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Teen killed in Bahrain as protests mark anniversary of uprising
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Clashes erupted in Bahrain early Thursday, leaving a teenager dead and tensions soaring as protesters marked the second anniversary of the continued uprising against the Persian Gulf monarchy. Bahraini police said a young man was fatally injured as...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Shootings, Justice and Rights, Bahraini Protests (2011), Civil Rights
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White House pushes for new sanctions on North Korea
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration Tuesday called on the United Nations to tighten international sanctions against North Korea in response to that country's third and most powerful nuclear test, but administration officials argued that the new leaders...Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), Barack Obama, United Nations, U.S. Senate, George W. Bush
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Fear and loathing in Egypt
When I walk into Tahrir Square alone these days, carrying my notebook, I try to remain calm, act like I belong and move with the cascading crowds. If you seem scared or intimidated, they smell your fear. Like other female reporters, I have grown...
Tags: Sexual Assault, Islam, United Nations, Hosni Mubarak, Journalism
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Russia set to make Olympic history -- for spending, controversy
The costs and challenges confronting Russia as it tries to convert a Black Sea beach resort into a Winter Olympics venue recall the "hero projects" of the Soviet era, when deluded dictators squandered fortunes trying to reverse the flow of Siberian...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, Vladimir Putin, Polio, Freedom of the Press
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Mob attacks on women in Egypt protests go unpunished, report says
Mobs encircled and attacked dozens of women protesting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in a spate of sexual assaults last month, Amnesty International said in a new report released Wednesday, urging Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to make sure the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Iran, Sex Crimes, Cairo (Egypt)
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Somalia charges woman who said she was raped by troops
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Somalia has charged a woman who said she was raped by government troops, accusing her of making a false accusation and insulting a government body, according to Human Rights Watch. A freelance journalist who talked to the woman also faces charges, along...Tags: Television Industry, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, United Nations, Journalism
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U.S. drone use could set dangerous example for rogue powers
Imagine if North Korea or Iran or Venezuela deployed thousands of unmanned surveillance aircraft in search of earthbound enemies, a swarm of robotic hunters armed with lethal weaponry and their governments’ go-ahead to exterminate targets. It&...
Tags: Terrorism, Laws, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Wars and Interventions
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Japan hangs three prisoners, first executed under new government
Japan hanged three convicted killers, its Justice Ministry said Thursday. The hangings are the first executions under the new government, continuing a secretive practice that has appalled human rights groups and made Japan an outlier among wealthy...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Death Penalty, Civil Rights, Shinzo Abe, Charles Lane
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British woman faces death for drug smuggling in Indonesia
A British woman who tried to smuggle several pounds of cocaine into Bali was sentenced Tuesday to death, a far more severe punishment than the 15 years behind bars sought by Indonesian prosecutors. The court found there were "no mitigating...
Tags: Death Penalty, Bali (Indonesia), United Kingdom, Punishment, Organized Crime
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California starts emptying solitary confinement cells
PolitiCalEven as inmate leaders held in isolation within California's toughest cell blocks threaten renewed hunger strikes, the state has begun reviewing and moving segregated prisoners into general housing. As of this week, corrections spokesman Bill Sessa said,... -
Solitary-confinement inmates threaten new hunger strike
PolitiCalSelf-declared inmate leaders within California's toughest prison wing are threatening renewed protests over the state's inmate isolation policies.... -
Vietnam jails activists up to 13 years for 'subversion'
Fourteen activists were convicted of subversion Wednesday in Vietnam and sentenced to up to 13 years in prison, in an unusually large case centering on their alleged ties to a banned democracy group. Vietnamese state media reported that the dissidents...Tags: Litigation, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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