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News Bergdahl court-martialed on charges of desertion and endangering troops
Bergdahl court-martialed on charges of desertion and endangering troops
Ram Eachambadi
December 15, 2015 11:52:36 am

The head of army forces command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, General Robert Abrams on Monday ordered that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face court martial for deserting an endangering troops by leaving his outpost in 2009. Bergdahl faces a...

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HRW: Thousands detained without charge in Libya for more than a year
Ram Eachambadi
December 3, 2015 11:00:41 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that thousands of people, including children, are being arbitrarily detained in Libya . The report highlights torture and other forms of ill-treatment in four prisons in Tripoli and Misrata, which...

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Europe rights court: Turkish YouTube ban violated freedom of expression
Ram Eachambadi
December 1, 2015 12:49:44 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled unanimously on Tuesday that a Turkish court order blocking access to YouTube violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights...

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Brazil arrests politician and investment banker in corruption investigation
Ram Eachambadi
November 26, 2015 11:40:34 am

Brazil's highest court, on Wednesday, ordered the arrest of André Esteves , the chief executive of the country's largest investment bank, and that of Delcídio do Amaral, a powerful senator of the country's ruling party. Both individuals...

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HRW: Saudi Arabia sentences Palestinian poet to death for apostasy
Ram Eachambadi
November 20, 2015 12:38:40 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that a Saudi Arabia court has sentenced Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh to death for apostasy or abandoning his Muslim faith. The organization's researcher in the Middle East, Adam Coogle, said that he...

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UN SG condemns terrorist attacks in Nigeria
Ram Eachambadi
November 19, 2015 12:04:12 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday condemned the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that left 30 dead and approximately 80 injured. The attacks occurred when a bomb exploded around 8:00 PM at a fruit and...

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DOJ: Alabama agrees to voter registration changes
Ram Eachambadi
November 13, 2015 02:47:45 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with Alabama, under which Alabama has committed to comply with US laws requiring motor vehicle agencies to register eligible voters. More specifically,...

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UN rights expert raises concerns about indigenous people of Honduras
Ram Eachambadi
November 12, 2015 11:40:54 am

UN human rights expert Victoria Tauli-Corpuz expressed concern Thursday about the situation faced by the indigenous people of Honduras, specifically in connection with their land and natural resource rights, their lack of access to justice, education and health,...

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ICC prosecutor: peace and stability in sight for Libya
Ram Eachambadi
November 6, 2015 11:08:15 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda gave a statement to the UN Security Council (UNSC) Thursday suggesting that peace and stability could soon be achieved in Libya. Bensouda credits the...

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HRW calls for stronger laws governing incendiary weapons
Ram Eachambadi
November 5, 2015 12:07:37 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Thursday for countries to develop stronger international laws governing incendiary weapons. The report provides a five-year review of the developments surrounding incendiary weapons discussing, among other things, instances of...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.

Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted Vietnam antiwar bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution.

Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts. See Anthony D'Amato, Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War [PDF], 4 Journal of Law Reform (1970).

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