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Qatar cuts poet's life term to 15 years in jail; outcry persists
A Qatari poet jailed for verses deemed seditious and insulting to his nation's emir faces 15 years behind bars after an appeals court cut back on his prison term Monday. Human rights groups were outraged in November when a Qatari court first ruled...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, Poetry, Freedom of the Press, Revolutions
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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: Hamas, Barack Obama, Laws, North Korea, Terrorism
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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: Japan, Justice and Rights, Charles Lane, Politics, Punishment
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State continues to release inmates from isolation
California prison officials continue to move prisoners out of its controversial high-security units, where inmates are held, many indefinitely, nearly 23 hours a day in spartan isolation with minimal access to exercise and reduced privileges for such...Tags: Prisons
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Sri Lanka: Photos renew accusations that 12-year-old was executed
Facing continued pressure over alleged wartime abuses, Sri Lankan officials rejected renewed accusations that a 12-year-old boy was executed in the final throes of its bloody civil war. Questions surrounding the death of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the...
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, Human Rights Watch, Murder, Justice and Rights, Sri Lanka
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Murder charges filed after woman burned alive in Papua New Guinea
Two people face murder charges in Papua New Guinea after a woman was burned alive, a gruesome killing that drew global attention to sorcery slayings in the Pacific nation. A mob of attackers killed Kepari Leniata earlier this month after she was accused...
Tags: Hugo Chavez, Murder, Justice System, Justice and Rights, Judges
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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: Murder, Justice and Rights, Injuries and Wounds, Armed Forces, Religion and Belief
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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: Barack Obama, North Korea, George W. Bush, China, Susan Rice
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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: Journalism, Hosni Mubarak, Mohamed Morsi, Egypt, Assault
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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: Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, Vladimir Putin, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Russia
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Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies
WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Murder, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Pakistan
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Guillermo Martinez: No matter what is said, rights abuses abound in Cuba
For decades, the accusations of Cuban exiles about human rights abuses in Cuba have been questioned. It was 37 years ago when a local South Florida newspaper questioned Cuban exiles when they said the Castro regime held thousands of political...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, Freedom of the Press, Prisoners and Detainees, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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