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Brazil
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Brazil Violently Ousts Indigenous Village Ahead of World Cup

Brazilian riot police violently evicted a group of indigenous people from a former museum they had occupied in Rio de Janeiro to make way for 2014 World Cup construction. Baton-wielding police agents stormed the one-time Museum...
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Human Rights

Martin Luther King Continues To Inspire 50 Years On

50 years ago on this day, Martin Luther King stood in front of over 200,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and delivered the historical “I Have A Dream” speech. This speech would go on to ...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Trinidad & Tobago
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Why The Press Needs Protection In Trinidad & Tobago

After the murder of Dana Seetahal earlier this month, one reporter, Mark Bassant, was doggedly pursuing the story. Now, the journalist attests that his life has been threatened because of his investigative reporting. The ...
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Russia
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Russian Political Prisoners Ignored by Everyone

Sergey Udaltsov, a leftist protest leader currently under house arrest pending investigation of his alleged planning of the May 6, 2012 Bolotnaya Square riots (the so-called Bolotnaya Square Case), exemplifies the popular sayi...
by Andrey Tselikov
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Human Rights
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Human Trafficking: I’m Not Liam Neeson, What Can I Do?

One of the manliest quotes from a movie has to be Liam Neeson in the thriller ‘Taken’. His daughter kidnapped by human traffickers, he fearlessly says to them, “I have a specific set of skills… skills that make me a...
by AJ Kingsley
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Behind the scenes of Antonio Ledezma’s arrest in Venezuela

Political clashes in parts of Venezuela escalated this weekend with the arrest of the mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma. Ledezma is accused of being part of a foreign plot to force the current administration from power. The a...
by Laura Vidal
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Human Rights

Making ‘Invisible Women’ Visible

Thanks to its pull as a global hub of trade, finance and technology, London has a huge pull for economic migrants, from both within and outside of the country. Foreign workers in London are particularly concentrated in certai...
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Human Rights

Cambodian Garment Workers Are Pressuring H&M, Walmart And Zara To Make Their Suppliers Pay A Living Wage

After launching a nationwide strike last December, Cambodia’s garment workers are back in the streets demanding a monthly minimum wage of 177 US dollars.
by Mong Palatino
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Interview: Mr. Zeijlon of the World Bank on Human Rights and Development

“Do we do enough? Difficult to say. I think we are doing the right thing.” Anders Zeijlon of the World Bank discusses the complex relationship between human rights and development from the perspectives of individuals, state...
by Liliane Stadler
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