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9/3/2012 1:06:49 PM
Ignoring international calls to stop bombing civilians' houses, Syria's Air Force fighter jet mercilessly shells a building in Aleppo province, killing 18 civilians including six women and two children
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9/2/2012 4:14:12 PM
Prominent Saudi activist Mohammed al-Qahtani pledges to continue activism to promote human rights in Saudi Arabia, a statement he made after appearing in court on charges of sowing sedition and rebelling against the authorities
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9/2/2012 11:45:10 AM
Group of Israeli settlers begin evacuating illegal West Bank settlement of Migron, following last week's Supreme Court verdict that the land had been purchased illegally
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International
9/1/2012 3:52:46 PM
Shebab militants put on show the bodies of four "enemy" soldiers killed in combat in their stronghold of Kismayo, in southern Somalia
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8/29/2012 2:45:23 PM
UN chief Ban Ki-moon will meet Iran's top leaders during the NAM summit to take 'urgent' action over its disputed nuclear drive, its human rights record and the deteriorating situation in Syria
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International
8/29/2012 10:05:55 AM
For alleged torture, killings, rape and other abuses under his rule, US resident and former Somali PM Mohamed Ali Samanter must pay $3 million in damages to each of his victims after federal court ruling
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Arts & Culture
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Film
8/27/2012 9:33:51 AM
The Syrian revolution, dignity and human rights, dominate the 28th Annual Alexandria Film Festival, director Waleed Seif says at press conference Saturday
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8/27/2012 9:33:01 AM
After discovering 320 bodies on Sunday in the town of Daraya near Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announces that 14 more bodies have been found
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8/24/2012 8:06:48 PM
Russia's human rights ombudsman claims he could step in to lessen the Pussy Riot's 'excessive' prison sentence and warned that intolerance is igniting tensions
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Egypt
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Politics
8/22/2012 7:41:26 PM
Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights blasts confiscation of independent weekly Al-Shaab's Wednesday edition over article critical of Egypt's intelligence apparatus
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8/22/2012 12:30:16 PM
Syrian military planes pound rebel-held area in northern Aleppo as opposition claim partial-control over parts of town on Iraqi border; 12 killed by regime forces in raid on Damascus district
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8/22/2012 11:27:40 AM
Over 40 killed during raid on Damascus suburb after regime forces reportedly targeted a funeral procession, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Wednesday
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Egypt
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8/21/2012 5:49:42 PM
Shura Council expected to make changes at National Council for Human Rights as part of general shake-up of state institutions following election of President Mohamed Morsi
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World
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International
8/21/2012 4:45:02 PM
Prominent rights organizations criticize anti-terrorism legislation under Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi, encourage change in the coming period
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8/15/2012 4:06:58 PM
Human Rights Watch reports that Syrian air force missiles struck a hospital in a rebel-held area of Aleppo wounding one person, a saying it was an attack in violation of international law
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8/13/2012 6:06:34 PM
Sudanese authorities re-arrest an American citizen in Sudan shortly after a judge ordered him to be freed
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8/13/2012 6:01:09 PM
Three videos posted on YouTube shows Syrian armed men in Aleppo throwing the bodies of postal workers off a roof and a man's throat being savagely cut, but the videos' authenticity could not immediately be verified
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8/13/2012 3:27:41 PM
Syria's envoy to the UN human rights council in Geneva defects saying he would join the opposition, This step comes ahead of the release of an official UNHRC's commission of inquiry report on human rights conditions in Syria
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8/12/2012 4:25:06 PM
A Bahraini court sentenced a Shiite Muslim to two years in jail for insulting a wife of Prophet Mohammed
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8/12/2012 4:02:02 PM
An Israeli soldier faces a 45-day jail term for the killing of two Gaza women carrying a white flag
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