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Power of global arms treaty hinges on next steps, activists say
A new United Nations pact to regulate the global weapons trade was cheered by human rights and humanitarian groups, but its power will depend on how stringently it is followed. Like many international agreements, the arms trade treaty does not have a...
Tags: Interior Policy, Civil Rights, National Rifle Association of America, Iran, United Nations
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Syria: Intense shelling by government is reported in Aleppo
BEIRUT – Residents of a Kurdish neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo fled Sunday under intense government shelling estimated at three shells per minute, activists said. The bombardment on the Sheikh Maqsood district came two days after...Tags: Free Syrian Army, Petroleum Industry, Wars and Interventions, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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King's Easter epistle on civil disobedience
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s decision to violate an injunction forbidding him to pray, sing or march in public in Birmingham, Ala. On Good Friday 1963 (which fell on April 12 that year), King led a march from...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, John Paul Stevens, Prisons, Religious Festivals
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20 dead in Scud missile attack in Syria, activists say
BEIRUT -- At least 20 people were killed Friday by a blast in a northern Syrian town, according to opposition activists who said the attack was carried out using a Scud missile. The missile landed in a populated neighborhood of Hretaan, injuring 50...
Tags: Pakistan, Bashar Assad, Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions
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Syrian rebels claim to shoot down Iranian plane at airport
BEIRUT -- Syrian rebels claimed Thursday they downed an Iranian plane that was landing at Damascus Airport and suspected of carrying weapons and ammunition for the Syrian government. The statement came as about a dozen students at Damascus University&...
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Nouri Maliki, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief
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Bahrain: 21 medics cleared in closely watched case
A Bahraini court on Thursday cleared 21 medics who had been convicted in connection with protests against the government, a victory for rights activists in the closely watched case. The exonerated doctors, nurses and other medical personnel were among...
Tags: Crimes, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief, U.S. Department of State, Human Rights
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Clinic offering abortions set to open in Wichita next week
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA new women's clinic that offers abortion services is set to open in Wichita next week. The clinic is in the same building that was once run by slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller. The founder of the Southwind Women's Center tells Eyewitness News...Tags: Abortion, George Tiller, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, Abortion Issue
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Seattle judge orders release of two activists held for contempt
SEATTLE—Two activists jailed for refusing to cooperate in a federal grand jury investigation of anarchists in the Pacific Northwest were scheduled to be released from prison Thursday after a judge ruled there was little chance they would change...
Tags: Interior Policy, Lawyers, Religion and Belief, International Military Interventions, FBI
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U.S. activist says he was locked in cell for nine months in Vietnam
L.A. NOWFor nine months, Nguyen Quoc Quan was held in a 9-by-9 foot cell in Ho Chi Minh City, his only company a government monitor assigned to watch his every move. The American democracy activist had no contact with the outside...... -
Democracy activist arrives home after release by Vietnam
L.A. NOWAn American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government returned home to Southern California on Wednesday night, more than nine months after he was first detained in Saigon. U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Quan was met by a...... -
Vietnam releases American activist accused of subversion
An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government was freed Wednesday and sent home to Southern California to rejoin his family, more than nine months after he was first detained in Saigon. The unexpected decision...
Tags: Civil Rights, Lawyers, Corruption, U.S. Department of State, United Nations
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Protesters object to ban of activist from City Hall
The Baltimore SunHolding cut-outs of activist Kim Trueheart's face, protesters objected at Wednesday morning's Board of Estimates meeting to her ban from City Hall. "I was with Kim Trueheart a week ago when she was arrested trying to attend this very meeting," fellow...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Justice System, Rob Morris, Judges
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