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Chief investigative judge on Saddam court replaced
Bernard Hibbitts
December 16, 2006 08:27:00 pm

Raed Juhi , the Iraqi judge who presided over the investigative stage of the legal proceedings against ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein , said Saturday he was stepping down from that position after the other judges...

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Israel targeted killings ruling [Israel SC]
Bernard Hibbitts
December 14, 2006 04:37:00 pm

The Public Committee against Torture in Israel et al. v. The Government of Israel et al., The Supreme Court of Israel Sitting as the High Court of Justice, December 14, 2006 [ruling that not all Israeli targeted killings of Palestinian...

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Hamdan MCA habeas dismissal [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 10:37:00 pm

Hamdan. Rumsfeld, US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge James Robertson, December 13, 2006 . Read the full...

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News Nepal negotiators fail to agree on interim constitution but talks continue
Nepal negotiators fail to agree on interim constitution but talks continue
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 05:03:00 pm

Talks between representatives of the Nepal government and Maoist rebels have failed to result in an agreement on the terms of an interim constitution for the country but will continue later this week, according to a Maoist spokesman speaking...

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News Federal judge invokes Military Commissions Act to reject Gitmo habeas petition
Federal judge invokes Military Commissions Act to reject Gitmo habeas petition
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 04:31:00 pm

A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition brought by Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan , finding it was clearly barred under the controversial habeas-stripping language of the new Military Commissions Act (MCA)...

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Romney signs deal allowing Massachusetts troopers to detain illegal immigrants
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 04:04:00 pm

Outgoing Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed an agreement Wednesday allowing Massachusetts state troopers to detain illegal immigrants found or located while the troopers are performing their general duties. The agreement, co-signed by US Immigration and...

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UN General Assembly approves landmark disability rights treaty
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 03:29:00 pm

The UN General Assembly Wednesday adopted by acclamation a new international treaty on the rights of persons with disabilities hailed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as "the first human rights treaty to be...

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Leahy outlines ambitious oversight agenda for new Senate Judiciary Committee
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 01:22:00 pm

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Wednesday laid out an ambitious oversight agenda for the reshuffled Senate Judiciary Committee he will chair when the Democratic-controlled US Congress begins its new session in January. Speaking at Georgetown University...

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Leahy outlines ambitious agenda for new Senate Judiciary Committee
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 01:22:00 pm

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Wednesday laid out an ambitious agenda for the reshuffled Senate Judiciary Committee he will chair when the Democratic-controlled US Congress begins its new session in January. Speaking at Georgetown University Law...

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No Zimbabwe extradition of Mengistu after Ethiopia genocide conviction
Bernard Hibbitts
December 13, 2006 12:20:00 pm

A Zimbabwe government spokesman said Wednesday that there are no plans to hand Mengistu Haile Mariam over to Ethiopian authorities after the former Ethiopian dictator was convicted of genocide Tuesday by Ethiopia's Federal Court at...

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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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