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Food used as weapon in Rohingya ethnic cleansing
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: - Abdul Goni says the Myanmar government was starving his family one stage at a time.
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Germany urges release of China human rights lawyer
Associated Press, Published on 01/02/2018
» BEIJING: Germany is calling on China to release a prominent human rights lawyer charged with inciting subversion of state power after posting a letter online urging democratic reforms.
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Vietnam jails 3 activists for comments critical of state
Associated Press, Published on 31/01/2018
» HANOI: A court in Hanoi handed down prison terms up to eight years to three activists on Wednesday after finding them guilty of posting video clips on social media critical of the communist government, their lawyer said.
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Deneuve's ‘men free to hit on women’ letter denounced
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» PARIS: French women rights activists have denounced an open letter signed by movie star Catherine Deneuve and others that said say men are being unfairly targeted by sexual misconduct allegations.
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Syria's death toll in Idlib car bomb rises to at least 25
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» BEIRUT: A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics in the northwestern city of Idlib say the death toll from a massive car bombing there the previous evening has risen to at least 25. Also, nearly 100 people were wounded.
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Golden Globes red carpet transformed by black dress protest
Associated Press, Published on 08/01/2018
» The highly anticipated wear-black protest at the Golden Globes took off Sunday as soon as the red carpet opened, including A-listers Meryl Streep in a deep V-cut gown and Michelle Williams in an embellished off-the-shoulder look with “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke at her side.
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Iran arrests, jails 3,700 to halt protests
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» DUBAI: Iranian security forces arrested some 3,700 people during widespread protests and unrest over the past two weeks, a lawmaker said Tuesday, offering a far higher number than authorities previously released.
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2 protesters in Iran killed as social media apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2017
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Instagram and a popular messaging app used by activists to organise and publicise the protests now roiling the Islamic Republic, as authorities said two demonstrators had been killed overnight in the first deaths attributed to the rallies.
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2 protesters killed in Iran, social apps blocked
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday blocked access to Facebook's Instagram, and the popular messaging app Telegram used by activists to organise and publicise protests roiling the Islamic Republic cut off Iran from its network in response to a government request.
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Pope demands rights for all, omits 'Rohingya'
Associated Press, Published on 28/11/2017
» NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar's future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been subject to decades of discrimination and a recent military crackdown described by the UN as a textbook campaign of "ethnic cleansing".
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