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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> International human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has launched a Chinese-language website as part of its efforts to reach out to a Chinese-speaking audience, even though the site remains inaccessible to most on the mainland. “This is a benchmark in the organisation’s ongoing efforts to engage Chinese-speaking human rights activists and supporters around the world,” Amnesty’s East Asia head Roseann Rife said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Pentagon confirmed on Saturday that F-16 fighter jets and Patriot missile interceptors will remain in Jordan after the end of a joint military exercise this month. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Jamie Dettmer, on June 12th, 2013 In a big reversal, the United Nations says it wants to open 12 refugee camps in Lebanon for Syrian refugees. Jamie Dettmer reports on the repercussions—and why Hezbollah is opposed.
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By , on June 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Exiled Indian Ocean islanders have lost a court challenge launched to prevent Britain from setting up a marine park they suspect is aimed at stopping them from ever returning. Former residents of the Chagos Islands archipelago in British Indian Ocean Territory say the move to establish a marine protected area would effectively prevent them from resettling the atolls as it involves a ban on commercial fishing. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As Hong Kong authorities remain silent on the whereabouts and potential fate of US whistle-blower Edward Snowden, legal and political experts are weighing in on what could happen and the choices available to 29-year-old former intelligence contractor. If Snowden wanted to stay in Hong Kong, his best chance would be to apply for refugee status, under the claim that he could be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (CIDTP) or punishment if extradited back to the United States, said Patricia Ho, counsel with local human rights law firm Barnes and Daly. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said aerial surveillance of a debris field of wood and life-jackets had spotted 13 bodies and a full-scale hunt was under way for survivors. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 4th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s younger generation, in the wake of the Chungking Mansions rape, wonder whether fans of Wong Kar-wai’s cult movie are staying at the iconic building at the price of their own safety. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Human rights monitors and North Korean defector groups voiced anger and concern yesterday over the forced repatriation to Pyongyang of nine young refugees captured in Laos. The case has aroused strong public feeling in South Korea. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 30th, 2013 The Chinese baby boy rescued from a sewage pipe is released from hospital in Zhejiang province to relatives, officials say.
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By , on May 30th, 2013 
University tuition fees in England should be means-tested to allow poorer students to pay less, an education charity has urged.
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By , on May 30th, 2013 
Revised planning rules coming into force in England could lead to new “clusters” of betting shops and money lenders, according to local councils.
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The UK is to be taken to the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to correctly assess whether immigrants are entitled to benefits.
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By , on May 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Nine North Korean defectors have been forced to return to their country from China after being captured in Laos, a South Korean news report says. Laos had been assumed to be a safe route for North Koreans leaving their mostly poverty-stricken homeland. Activists say that defectors who are returned to North Korea can be punished or even killed by the regime, considered one of the world’s most repressive and brutal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 30th, 2013 
A man is to appear in court after being charged with the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, last week.
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By , on May 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Unknown gunmen killed three Lebanese soldiers near the Syria border overnight, an official said on Tuesday, in the deadliest such attack since the start of the Syrian revolt more than two years ago. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 27th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The European Union nations remain divided on Monday whether to ease sanctions against Syria to allow for weapons shipments to rebels fighting the regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 26th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A confidential record from that year showed there was a suggestion that the newly formed Independent Commission Against Corruption should be able to collect pay-lists, leave rosters, postings and pictures of people in other law enforcement agencies. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Today is Friday, May 31, the 151st day of 2013. There are 214 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1043 – Lady Godiva rides naked through the market square in Coventry, England. 1520 – After being a hostage in Denmark, young nobleman Gustav Vasa slips back into Sweden to start a rebellion against the Danes that will establish Swedish independence. 1790 – The U.S. copyright law is enacted
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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Amnesty International said on Thursday millions of people who have fled conflict or persecution, and migrants who have left home in search of work, have suffered abuses at the hands of state authorities or employers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Refugees and migrants face rising dangers
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwan on Sunday repeated calls for a joint investigation into the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards, an incident which has ignited a major diplomatic dispute. A team of Taiwanese investigators returned to the island Saturday, accusing the Philippine government of failing to honour its agreement to conduct a joint probe. “The decision to send the investigators to Manila came only after the Philippine government had agreed to let us to do so,” deputy justice minister Chen Ming-tang told reporters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Amnesty International launches Chinese-language website
<!– google_ad_section_start –> International human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has launched a Chinese-language website as part of its efforts to reach out to a Chinese-speaking audience, even though the site remains inaccessible to most on the mainland. “This is a benchmark in the organisation’s ongoing efforts to engage Chinese-speaking human rights activists and supporters around the world,” Amnesty’s East Asia head Roseann Rife said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Amnesty International launches Chinese-language website
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