El Salvador's 'Savita'? Netizens campaign for #Beatriz
Protesters rally in support of Beatriz in El Salvador (Photo via Amnesty International) Netizens around the world are campaigning for a 22-year-old ...
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Rights groups: Syria holds thousands incommunicado
BEIRUT — About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian ...
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Investor Scheme Leads to Death Sentence
Wenzhou businesswoman Lin Haiyan was sentenced to death last week for illegal fundraising, highlighting China’s use of capital punishment for ...
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Jorge Rafael Videla, ruthless Argentine junta leader, dies at 87
Jorge Rafael Videla, the remorseless Argentine army commander who came to power in a coup that launched the most barbaric period of the country’s ...
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Preview: Game #44, Diamondbacks @ Marlins
Gerardo Parra, RF Didi Gregorius, SS Paul Goldschmidt, 1B Eric Chavez, 3B Cody Ross, LF Miguel Montero, C Martin Prado,2B A.J.
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Salvadoran Woman’s Story Is a Powerful Argument for Legal Abortion
Proponents of legal abortion could not make up a more heartbreaking scenario to prove their point. Beatriz (not her real name) is 22 years old with a ...
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Sudan: Khartoum Behind Fresh Wave of Violence Over Gold in Darfur - Report
[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -A new report argues that the Sudanese government's struggle for control of Darfur's gold resources, rather than inter-tribal ...
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Equatorial Guinea arrests opposition leaders over march
MALABO (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea arrested at least four members of the opposition for seeking to organize a protest ahead of an legislative ...
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The EU and US must promote human rights worldwide – that includes China | Edward McMillan-Scott …
It often appears there is one rule for small, insignificant countries and another for rising superpowers seen as 'strategic partners' ...
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Boko Haram and the battle for Nigeria's north
As authorities launch an offensive to deal with the hardline rebel group, we ask if military action is the best answer.
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