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Bahrain officer given jail time after fatally shooting protester
A Bahrain police officer was sentenced to seven years in prison after fatally shooting a protester, state media reported, the latest verdict tied to the turmoil in the Persian Gulf nation. The victim, Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, was the first person to lose...Tags: Prosecution, Politics, Human Rights, Government, Trials
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Somalia charges woman who said she was raped by troops
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Somalia has charged a woman who said she was raped by government troops, accusing her of making a false accusation and insulting a government body, according to Human Rights Watch. A freelance journalist who talked to the woman also faces charges, along...Tags: Sex Crimes, Politics, Human Rights, Amnesty International, International Law
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Suicide bomber kills 23 near Pakistan mosque
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A powerful suicide bomb blast killed at least 23 people Friday outside a Shiite Muslim mosque in a part of Pakistan's troubled northwest plagued by sectarian violence. The bomber detonated his explosives as worshipers attending...Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Religion and Belief, Pakistan
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Former Guatemalan dictator to stand trial on genocide charges
MEXICO CITY – Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a Guatemalan judge ruled Monday, in incidents that took place during the height of the Central American nation's brutal...
Tags: Heads of State, Massacres, Prosecution, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.N. expert launches investigation of drones, targeted killings
A United Nations expert has launched an investigation of drone attacks and targeted killings, scrutinizing a deeply controversial tool in the United States’ battle against Al Qaeda. “The plain fact is that this technology is here to stay,&...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, International Law, Yemen
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Rights group: Attacks on Syria worship sites hike sectarian fears
As violence escalates in Syria, armed rebels appear to have attacked Christian churches and a Shiite place of worship, a rights group warned Wednesday after visiting the Syrian countryside. The attacks underscore fears that the conflict is becoming a...Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, YouTube, International Law
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Bomb blasts across Pakistan kill 104 people
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the deadliest days in Pakistan in recent years, a series of bomb blasts rocked the southwest city of Quetta and the country’s northwest Thursday, killing at least 104 people and injuring more than 245 others....
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Science and Technology, Taliban
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Rights groups criticize Venezuela sanctions on TV station
CARACAS, Venezuela — Press freedom advocates Saturday came down hard on the Venezuelan government’s sanctions this week against Globovision, the country’s lone remaining opposition TV station, in what some described as officialdom’...
Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Human Rights, Elections, International Law
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Saudi Arabia beheads domestic worker convicted of killing baby
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded a Sri Lankan woman who was convicted of killing a baby, putting the former domestic worker to death despite her young age at the time of the alleged crime. The Sri Lankan government had pleaded with Saudi officials...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Justice and Rights, Politics, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights
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Vietnam jails activists up to 13 years for 'subversion'
Fourteen activists were convicted of subversion Wednesday in Vietnam and sentenced to up to 13 years in prison, in an unusually large case centering on their alleged ties to a banned democracy group. Vietnamese state media reported that the dissidents...Tags: Crimes, Politics, Human Rights, Amnesty International, Hanoi (Vietnam)
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Philippines protesters demand justice as massacre trials lag
Hoisting cardboard coffins and photos of the dead, protesters demanded justice Friday for scores of people gunned down three years ago in the Philippines, a politically charged case now stalled in its courts. Former provincial Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr....
Tags: Litigation, Philippines, Politics, Executive Branch, Bombings
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Taking a message to Myanmar
In the last two years, Myanmar — also known as Burma — has made significant progress along the road to democratization. The military, long a brutal and repressive ruling force, handed over power to an elected government last year (although...
Tags: Politics, Human Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Elections, Barack Obama
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