International Treaties Take Precedence over Recent Domestic Reforms to Universal Jurisdiction Law, Says Judge Pablo Ruz New York—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2014. Spain’s Audiencia Nacional is continuing its investigation into the alleged torture of men formerly detained at Guantánamo prison by U.S. officials, despite recent legislative restrictions stating that Spanish courts can[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Brennan Center for Justice: NYPD Announces End of Muslim Demographics Unit
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Yesterday, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced it will disband its Demographics Unit, which previously mapped Muslim communities in and around New York City. The department’s secret program would send plainclothes officers into mosques, restaurants, and neighborhoods to gather information on people’s mundane daily[Read More…]
Matteson School District 162, Southland College Prep Charter High School Awarded Grant to Improve Physical Education, Nutrition and Health Programs
3-Year $ 557,075 U.S. Office of Education Grant to Improve Physical Education, Nutrition and Health Programs; Seven Government Agencies, Higher Education Community Partners to Participate RICHTON PARK, IL.—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014—Matteson Elementary School District 162 and Southland College Prep Charter High School, together with seven local government agencies and higher education[Read More…]
NYPD Shuts Unit That Mapped Muslim Communities
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. The New York Police Department has shuttered the unit that created maps and collected other information on Muslim communities in the New York City area, according to a report today by The New York Times. “The NYPD’s disbanding of a unit that targeted New York Muslims[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Releases First-Ever Illinois Bike Transportation Plan
Plan Formally Makes Bicycles Part of Illinois’ Long-Range Transportation Vision CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn and Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider today announced the release of the Illinois Bike Transportation Plan – the first statewide bicycle plan in Illinois’ history. The bike plan provides the Illinois Department of[Read More…]
DOD Releases Estimated Impacts of Sequestration-Level Funding Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Today, the Department of Defense released a report that documents the damaging cuts to military forces, modernization, and readiness that will be required if defense budgets are held at sequester-levels in the years beyond fiscal 2015. This report fulfills a commitment made by Secretary Hagel to[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, April 15, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014 – 12:36 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming. I have no announcements at the top, so we’ll go straight to your questions. Julie. Q Thanks, Jay. I just wanted to start by stating for the record our request that[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Pharmacy Students Raise $10,000 for Cancer Research by Shaving Heads
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Seventeen people, including nine Roosevelt University students, shaved their heads on March 20 in Schaumburg during a fundraising event led by two pharmacy students that has netted approximately $10,000 for the benefit of pediatric cancer research. “We’re all in the practice of health care here at the[Read More…]
Three Roosevelt University Students Awarded for Social Justice Work
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. A Roosevelt University graduate elementary education student and two undergraduate students are being recognized by the prestigious Matthew Freeman Social Justice awards program, which annually highlights exemplary work by students who further the University’s social justice mission on campus and in the community. Jenine Wehbeh, 25, of[Read More…]
South Africa’s Ambassador to U.S. is May 2 Commencement Speaker at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at the University’s 2 p.m. Commencement ceremony on May 2. The ceremony is for graduates of Roosevelt’s Walter E. Heller College of[Read More…]
