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Human Rights

Syrian Children Pay the Steep Price of War

During the last 10 years, around 10 million children are estimated to have been killed as a result of war. The Children’s Rights Portal categorizes child war victims as civilian victims, soldiers, displaced, orphans, wo...
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Spain

Spanish Youth in Exile: “We’re Not Leaving, They’re Kicking Us Out!”

Youth unemployment in Spain, one of the tragic consequences of the crisis that this country is living through, stands at 55.6%. Last year, the European Union called for urgent action to combat this alarming number. After 15 mon...
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China

Former President of Google China Reveals Censorship Statistics

Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China, published a chart on Twitter showing how often his micro-blog was deleted by the Chinese government’s censorship arm. Lee regularly blogs about cultural and technology issue...
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China

Netizens Frown Upon China State TV’s Live Broadcast of Execution

The unprecedented decision of China’s state-run television network to broadcast live the final moments of a Burmese drug lord just before his execution has not only sparked outrage in Myanmar but has also triggered deba...
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North America

U.S. and South Korea: A Show of Force, But Running Out of Options?

North Korea’s third nuclear test provided the ideal opportunity for the United States and South Korea to respond with their own displays of military muscle. Two days after the test, South Korea showcased a cruise missile ...
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Russia

A Fistful of Bloggers: Russian MP Pressured to Resign

It’s not often that Russian anti-corruption activists can boast about their results. This week is one of those times. On February 12, 2013, head of RossPil and Coordinating Council of the Opposition member, Alexey Navalny...
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North America

“Ask Angy” Humanizes the Experience of Undocumented Immigrants

“Isn’t it kind of ironic that we’re undocumented, but you have to prove that you’re undocumented with all these documents?,” Angy Rivera concludes in one of her videos. Angy is a college student born in C...
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Iran

Iran: Will Thieving Officials Also Have Their Hands Chopped Off?

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once again proved his talent for making surprising headlines when he played a video for the parliament on February 3, 2013 implicating his political rivals, some of the country’s lead...
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Human Rights

Russia’s Internet Censorship “Experiment”

A Russian federal region is about to embark on an “experimental” project aimed at censoring the internet. A joint effort by the Kostroma regional government and an NGO called the League of Safe Internet, it is similar in sp...
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