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Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo last week, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The international rights group said the...
Tags: Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Missile Systems, International Law
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Syria troops, rebels battle in Aleppo's old city
ANTAKYA, Turkey – Clashes between troops and rebels flared up Tuesday in the heart of Aleppo’s old city in northern Syria. The rebels seized the centuries-old Umayyad Mosque, which for months has been used as a military encampment and...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights
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Philippines to pay more than $200 million to Marcos-era victims
The Philippines is pulling more than $200 million from the Swiss bank accounts of ousted strongman Ferdinand Marcos to compensate people tortured, raped and detained while he was in power, under a new law signed Monday. Victims of abuse during the...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Judges
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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: Arab Spring, Poetry, Human Rights, Prisons, Qatar
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Morocco poised to stop exonerating rapists who marry victims
Nearly a year after a Moroccan teen took her life after being wed to her rapist, the country is poised to change a law allowing "seducers" to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. Rights activists were heartened by Justice Minister Mustapha...Tags: Sex Crimes, Activism, Morocco, North Africa, Human Rights
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International court launches investigation of Mali abuses
As aid groups bemoan the suffering of people in embattled Mali, the International Criminal Court said it launched an investigation Wednesday of alleged crimes against humanity committed by armed groups in the country. The suspected crimes include...
Tags: Rebellions, International Court or Tribunal, Human Rights, United Nations, International Law
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Use of torture by authorities has risen in Mexico, groups say
MEXICO CITY — On the eve of Mexico's Day of the Dead this year, authorities in Veracruz declared triumphantly that they had solved one of the decade's most notorious slayings of a journalist in Mexico. They trotted before reporters a sad-sack...Tags: Wars and Interventions, International Court or Tribunal, Human Rights, Government, Heads of State
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Belarus border guard reportedly sentenced over teddy bear drop
A Belarusian border guard reportedly will spend two years behind bars for failing to tell his superiors about a Swedish plane that entered the country in July to make an air drop -- of teddy bears. Hundreds of plush bears with parachutes and protest...
Tags: Alexander Lukashenko, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Prisons, Belarus
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Pakistan militants kill 5 in attack on tribal official's compound
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Militants disguised as policemen stormed the compound of a top tribal region official in the northwest city of Peshawar on Monday and killed five police officers, the latest outbreak of violence to rattle the country as its civilian...
Tags: Executive Branch, Suicide, Explosions, Islamabad (Pakistan), Human Rights
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Bomb blast in southwest Pakistan kills at least 65
This post has been updated. See note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A bomb blast killed at least 65 people in the southwest city of Quetta on Saturday in what appeared to be the latest episode of sectarian violence against the country’s beleaguered Shiite Muslim minority. The...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Oscar Pistorius, Explosions, Injuries and Wounds, Human Rights
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La venda de los que no quieren ver
Por décadas las acusaciones hechas por exiliados cubanos sobre los abusos a los derechos humanos en la isla de los Castro han sido cuestionadas. Hace 37 años un periódico del sur de Florida dudaba de la veracidad de lo que decían los cubanos. Estos...Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Cuba, Human Rights, South Africa
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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: Labor Legislation, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Human Rights, Government, Vladimir Putin
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