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    Sep 6, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Rights Watch: Evidence of wider US waterboarding

    CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch said it has uncovered evidence of a wider use of waterboarding than previously acknowledged by the CIA, in a report Thursday detailing brutal treatment of detainees at U.S.-run lockups abroad after the 9/11 attacks....

    Tags: Prisons, Libya, Pakistan, Justice System, United Kingdom

    2. Jan 7, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  2. Child-on-child sex abuse poses complex challenges

    NEW YORK (AP) — Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is...

    Tags: Prisons, Juvenile Delinquency, University of Oklahoma, Family, Police Arrests

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Syria government supporters hack Financial Times

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media intensify. The Syrian Electronic...

    Tags: France, Bashar Assad, National Government, White House, Rebellions

    4. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit

    NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups.
    NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...

    Tags: Prisons, Thein Sein, Prisoners and Detainees, Political Dissent, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    5. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. Human Rights Watch advocate Cynthia Brown dead at 60

    (Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global advocacy group said. She was 60 years old.
    Reuters
    (Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global advocacy group said. She was 60 years old. Brown, who joined the organization in 1982 as a researcher and...

    Tags: Feminism, International Law, New York City, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics

    6. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. Pro-Assad hackers attack UK newspaper FT's website, Twitter feed

    Reuters
    LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The website of British newspaper the Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of hackers and on-line activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Stories on...

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., France, Bashar Assad, Politics, Justice and Rights

    7. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  7. Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does

    Reuters
    By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-...

    Tags: Freedom of the Press, Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Abusive Behavior, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    8. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  8. Hackers pro-Assad atacan web y cuenta de Twitter del diario británico Financial Times

    Reuters
    LONDRES (Reuters) - La página web del periódico británico Financial Times fue hackeada el viernes, aparentemente por el "Ejército Electrónico Sirio", un grupo de piratas informáticos y activistas online que dicen apoyar al presidente de Siria,...

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., BBC, Social Media, Politics, Human Rights

    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  9. Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87

    BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87.
    Reuters
    BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87....

    Tags: Prisons, Punishment, National Government, Prisoners and Detainees, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    10. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  10. Piratas informáticos pro-Assad atacan al diario británico Financial Times

    Reuters
    LONDRES (Reuters) - La página web y la cuenta de Twitter del periódico británico Financial Times fueron hackeadas el viernes, aparentemente por el "Ejército Electrónico Sirio", un grupo de activistas online que dicen apoyar al presidente de Siria,...

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., Politics, Entertainment, Human Rights, Radio

    11. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Nigeria launches airstrikes against Islamist militants

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday.
    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday. The airstrikes hit...

    Tags: Islam, Goodluck Jonathan, U.S. Department of State, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces

    12. May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  12. WRAPUP 3-France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend

    Reuters
    * U.N. chief wants peace talks soon * Planned conference faces growing obstacles * Refugee numbers top 1.5 million. says U.N. By Darya Korsunskaya SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference...

    Tags: France, Moscow (Russia), Paris (France), Bashar Assad, Missile Systems

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