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Under current United States law [needs update], outlined in the USA PATRIOT Act, acts of domestic terrorism are those which: "(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended – (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This timeline of antisemitism chronicles the facts of antisemitism, hostile actions or discrimination against Jews as a religious or ethnic group, in the 21st century. It includes events in the history of antisemitic thought, actions taken ...
Since 1991, the proportion of women enrolled in college in the United States has exceeded the enrollment rate for men, and the gap has widened over time. [267] As of 2007, women made up the majority—54%—of the 10.8 million college students enrolled in the United States. [268]
The Goa Inquisition once prosecuted the capital crime of sodomy in Portuguese India, [46] [47] but not lesbian activity, [48] whereas the British Raj criminalised anal sex and oral sex (for both heterosexuals and homosexuals) under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which entered into force in 1861, and made it an offence for a person to ...
In 1532, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V promulgated his penal code Constitutio Criminalis Carolina. A number of crimes were punishable with death by burning, such as coin forgery, arson, and sexual acts "contrary to nature". [56] Also, those guilty of aggravated theft of sacred objects from a church could be condemned to be burnt alive. [57]
The largest rattlesnake round-up in the United States is held in Sweetwater, Texas. Held every year since 1958, the event currently attracts approximately 30,000 visitors per year and in 2006 each annual round-up was said to result in the capture of 1% of the state's rattlesnake population. [ 84 ]
Acute human rights issues include in particular the status of Kurds in Turkey.The Kurdish–Turkish conflict has caused numerous human rights violations over the years. . There is an ongoing debate in the country on the right to life, torture, freedom of expression as well as freedoms of religion, assembly and associ