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Muslim victims of Myanmar unrest face uncertain future
ReutersBy Jared Ferrie MEIKHTILA, Myanmar, April 30 - In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable...Tags: Buddhism, Religious Conflicts, Thein Sein, Justice and Rights, Judges
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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: Buddhism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Thein Sein, Justice and Rights, United Nations
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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: U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights
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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: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Human Rights, Politics, Disasters and Accidents
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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: Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Executive Branch, Taliban, Human Rights
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Commonwealth urged to drop Sri Lanka venue amid rights accusations
ReutersCOLOMBO, April 25 (Reuters) - A leading human rights group urged the Commonwealth on Thursday to shift the venue of its November summit from Sri Lanka because of Colombo's failure to address accusations of rights violations in the final stages of the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice and Rights, International Law, Human Rights, Politics
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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: Twitter, Inc., Unrest, Conflicts and War, CBS Corp., Politics, Science and Technology
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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: Russia, Czech Republic, Justice and Rights, Human Rights, International Law
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Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped
ReutersBy Aung Hla Tun YANGON, April 23 (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, of whom 56 were confirmed as political detainees by a group monitoring activists held in the country's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisoners and Detainees, Thein Sein, Justice and Rights, Human Rights
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Campaigners call for ban on "killer robots"
Reuters* Killer robots could be developed with 20 years * Campaigners say the weaponry would lack accountability * British military denies it is developing such weapons By Li-mei Hoang LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Machines with the ability to attack...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, United Kingdom, Human Rights, Politics
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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: Television Industry, Cameroon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chad, Human Rights
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Bahrain says thwarted attacks, found petrol bombs before F1 race
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain security forces thwarted attacks and found caches of weapons including 1,000 petrol bombs in the run-up to last weekend's Formula One race, state media said as protests and sectarian tensions continued to simmer in the island...Tags: Police Arrests, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bahrain, Justice and Rights
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