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News Bosnia authorities arrest 4 individuals for war crimes
Bosnia authorities arrest 4 individuals for war crimes
William Helbling
September 8, 2015 10:26:22 am

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday announced the arrest of four individuals who are linked to war crimes committed during the nation's conflict in the early 1990s. Investigations...

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News Former Egypt Agriculture Minister detained for courruption
Former Egypt Agriculture Minister detained for courruption
William Helbling
September 8, 2015 10:25:56 am

Egypt's former Agriculture Minister was detained Monday after an investigation headed by the country's prosecutor revealed that the minister and others received bribes amounting to over USD $1 million. The detention of former minister Salah el-Din Helal...

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News Kentucky official held in contempt for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Kentucky official held in contempt for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses
William Helbling
September 4, 2015 02:29:27 pm

A US district court judge on Thursday held Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for her continued refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The ruling by District Judge David Bunning came after...

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News Israel lawmakers prohibit journalists from expressing opinons on TV
Israel lawmakers prohibit journalists from expressing opinons on TV
William Helbling
September 4, 2015 09:34:22 am

The Israeli Parliament on Thursday passed a new law that will ban journalists from expressing their opinions on the county's public broadcasting network. The new public broadcast law passed by a vote of 25-18. The law states...

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News EU court finds Italy denied immigrants’ rights
EU court finds Italy denied immigrants’ rights
William Helbling
September 1, 2015 11:06:47 am

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld a 2011 decision that countries must consider immigrants' asylum cases individually. According to the facts of the case , three Tunisian immigrants were...

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News Supreme Court denies Kentucky clerk’s bid not to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Supreme Court denies Kentucky clerk’s bid not to issue same-sex marriage licenses
William Helbling
September 1, 2015 10:16:52 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a Kentucky county clerk's bid to continue refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples pending an appeal. Kim Davis, the clerk for Rowan county, has declined...

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News ACLU challenges Indiana law banning ballot ‘selfies’
ACLU challenges Indiana law banning ballot ‘selfies’
William Helbling
August 28, 2015 09:37:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana on Thursday filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of a new Indiana statute that prohibits voters from sharing pictures of their ballots on social media. The ACLU...

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News Serbia prosecutes former Bosnia general for war crimes
Serbia prosecutes former Bosnia general for war crimes
William Helbling
August 28, 2015 08:36:56 am

Serbian prosecutors on Thursday charged former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric with war crimes against prisoners of war in 1992. Oric is accused of involvment in the killing of three Bosnian Serb prisoners of war in the...

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News UN Special Rapporteur urges EU to create new migration policy
UN Special Rapporteur urges EU to create new migration policy
William Helbling
August 25, 2015 11:08:22 am

UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants François Crépeau on Tuesday urged the European Union (EU) to create a new human-rights-minded migration policy to empower migrants and solve the issue of human smuggling...

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News Amnesty: Saudi Arabia executing individuals after unfair trials
Amnesty: Saudi Arabia executing individuals after unfair trials
William Helbling
August 25, 2015 10:13:48 am

Saudi Arabia's flawed judicial system has resulted a surge of executions following unfair trials, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. According to AI, 175 people have been executed over the past 12 months with an average...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

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