supreme Court in US v. O'Brien.

Gdansk Agreement reached

On August 31, 1980, the communist government of Poland and labor leaders settled the Gdansk Agreement. The accord settled a summer of labor strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. With the Agreement, Poland became the first communist country to allow the creation of an independent labor union, which was called Solidarity. Solidarity then became the driving force that ended communism in Poland.
Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

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