Human Rights Watch
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Black Teens Serving 11 Life Sentences in Crime Where No One Was Hurt
Sentences like these underscore how the state of California spends $12 billion annually on its prisons.
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AFRICA NOW: New App Helps Egyptian Nubians Learn Heritage
Egyptian entrepreneur Momen Talosh has created a mobile app to help promote the use of languages as a way for…
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AFRICA NOW: CIA Blocks Trump’s Africa NSC Director
Days before Michael Flynn resigned as Donald Trump's national security adviser, his top aide, Robin Townley, was denied security clearance…
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South African Students Demand Reformation
Thousands of students all across South Africa have begun protesting for amenable student fees and less eurocentric academic studies, resulting…
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Security Checkpoint Extortion Costs Ivory Coast Millions
CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Extortion at security checkpoints is costing Ivory Coast millions each year despite…
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International Court Welcomes Palestinians as 123rd Member
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Palestinian Authority became a member of the International Criminal Court…
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Report Slams Israel on African Migrant Rights
JERUSALEM (AP) — An international watchdog organization has slammed Israel for its treatment of thousands of African migrants, saying…
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Report Says Government Surveillance Harms Journalists, Lawyers
Washington, DC – Scripps Howard Foundation Wire – The joint report by the Human Rights Watch and the American Civil…
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Scenes of Death in South Sudan: ‘No Humanity Here’
ILYA GRIDNEFF, Associated Press MALAKAL, South Sudan (AP) — House after house has been burned to the ground. Hospital patients…
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Report: Rebels Decimate C. African Republic Town
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rebels in Central African Republic decimated a mostly Christian village earlier this…
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