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[JURIST] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court has sentenced former vice president and reformer Mohammad Ali Abtahi [archived blog profile] to six years in jail for his role in the unrest that followed the disputed June 12 presidential elections [JURIST news archive... [full story]

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[JURIST] Marking its own 20th anniversary, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem claimed Sunday that almost 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since 1989. A majority of the deaths - 7,398 - were.... [more]
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A Risk Worth Taking: Civilian Trials for Guantanamo Terror Suspects

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Simple Justice: Time for the US to Support the ICC

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State Department's religious freedom report shows global need for inter-faith tolerance11/20
John Esposito [Professor, Georgetown University and Founding Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding]: "Despite our increasingly globalized world and the need to strengthen religious pluralism as well as to transform an outmoded notion of tolerance based simply on co-existence to one based on mutual understanding and respect and the equal rights of all citizens, many countries ...." [more]
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PITTSBURGH: Witness for Peace Spokesperson Discusses Immigration, NAFTA11/16
Anna Kavalauskas, Pitt Law '12, attended a talk on the impact of Mexicans' migration in the US, given by Witness for Peace spokesperson Paola Gutierrez Galindo...Tension surrounding Mexican immigration is growing, and I think almost everyone involved in the debate would say that the system is broken, especially Paola Gutierrez Galindo. From Oaxaca, Mexico, Galindo holds a degree in Indigenous Law ...." [more]
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Ricci v. DeStefano8/31
JURIST Guest Analyst Sheila R. Foster is the Albert A. Walsh Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Fordham Law School in New York City, where she teaches and writes on issues relating to anti-discrimination law and environmental justice. She is also Co-Director of the Stein Center for Law and Ethics. She is the author (with R. A. Lenhardt) of The Racial Subject in Legal Theory in ...." [more]
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UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in Six Days' War

On November 22, 1967, the UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied during the Six Days' War, and for respect of the right of all States in the area to "live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries." Read Resolution 242, which remains a cornerstone of efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East....." [more]
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