On April 25th in U S Political History
Part VII
On April 25th in 2010 In Japan nearly 100,000 protesters attended a rally on Okinawa to demonstrate against a US air base in a row that is dominating Japan's national politics and souring its ties with Washington.
On April 25th in 2011 In southern Afghanistan some 488 Taliban fighters and commanders escaped overnight from a prison in Kandahar in a jailbreak which the government admitted was a security "disaster." The Taliban later said 541 prisoners escaped including 106 military commanders.
On April 25th in 2012 Military judge Denise Lind has refused to dismiss the case against Army private Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking reams of sensitive data to the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.
On April 25th in 2012 Sgt. Gary Stein, who spoke against President Barack Obama on his Facebook page, has been discharged, a Marine Corps spokesman said. Stein was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge after having been found to commit a "serious offense" significantly outside the bounds of conduct expected of a Marine, added the spokesman. The sergeant told his Facebook followers President Obama was a liar, and suggested he would not follow some orders issued by the President.
On April 25th in 2012 The UN is to conduct an investigation into the plight of US Native Americans. The human rights inquiry is led by James Anaya, the UN Special Reporter on Indigenous Peoples. This is the first mission to the US by an independent expert “designated by the UN human rights council to report on the rights of the indigenous peoples," a UN statement said. Anaya is Professor of Human Rights at the University of Arizona, and will examine the situation of the Native American, Alaska Native and Hawaiian peoples.
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