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African refugees kidnapped, brutalized in Sinai, report says
One of the men said he could not pay -- and so they decided to make an example of him. The kidnappers stripped the Ethiopian man and violated him, an Eritrean refugee who survived his ordeal in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula told Amnesty International. They...Tags: Refugee, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Egypt, Criminals
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Album skewering Margaret Thatcher to be reissued on April 17
After former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was pilloried following her death last week with a campaign in England to vault the song “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” to the top of the nation’s pop chart, an English satirist is...
Tags: Music Industry, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief, Margaret Thatcher, John F. Kennedy
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Turkish pianist convicted of insulting religion through tweets
A famed Turkish pianist was convicted Monday of insulting religion after sending a string of tweets deemed denigrating to Islam. Fazil Say was handed a suspended prison sentence of 10 months, according to news reports, stoking concerns in Turkey and...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Belief and Faith, Religion and Belief, Turkey, Prisons
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Saudi Arabia denies reports of paralysis sentence
Saudi Arabia denied reports that a young man had been sentenced to paralysis, a punishment that human rights groups had excoriated as a form of torture. “This is untrue,” the Justice Ministry said Monday on its Twitter account, according...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Saudi Arabia, Twitter, Inc., Justice and Rights
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Two Americans killed in air crash in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops died in eastern Afghanistan after their aircraft crashed Tuesday, military officials said. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash, which took place in a field, is under...Tags: Afghanistan, International Military Interventions, NATO, Bombings, Armed Conflicts
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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: Robin Hood (movie, 2010), Civil Rights, Career and Workplace, Murder, Justice and Rights
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Power of global arms treaty hinges on next steps, activists say
A new United Nations pact to regulate the global weapons trade was cheered by human rights and humanitarian groups, but its power will depend on how stringently it is followed. Like many international agreements, the arms trade treaty does not have a...
Tags: Civil Rights, Heritage Foundation, Weaponry, Justice and Rights, Oxfam America
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U.N. passes treaty regulating arms sales
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the world body's first treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms trade Tuesday, a goal sought for over a decade to try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands...
Tags: Weaponry, Organized Crime, Emily Alpert, International Relations, Military Equipment
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Global arms trade treaty still has a shot, backers say
A groundbreaking pact to regulate the global weapons trade still has a chance of success after Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked the draft treaty at the United Nations this week. But even if the treaty passes, its power will hinge on how nations...
Tags: Civil Rights, Heritage Foundation, Elections, International Relations, Gun Control
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'Massive' wave of Russian state inspections of NGOs continues
Russian officials pressed ahead Wednesday with a sweeping wave of inspections on nonprofit foundations, human rights groups and other NGOs that has troubled activists in Russia and abroad. In the latest round, state inspectors showed up at the offices...
Tags: Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, David Kramer, Justice and Rights, Vladimir Putin
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India orders Italian envoy to stay put as two nations clash
NEW DELHI – India ratcheted up its diplomatic standoff with Rome over a shooting incident last year, issuing orders at major airports and seaports Friday that the Italian ambassador was not allowed to leave the country without permission. The move...
Tags: Rome (Italy), World War II (1939-1945), Lifestyle and Leisure, Elections, Manmohan Singh
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Khmer Rouge leader dies, eluding war crimes verdict
NEW DELHI -- The death Thursday of one of the last senior leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime before his trial concluded underscores flaws in the war-crimes tribunal process that threaten to undermine the pursuit of global justice,...
Tags: War Crimes, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Defendants, Trials
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