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Ukraine appeals reinstatement of ousted prosecutor general
Kate Heneroty
November 21, 2005 10:45:00 am

Ukraine's Justice Minister Serhiy Holovatiy Monday appealed a Friday court ruling that reinstated Svyatoslav Piskun as Ukraine's prosecutor general. Piskun was fired by President Viktor Yushchenko , allegedly for investigating the finances of Yushchenko's wife [JURIST...

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UN torture investigator begins visits to Chinese prisons
Kate Heneroty
November 21, 2005 10:07:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak arrived in China Monday for a two week trip, which will include visits to Chinese detention centers in Beijing, Tibet and the Muslim region of Xinjiang....

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News Trial of ETA supporters begins in Madrid
Trial of ETA supporters begins in Madrid
Kate Heneroty
November 21, 2005 09:32:00 am

Fifty-six defendants appeared in a Spanish court Monday to face charges that they were members of organizations which supported the Basque separatist group ETA , or Euskadi Ta Askatasuna. Various organizations are believed to have provided financial, political,...

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News Kyrgyz prosecutor general says anarchy possible without intervention
Kyrgyz prosecutor general says anarchy possible without intervention
Kate Heneroty
November 21, 2005 09:04:00 am

Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Kambaraly Kongantiyev told the country's Security Council Monday that the nation is on the verge of anarchy which could result in the loss of state control if authorities fail to deal with organized...

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News Son of Israeli PM pleads guilty to campaign finance corruption
Son of Israeli PM pleads guilty to campaign finance corruption
Kate Heneroty
November 15, 2005 11:28:00 am

Omri Sharon , the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and member of the Israeli Knesset, pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegal fundraising activities related to his father's reelection campaign . In exchange for his...

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Spain to investigate secret CIA prisoner transfers
Kate Heneroty
November 15, 2005 11:12:00 am

Spanish Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso announced Tuesday that the country would investigate allegations that US CIA planes carrying terrorism suspects made secret landings on Spanish soil before continuing to Libya, Algeria, Romania, Macedonia and Sweden....

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News Former Iraqi detainees claim sexual abuse, electrocution, beatings by US troops
Former Iraqi detainees claim sexual abuse, electrocution, beatings by US troops
Kate Heneroty
November 15, 2005 10:42:00 am

Two of eight former Iraqi detainees who are suing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told ABC News Monday they were tortured while in US custody. The torture included beatings, electrocution with tazers, food and water deprivation, being...

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UN, US call Uzbek revolt trial unfair, Europe imposes arms embargo
Kate Heneroty
November 15, 2005 09:43:00 am

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the US Department of State made statements Monday condemning the non-appealable conviction of fifteen Uzbek men who were sentenced to 14-20 years in prison for their...

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Milosevic requests health-related delay in war crimes trial
Kate Heneroty
November 15, 2005 09:29:00 am

Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic requested a recess in his war crimes trial Tuesday, to allow him time to recover from the strain of defending himself. Milosevic submitted a report from his doctors to...

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Indonesian court dismisses civil suit against US mining company
Kate Heneroty
November 15, 2005 09:00:00 am

The South Jakarta District Court Tuesday dropped a case brought by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment against the Newmont Mining Corporation , the Indonesian subsidiary of a Denver-based company, saying the case should...

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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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