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The number of known executions worldwide rose to at least 778 last year following a surge in Iraq and Iran, Amnesty International said Thursday,...
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The United Nations on Tuesday called on Turkey to stop blocking Twitter, saying Ankara could be breaching its international rights obligations by banning the...
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A Chinese farmer was burned to death during a protest over local land seized for development, state-run media said Monday, highlighting struggles over compensation...
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Venezuela’s attorney general admitted Sunday that demonstrators have been abused during weeks of protests that have rocked the country and 60 complaints, including murder...
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An officer in a brigade responsible for guarding a Baghdad compound controlled by ailing Iraqi President Jalal Talabani killed a journalist after an argument...
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A London doctor and another man will become the first people to be charged in Britain over female genital mutilation, state prosecutors announced on...
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The UN’s rights chief on Thursday expressed horror at the level of violence in the Central African Republic, citing cannibalism, child decapitations and gruesome...
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A pro-Kremlin channel has aired a sensationalist report based on bugged phone calls and eavesdropped hotel meetings, accusing Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny of...
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China has banned the widespread practice of detaining petitioners seeking government redress, state media said Thursday, following the abolition four months ago of “re-education...
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Support is strong across emerging and developing countries for an Internet without government censorship, a US survey showed Wednesday. The Pew Research Center found...