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Saudi Arabia: six executed, including five Yemenis crucified outside a university
Saudi Arabia must halt a “disturbing” rise in its use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said this evening after six people were executed in the country today.
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After vote allowing gay kids to become Boy Scouts, some families call it quits
The father of a Cub Scout sat his son on his lap late last week and told him news that tore up both their hearts: The family was leaving the Boy Scouts.
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UN report accuses Israel of child torture
Geneva: A United Nations human rights watchdog has accused Israel’s police and military of abuses against Palestinian children ranging from torture to threats of death and sexual assault in prisons.
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Slavery On Thai Fishing Boats Is Straight From The 18th Century
Thailand ranks next-to-worst in the State Department's "trafficking in persons" report.
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2.4 million victims of human trafficking worldwide, says UN
The United Nations has called on the international community to strengthen efforts to combat human trafficking, saying 2.4 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking at any one time.
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'Human trafficking ring' broken up
Dozens of suspected people-traffickers have been arrested in Spain and France, suspected of smuggling Chinese migrants into Europe and US, police have said.
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NYPD's 'stop-and-frisk' practice is unconstitutional, judge rules
By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled on Monday the New York Police Department's "stop-and-frisk" crime-fighting tactic unconstitutional, dealing a stinging rebuke to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who vowed to appeal the ruling. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin called it "indirect racial profiling" because it targeted racially defined groups...
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Swiss authorities draw anger over segregation for asylum seekers.
Asylum seekers have been banned from using a swimming pool, attending churches or reading in the library under a new Swiss policy that authorities say is intended to promote peaceful coexistence with local people.
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The politics of being friends with white people
My best friend at 9 was white - but interracial friendships later became a struggle. Here's why everything changed.
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Russian Athletes Kiss to Protest Anti-Gay Law
Two female Russian athletes kissed on the winners podium to protest Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law, reports Sky News. Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed after they helped their team win the 4 x 400 meter relay at the World Athletics Championship in Moscow on Saturday.
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Egypt's Ex-Dictator Mubarak 'To Be Freed'
Ousted Hosni Mubarak is to be released from prison within 48 hours, his lawyer claims, as Egypt descends further into chaos.
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UK officials destroy Guardian hard drives in misguided effort to stop Snowden stories
Officials from the British intelligence agency GCHQ raided The Guardian's offices to destroy hard drives related to the newspaper's stories about National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden — despite the fact that the information had already been disseminated to other sites around the world.
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New Jersey bans gay conversion therapy
New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie on Monday signed into law a measure to prevent therapists from counseling gay and lesbian youths to change their sexual orientation, making his the second U.S. state to ban so-called conversion therapy.
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Russia Can Try to Change Them, but the Olympics Have Always Been Gay
Russian legislators have said they will enforce new anti-gay laws during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but the ancient athletic games started out as little more than a gigantic festival of homoerotic excess.
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California can force-fed inmates on hunger strike
California authorities won court approval on Monday to force-feed some prisoners on a hunger strike after officials voiced concerns that the inmates may have been coerced into refusing food in a protest against the state’s solitary confinement policies.
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Chemical weapons attacks kill hundreds in Syria, rebels and activists allege
Activists and rebel fighters accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces of killing hundreds of civilians - including many women and children - in chemical weapons attacks on Wednesday.
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Cisco Leak: 'Great Firewall' of China Was a Chance to Sell More Routers
An internal Cisco document leaked to reporters on the eve of a Senate human rights hearing reveals that Cisco engineers regarded the Chinese government’s rigid internet censorship program as an opportunity to do more business with the repressive regime.
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The man black history erased
On August 13, 1963, in a last ditch effort to derail the pending March on Washington, Strom Thurmond took the Senate floor and hurled a series of vicious, personal attacks against the man organizing the largest protest in U.S. history.
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Wal-Mart Workers Claim They Could Lose Their Jobs For Taking A 5-Minute Break
A group of Wal-Mart warehouse workers claim they were "suspended indefinitely" after taking a 5-minute break. The 10 employees from Southern California took a "heat break" because temperatures exceeded 90 degrees, reports Kathleen Miles at The Huffington Post. These breaks are common in the hot weather.
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A new generation fights for civil rights in Florida
The shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida last year shook the foundations of Phillip Agnew's comfortable life selling erectile dysfunction drugs and anti-depressants.
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