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News US military judge orders disclosure of US-Canada correspondence on Khadr
US military judge orders disclosure of US-Canada correspondence on Khadr
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 13, 2008 02:37:00 pm

A US military judge ruled Thursday that some correspondence between the US and Canadian government officials regarding Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr must be turned over to Khadr's defense team. Prosecutors argued that they had...

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News Armenia president eases media restrictions imposed during state of emergency
Armenia president eases media restrictions imposed during state of emergency
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 13, 2008 02:15:00 pm

Armenian President Robert Kocharian Thursday issued a decree lifting media restrictions put in place during a state of emergency declared after last month's contested presidential election. The decree is set to take effect Friday, but...

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News DOD investigation uncovers at least 50 videotaped terror interrogations: NYT
DOD investigation uncovers at least 50 videotaped terror interrogations: NYT
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 13, 2008 12:11:00 pm

An ongoing Pentagon investigation into the videotaping of terror suspect interrogations has uncovered at least 50 videotaped interrogations, the New York Times reported Thursday. Most of the videotaped interrogations involved two terror detainees, Jose Padilla [BBC profile; JURIST news...

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News Guantanamo Bay detainee asks to boycott trial at preliminary hearing
Guantanamo Bay detainee asks to boycott trial at preliminary hearing
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 12, 2008 06:49:00 pm

An Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee alleged that he has been mistreated in custody and asked to boycott his upcoming trial at his first pretrial hearing before a military commission Wednesday. Mohammed Jawad is charged...

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News Canada judge rules Afghan detainees have no rights under Charter
Canada judge rules Afghan detainees have no rights under Charter
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 12, 2008 05:36:00 pm

Justice Anne Mactavish of the Federal Court of Canada ruled Wednesday that the protections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms do not extend to Afghan detainees captured by Canadian soldiers. Amnesty International Canada...

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News Former Liberia militia commander testifies at Taylor war crimes trial
Former Liberia militia commander testifies at Taylor war crimes trial
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 12, 2008 02:23:00 pm

A former militia commander testified Wednesday before the Special Court for Sierra Leone at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , describing scare tactics used by Taylor to intimidate...

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News Egypt courts rule Muslim Brotherhood members can register for local elections
Egypt courts rule Muslim Brotherhood members can register for local elections
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 12, 2008 01:07:00 pm

Several provincial Egyptian courts ruled Tuesday that members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood must be allowed to register as candidates in the upcoming local council elections in April, even as Egyptian police continued arrests of...

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News US House passes resolution to create independent ethics panel
US House passes resolution to create independent ethics panel
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 12, 2008 11:00:00 am

The US House of Representatives Tuesday voted 229-182 to pass a resolution creating an independent ethics panel to investigate allegations of malfeasance against House lawmakers. The Office of Congressional Ethics will consist...

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News Uganda president says LRA leaders to stand trial at home, not at ICC
Uganda president says LRA leaders to stand trial at home, not at ICC
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 11, 2008 05:31:00 pm

Leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will stand trial in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told AP Tuesday. Museveni...

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News Zuma asks South Africa constitutional court to exclude evidence in corruption case
Zuma asks South Africa constitutional court to exclude evidence in corruption case
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 11, 2008 01:10:00 pm

South African politician Jacob Zuma launched a legal challenge Tuesday in the South African Constitutional Court seeking to have evidence excluded from his upcoming corruption trial. Zuma argued that evidence seized in...

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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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