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News Hicks lawyers claim evidence supporting torture allegations
Hicks lawyers claim evidence supporting torture allegations
Kate Heneroty
October 31, 2005 09:40:00 am

Lawyers for David Hicks , an Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee, say that they have photographic evidence that Hicks was tortured by American soldiers, though they have declined to identify any witnesses at this...

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News Australian PM calls for oil-for-food kickback inquiry
Australian PM calls for oil-for-food kickback inquiry
Kate Heneroty
October 31, 2005 09:04:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard asked parliament Monday to establish an independent inquiry into whether any Australian companies paid bribes to Iraqi officials involved in the now defunct UN oil-for-food program . Last...

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News Federal judge allows alleged torture confession in Bush assassination case
Federal judge allows alleged torture confession in Bush assassination case
Kate Heneroty
October 25, 2005 11:18:00 am

US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee ruled Monday that federal prosecutors can use a confession made by Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, a US citizen charged with conspiracy to assassinate the president, conspiracy to commit aircraft...

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News UN reports massive human rights violations in Congo
UN reports massive human rights violations in Congo
Kate Heneroty
October 25, 2005 10:53:00 am

A United Nations human rights investigator declared "massive human rights violations at all levels" in the Democratic Republic of Congo Monday. Titinga Frederic Pacere attacked the nation's justice system, describing the...

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News Retired Pinochet judge doubts dictator will ever be tried for crimes
Retired Pinochet judge doubts dictator will ever be tried for crimes
Kate Heneroty
October 25, 2005 10:19:00 am

Juan Guzman , the retired judge who led efforts to try former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, told AP Monday that he doubts the dictator will ever...

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New Orleans mayor requests federal aid to run courts, jails
Kate Heneroty
October 25, 2005 10:00:00 am

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has requested that a portion of the $60 billion in disaster relief approved by Congress following Hurricane Katrina be redirected to fund the city's court system, jail...

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White House hopes to excuse CIA from new torture rules
Kate Heneroty
October 25, 2005 09:20:00 am

The White House has proposed absolving CIA agents working abroad from proposed legislation barring "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment" of detainees, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The exemption introduced by Vice President Dick Cheney and CIA Director...

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Bush says Baghdad safe for Saddam trial
Kate Heneroty
October 25, 2005 09:05:00 am

Despite last week's murder of a defense lawyer involved in the proceedings, Baghdad is still a safe place to hold the trial of Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants, President Bush said Monday in...

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News Australian official says terror laws could violate international rights standards
Australian official says terror laws could violate international rights standards
Kate Heneroty
October 24, 2005 11:02:00 am

Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says he has a "growing concern" that the federal government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation does not meet international standards for political and civil rights. After posting a confidential copy...

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Uzbek opposition leader arrested on corruption charges
Kate Heneroty
October 24, 2005 09:55:00 am

Sanjar Umarov , head of Uzbekistan's Sunshine Uzbekistan opposition coalition, was arrested and charged with corruption Sunday. The state prosecutor's office has said that Umarov is charged with stealing money through his business dealings, though Sunshine...

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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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