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France government condemns violent protests against youth labor law
The French government on Friday condemned violent protests against the recently passed First Employment Contract (CPE) labor law. A group of student and union demonstrators clashed with French authorities around the Sorbonne University in Paris Thu (More) |
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FBI says no federal civil rights charges to be filed in 1955 Till case
No federal civil rights charges will be filed in the 1955 killing of Emmett Till , according to an FBI statement issued Thursday citing the expiration of a five year statute of limitations. Till, a 14-year old African American boy, was brutally bea (More) |
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Israeli rights groups say parading of Jericho prisoners broke international law
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem and the Israel chapter of Physicians for Human Rights Thursday accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of violating international law by allowing the press to photograph Palestinian detainees seized in Tue (More) |
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UN torture expert urges EU pressure on US to shut down Guantanamo
Manfred Nowak , the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture told reporters Thursday that the European Union should push the US to close its detention center at Guantanamo Bay due to documented human rights violations , and that EU countries should put so (More) |
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Ethiopia releases hundreds more poll protesters
Officials in Ethiopia have released another 395 protesters who were detainees after violent mass demonstrations following Ethiopia's May 2005 elections, bringing the total number of protesters released to over 8,200. According to the prosecutor (More) |
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International brief ~ Uganda judge refuses to dismiss Besigye treason case
Leading Thursday's international brief, a Ugandan high court judge has refused to grant a defense motion that would have dismissed charges of treason and concealment of treason against Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye . Besigye's law (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ UN approves Human Rights Council over US opposition
AP is reporting that the UN General Assembly has approved a resolution creating a new Human Rights Council by a 170-4 vote, despite US opposition. The new rights body will replace the widely criticized Commission on Human Rights . General Assembl (More) |
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The Line-Item Veto Act? Not Exactly
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Shane of Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, says that the Bush Administration's proposed Line-Item Veto Act has only two problems: first, it proposes to create power the President pretty much already has, and s (More) |
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Abu Ghraib dogs used to terrify, humiliate detainees: court-martial witness
A witness at the court-martial of Abu Ghraib dog handler Sgt. Michael J. Smith told a military jury Tuesday that he saw Smith using his black Belgian shepherd to terrify two teenage detainees in the area of the prison reserved for women and juven (More) |
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Russia confirms Milosevic letter, wants to review post mortem results
Russian Foreign Ministry officials confirmed Monday that they had received a letter written by Slobodan Milosevic on March 8 complaining about his medical care while in prison at The Hague and pressed for Russian medical experts to participate in h (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
