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Civilian deaths in Syria documented by rights group
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Syrian government forces have bombed bakeries and hospitals and indiscriminately carried out air attacks against civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a newly released report. Such strikes violate the laws of war and should be prosecuted as war crimes, it...Tags: International Law, Human Rights, Politics, Civil Rights, Witnesses
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Old animosities thrive in post-Kadafi Libya
ZINTAN, Libya — The prized scion of Moammar Kadafi is a prisoner of tribesmen in these mountains of scrub and ocher rock. The rebels who captured him after the 2011 civil war that toppled his father have refused to turn him over to the central...
Tags: Human Rights, International Law, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, Government
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Victor Carranza dies at 77; 'Emerald King' of Colombia
Victor Carranza, known as the "Emerald King" of Colombia, who built a near monopoly in trade in the precious gems and survived at least two assassination attempts along the way, died of lung cancer Thursday at a Bogota hospital. He was 77. Officials...
Tags: Restraint of Trade, Lawyers, Human Rights, Politics, Lung Cancer
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Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions
NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....
Tags: Burma, Illegal Immigrants, Human Rights, United Nations, Politics
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Immigration reform overlooks asylum-seekers
"Work authorization is not meant to get you rich, it's to let you live," said an Egyptian asylum-seeker who fled to the United States after a radical group beat him and tried to kidnap his wife and daughter. After fleeing persecution in their home...Tags: Human Rights, Seton Hall University, National Government, Government, Politics
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Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises
NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 300 people Friday following the collapse this week of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said, as protests by workers at other garment plants intensified....
Tags: Human Rights, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Plant Openings, Politics, Bangladesh
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Six Afghan policemen poisoned, shot to death; seventh is missing
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan -- Six village police officers were poisoned and then shot to death Thursday night at a remote outpost in northern Afghanistan, the deputy governor of Kunduz province reported Friday. A seventh member of the Afghan Local Police...
Tags: Human Rights, Taliban, Government, Politics, Shootings
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Fake AP tweet latest hacking claimed by pro-Assad 'army'
A fake tweet that claimed President Obama had been injured after explosions went off at the White House was quickly debunked by the Associated Press, which said its Twitter account had been hacked. But a band of hackers who support Syrian President...Tags: Qatar, Human Rights, Bashar Assad, Politics, National Government
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Trial opens for Russia opposition leader, who calls claims absurd
MOSCOW — One of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders went on trial Wednesday, proclaiming his innocence but predicting that the case will lead to a lifetime ban on his participation in Russian electoral politics. “Any independent...
Tags: Human Rights, International Law, Elections, Politics, Vladimir Putin
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Nigeria officials disagree on death toll in recent fighting
KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how...
Tags: Human Rights, Goodluck Jonathan, United Nations, Politics, Government
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Dozens killed in gun battles in northern Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Dozens of people, including many civilians, died in gun battles between Nigerian security forces and Islamist militants in recent days, according to Nigerian officials. However, reports of the number of casualties varied,...Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, United Nations, Nigeria, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions
The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing." The decision worried activists working to help the...Tags: Human Rights, Burma, Politics, European Union, Economic Sanctions
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