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The incumbent APNU+ AFC coalition yesterday both challenged the legality of the ongoing national recount of votes from the March 2 elections and also committed to abiding by its
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The 'risky business' of tracking Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga
In 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), an international court established by the United Nations Security Council to judge people responsible for the genocide, indicted Kabuga on seven criminal charges including
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The “jumbie jamboree”
The recount exercise at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre is repeatedly confirming that the Returning Officer (RO) of the largest constituency, Region 4, Clairmont Mingo inflated numbers for incumbent President David Granger’s A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change
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Burundi court rejects bid to annul poll results
Burundi's constitutional court on Thursday rejected an opposition bid to overturn the results of last month's contested election, declaring the ruling party's presidential candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye the
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U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of
U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was read by Chief Justice Earl B. Warren.
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1954
Lesotho: DPP Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane
The accusation against the DPP was made by Monaheng Rasekoai, the lawyer for former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's relatives, who are appealing a controversial decision to grant his wife, Mrs Thabane, bail after she appeared in court in February for
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Uganda: Gen Tumukunde's Trial Adjourned to June
Court on Wednesday declined to honour a request by lawyers representing Rtd Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde who wanted court to give state the last adjournment to complete its investigations in a treason case against their client, since he is a presidential aspirant, and any delay to prosecute him disrupts
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Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial
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Kenya: Courts Reopen as Judiciary, Executive Row Rages
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Chief Justice denies allegation of interfering in the Palo Conteh treason trial
Sierra Leone’s social media rumour mill went into overdrive three days ago, when a post was circulated by an unknown author alleging that the country’s Chief Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards “tries to interfere with Palo Treason trial
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The Exception but Never the Rule – Voice and Viewpoint
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Kamala Harris warns President Trump against attempt to suppress vote
Sen. Kamala Harris scolded President Donald Trump for threatening to withhold federal funds from states over absentee ballots, warning such an act would be
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Challenges of accessing justice in Covid-19 times
While elsewhere in the continent whole justice systems were being shut down, the decision to keep the country’s wheels of justice turning was lauded
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DeLarge, Robert Carlos (1842-1874)
Robert Carlos DeLarge was born a slave in Aiken, South Carolina on March 15, 1842.  Rare for that period, DeLarge graduated from Wood High school in Charleston and worked as a tailor and farmer before becoming involved in politics.  He served as an agent for the Freedman’s Bureau and helped
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Burundi opposition files election petition
Burundian opposition leader Agathon Rwasa filed on Thursday a case at the constitutional court challenging the May 20 presidential election outcome, saying he had evidence of
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Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
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Contempt proceedings against Mingo terminated
The contempt proceedings filed against District Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo was earlier this morning terminated after attorney Anil Nandlall filed a notice of application to withdraw and
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Judiciary: 'Executive disrespecting court orders'
Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga publicly accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of trying to control the Judiciary and disrespecting court
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How does one lawfully get someone’s death certificate?
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Brazil
On May 14, 2013, the National Council of Justice ruled that notary publics in Brazil could no longer refuse to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies. Many saw the ruling as an opening for gay couples to get married in Latin Americans largest
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Burundi: Anxiety As Burundi Polls Bring an End to Nkurunziza's Rule
A cloud of anxiety hangs over Burundi as the electoral agency continued counting votes days after Wednesday's election that is guaranteed to end the 15-year rule of President Pierre
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(1867) Thaddeus Stevens, “Reconstruction”
In 1867 Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner led the campaign for full voting rights for African Americans across the nation.  In the speech below which Stevens gave in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 1867 supporting the Reconstruction
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Even if Lowenfield subverts process, GECOM can declare results – PPP
The opposition PPP says that even if the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield subverts the electoral process by not submitting the correct results today for the March 2nd general elections, GECOM can act on its
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