Tag: Human Rights and Human Rights Violations

Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists

Boys Held as Hostages by ISIS Worry Rights Activists

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The boys in the prison sleep in groups of about 15 in cells with no windows, according…

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Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests

Threatened and Beaten, Afghan Women Defy Taliban With Protests

KABUL, Afghanistan — On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham trudged through a snowstorm to sign her name on a…

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How China’s Xi Jinping Is Staging the Beijing Olympics on His Terms

How China’s Xi Jinping Is Staging the Beijing Olympics on His Terms

When the International Olympic Committee met seven years ago to choose a host for the 2022 Winter Games, China’s leader,…

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Pay Your Power Bill, Myanmar Soldiers Say, or Pay With Your Life

Pay Your Power Bill, Myanmar Soldiers Say, or Pay With Your Life

“In the past 10 months, the country has lost all its gains from the past 10 years,” said U Hein…

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Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The day Kea Sokun was arrested in Cambodia, four men in plainclothes showed up at his…

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Djokovic Stay at Park Hotel Highlights Australia Asylum Seeker Plight

Djokovic Stay at Park Hotel Highlights Australia Asylum Seeker Plight

MELBOURNE, Australia — The people demonstrating outside the Park Hotel in Melbourne on Saturday were a disparate group.Some were Serb-Australians…

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