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• Venezuelan Victim’s Association Opposes Pardon Requests for Perpetrators of 2002 Coup
• Judge: U.S. Gov’t Must Prove Manning Knowingly Aided Al-Qaeda
• Court Orders Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Explain Why it Exempted Indian Point Reactor from Fire Safety Regulations
• A Good Year for Red Umbrellas: Advances in Sex Workers Rights in 2012
• Paid sick days legislation would benefit public health, business
• Free Speech Victory - Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in EFF's Prop 35 Suit
• Canadian Court Refuses to Ship Megaupload Servers to the US
• What to Do about Computer Crime Laws
• Copyright “Strike” Systems Are Modern Witch Trials
• Farewell to Aaron Swartz, an Extraordinary Hacker and Activist

Other Headlines:

• Cuba Immigration Reforms Going into Effect Today
• Two More Horrific Gang Rapes: Why Rage Against Women Is Boiling Over in India
• Aaron Swartz's Lawyer: Prosecutor Stephen Heymann Wanted 'Juicy' Case For Publicity
• Law Professor James Grimmelmann Explains How He Probably Violated The Same Laws As Aaron Swartz
• EFF's Initial Improvements to Aaron's Law for Computer Crime Reform

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