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Amnesty Report Says Kenya Tops Africa In Extrajudicial Killings

Kenya has been ranked top in Africa in cases of police shootings and killing of civilians according to a report by...

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IS, Boko Haram Won’t Be Defeated Unless Corruption Tackled

Western governments need to step up their efforts to combat corruption if they are to defeat jihadists such as the...

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Thai Junta Urged To Drop Case Against Torture Activists

Rights groups on Tuesday urged the Thai army to drop defamation charges against three activists over a landmark report...

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Gender Activist Demands Justice For Woman Stripped Naked, Beaten

A gender activist is demanding justice for a young woman who was stripped naked and kicked in her private parts in the...

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Bangladesh Catches Islamist Convicted of Blogger Murder

Bangladesh police on Monday detained an Islamist who had been sentenced to death in his absence in 2015 for planning...

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Timeline of Deadliest Insurgent Attacks In Pakistan

At least 70 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in Pakistan Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up...

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Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim

A cabinet minister who claimed to have ordered police to torture rape suspects should be investigated for human rights...

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Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim

Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an Indian cabinet minister to be investigated for human rights abuses after...

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Security Forces Abuses Threaten Tunisia Reform

A rise in "brutal tactics" by Tunisian security forces in line with nationwide emergency laws to counter terrorism are...

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Bill In Kenya Proposes Stiff Penalties For Men Who Ogle At Women

A provision in the Sexual Offenses (Amendment) Bill which proposes stiff penalties for men who ogle at women saying...

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Jail Chiefs Profiting From Bimbilla Conflict – Irbard Ibrahim

All traditional leaders profiting from the recurrent Bimbilla conflict must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed as part...

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Married Woman, 22, Dates Her Rapist For More Sex

A 22-year-old rape victim in Zimbabwe left many in shock when she asked a Magistrates Court to withdraw two counts of...

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‘My Son Is No Terrorist’, Says Suspect’s Father

The father of a suspected militant shot by French soldiers as he carried out a machete attack at the Louvre museum in...

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French Soldier Shoots Attacker Outside Louvre

A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete...

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Five U.N. Officials Dead In Attack On Nigeria-Cameroon Border

An armed group attacked a U. N. technical team working along the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, killing five...

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Six Killed, Eight Wounded In Canada Mosque Shooting

Six people have been killed and another eight wounded in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada. Shots were...

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Quebec City Mosque Shooting

Six people have been killed and another eight wounded in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada. Shots were...

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German Officials Condemn Sexual Abuses At Training Center

German military and government officials condemned sexual abuse and other violence at a special operations training...

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Russian MPs Pass Bill To Soften Domestic Violence Law

Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a bill to decriminalise some forms of domestic violence. Under the...