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Rights group claims US holds two Uighurs at Gitmo after clearance

August 2, 2005 08:07:00 AM

According to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the US military is holding two ethnic Uighur Muslims at Guantanamo that have been found not to be enemy combatants. Lawyers for Abu Bakker Qassim and Adel...

China claims progress on human rights in new report

April 13, 2005 09:20:00 AM

The State Council of China released a 41-page report Wednesday claiming significant progress in the promotion and protection of human rights. The document reported over 1,500 investigations and prosecutions of government officials alleged to have violated human...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.