by Liz Veit, L.L.M. Candidate George Washington University, J.D. Hamlin School of Law The citizens of Egypt have spoken, “Leave, Leave, Leave!” Their message is heard around the international community. Their call is for the removal of President Hosni Mubarak. Their hope is for a new Egypt where freedom and democracy replace the current regime […]
According to Citizen Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis, Greece is planning to build a fence to keep out illegal immigrants coming across from Turkey. In the past six months over 33, 000 illegal immigrants have been detected crossing the Greek-Turkish border. These illegals are mostly from Afghanistan, Algeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Iraq. This 206 kilometer fence […]
In a memo issued on November 1, 2010, President Obama stated that the U.S. will not be providing financial assistance to Burma, Zimbabwe, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, Eritrea or Iran until these countries begin to comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2009. As of right now, these countries are […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvSpeDTTCVw] Frighteningly antiquated laws have been proposed in Arizona state legislature that are as oppressive as they are unconstitutional. S.B. 1070 includes clauses that would require officials to check the status of a person they deemed “reasonably suspicious” without any regulation or monitoring. Such a clause not only encourages racial profiling, but it also forces […]
