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Turkey's headscarf ban prevents advance of Islamist agenda to undermine pluralism
Farzana Hassan [President, Muslim Canadian Congress]: "The Muslim Canadian Congress, in welcoming the decision of the Constitutional Court of Turkey to disallow the lifting of the ban on hijabs, viewed it as a significant triumph of secularism o (More) |
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DC Circuit extends stay of Uighurs release pending expedited appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Monday issued an order further delaying the release of 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay as it set an expedited schedule for hearing an appeal by the US Department of Just (More) |
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Iran bans execution of minors for drug-related crimes
Iran has banned the execution of minors for drug-related crimes, but will still allow the sentence to be imposed against juveniles convicted of murder, according to a statement made by Iran's Assistant Attorney General for Judicial Affairs Hoss (More) |
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Philippines high court rejects autonomy accord with Muslim rebel group
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday rejected as unconstitutional a proposed peace agreement between the government and the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) [group website; BBC backgrounder]. The Memorandum of Agreement on the (More) |
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China renews demand for US to return Uighur detainees
The Chinese Foreign Ministry again demanded Thursday that the United States repatriate 17 Uighur detainees that a US district judge has ordered to be released from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . During a press conference , Foreign Minist (More) |
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Philippines rebels, militia could be prosecuted under new US child soldier law: HRW
Leaders of both Philippine rebel groups and government militias could be held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Wednesday statement by Human Rights Watch . The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008 , (More) |
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DC Circuit stays Uighurs release from Guantanamo
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Wednesday issued a temporary stay of a district court order requiring the federal government to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . A three-judg (More) |
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DOJ asks DC Circuit to stay order releasing Uighurs from Guantanamo
Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion [PDF text; press release] in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Tuesday seeking to delay the transfer of 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at (More) |
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Federal judge orders Uighurs released from Guantanamo
A US district judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , ruling that the Constitution forbids their indefinite detention without cause. In a ruling read from the bench, (More) |
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New Ethiopia rights bill introduced in US Senate
US Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) introduced a new bill entitled the "Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2008" in the Senate on Tuesday, calling for greater support for individual and political rights in Ethiopia . T (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
