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Jailed UAE Lawyer Awarded Major Human Rights Prize

A UAE lawyer sentenced to 10 years in 2013 for plotting against the regime was on Saturday awarded a major human rights...

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China Arrests Taiwanese Activist For

China has arrested a visiting Taiwanese rights activist on suspicion of subverting state power, according to reports....

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Zambia Extends Detention of Opposition Leader

Hundreds of supporters of Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema protested outside court on Friday when a judge...

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Bahrain Warns Protesters After Deadly Crackdown

Bahrain on Wednesday warned people against holding protests a day after police shot dead five demonstrators in the home...

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S. Korean Military Court Jails Soldier For Gay Sex

A South Korean military court on Wednesday sentenced a captain to six months in jail for having same-sex intercourse...

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Jailed Chinese Lawyer Force-Fed Medication, Wife Says

When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not...

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Does India Risk Hague Return For Gogoi’s ‘war Crimes’ In Kashmir?

As news broke that India's army had commended a senior officer who tied a Kashmiri man to a jeep and used him as a...

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Indonesian Men Caned For Gay Sex In Aceh

Two men have been caned 83 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex. The men stood...

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Bahrain Police Fire On Shiite Protest, One Reported Dead

Bahraini police opened fire Tuesday on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, with at least one demonstrator...

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Indonesian Men Caned For Gay Sex Before Jeering Crowd

Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the...

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Indonesian Men To Be Caned For Gay Sex

Two Indonesian men will Tuesday be publicly caned for having sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where...

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Concert Protesting Trump Border Wall Will Be In Mexico Only

A concert next month protesting US President Donald Trump's plan to build a border wall will be on the Mexican side...

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Ghanaian Asylum Seeker Wins Case To Stay In Canada

A Ghanaian asylum seeker who lost his fingers to frostbite while crossing into Manitoba from the U. S. on Christmas Eve...

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Syrians Seek Release of Prisoners From ‘crematorium’ Jail

Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of...

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Facebook Post Lands Ethiopian Politician In Trouble, Faces Jail Term

Ethiopian opposition politician Yonatan Tesfaye has been found guilty of encouraging terrorism for comments he made on...

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US Accuses Syria of Mass Executions and Burning the Bodies

The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners by the US government -...

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US Says Syria Using ‘crematorium’ To Hide Mass Killing

The United States on Monday accused the Syrian regime of installing a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of...

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True Murderers of Adams Mahama Not Arrested

Family of Gregory Afoko, the man accused of the murder of Adams Mahama, a former Upper East Regional Chairman of the...

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Indonesia Faces Calls To Repeal Blasphemy Laws

Indonesia is facing renewed calls to repeal its controversial blasphemy law after the jailing of Jakarta's Christian...