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News Georgia human rights lawsuit harming diplomatic ties: Russia
Georgia human rights lawsuit harming diplomatic ties: Russia
Joshua Pantesco
March 28, 2007 02:25:00 pm

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday lashed out at the Georgian Republic for filing a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) alleging Russia violated the human rights of Georgian nationals during a...

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News Belgium police arrest three EU officials on corruption charges
Belgium police arrest three EU officials on corruption charges
Joshua Pantesco
March 28, 2007 01:53:00 pm

Belgian authorities on Wednesday arrested three Italian nationals - a European Commission official in charge of delegation infrastructure, a personal assistant to an Italian member of the European Parliament , and a businessman - on corruption...

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News Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested, released again
Zimbabwe opposition leader arrested, released again
Joshua Pantesco
March 28, 2007 11:00:00 am

Zimbabwe police on Wednesday arrested opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and twenty staff members ahead of a press conference where Tsvangirai was expected to denounce police brutality that occurred during a crackdown on anti-government protesters earlier...

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News Spain charges against Basque separatist leader dropped
Spain charges against Basque separatist leader dropped
Joshua Pantesco
March 22, 2007 03:25:00 pm

Spanish prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all charges against Arnaldo Otegi , the leader of Batasuna , which is alleged to be a front for the illegal Basque separatist militants ETA . Otegi had been charged with...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas Rove, Miers, DOJ aides in US Attorney probe
Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas Rove, Miers, DOJ aides in US Attorney probe
Joshua Pantesco
March 22, 2007 02:47:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday authorized subpoenas for former White House Counsel Harriet Miers , Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove , and several DOJ aides to testify and provide documents...

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News Child Online Protection Act held unconstitutional
Child Online Protection Act held unconstitutional
Joshua Pantesco
March 22, 2007 02:08:00 pm

A federal judge on Thursday granted a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) , a federal law that imposes civil and criminal penalties on website operators for making sexually explicit materials available...

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News Amnesty urges US to abandon military commission system
Amnesty urges US to abandon military commission system
Joshua Pantesco
March 22, 2007 08:23:00 am

Amnesty International urged the US to abandon the military commission system and try Guantanamo Bay detainees in the federal courts in a report released Thursday, just days before the US military is poised to begin military...

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News Federal judges slow to report travel expenses as required: court watchdog
Federal judges slow to report travel expenses as required: court watchdog
Joshua Pantesco
March 22, 2007 08:11:00 am

The Community Rights Counsel (CRC) said Wednesday that the new Judicial Conference Policy on Judges' Attendance at Privately Funded Educational Programs has not yet produced any public disclosures of travel expenses on judicial websites....

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News Forbes Russia editor found liable for defamation
Forbes Russia editor found liable for defamation
Joshua Pantesco
March 22, 2007 07:33:00 am

A Moscow court on Wednesday found Maksim V. Kashulinsky, publisher of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, guilty of defamation for saying publicly that the subject of an upcoming piece had filed a lawsuit to make changes to the...

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Canada sex workers to challenge prostitution-related criminal laws
Joshua Pantesco
March 21, 2007 04:29:00 pm

The Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC) announced Wednesday they will initiate an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice alleging that three Canadian criminal offenses are unconstitutional under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

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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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