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US court declares Black teen innocent 91 years after his execution
Jun 17, 2022 09:37An African-American teen executed in 1931 for the murder of a white woman has been exonerated by a Pennsylvania court following a lengthy legal battle by his only surviving sister.
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Over 89mn people displaced in 2021, new records on horizon: UNHCR
Jun 16, 2022 06:44The number of people displaced worldwide passed a record 89 million last year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, warning that the intensification of a global food security crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine conflict could further increase that number.
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Iran's top rights official urges probe into rights abuses against jailed diplomat in Belgium
Jun 14, 2022 05:30A senior Iranian official has censured Germany and Belgium over the “illegal” detention and trial of Assadollah Assadi, calling for a probe into human rights abuses against the Iranian diplomat.
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Rights groups say Biden's visit will fuel Saudi regime's human rights abuses
Jun 10, 2022 03:01US President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, a country he once vowed to make a “pariah”, has again laid bare the duplicity of Washington’s foreign policy and human rights rhetoric.
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17-year-old Palestinian boy martyred near Ramallah, 4th since Wednesday
Jun 03, 2022 01:48Israeli forces have martyred a Palestinian boy near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the fourth since Wednesday.
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In post-coup Myanmar, number of people displaced by violence tops 1 million
Jun 01, 2022 14:06More than one year into the military coup in Myanmar, the number of internally displaced people has topped one million for the first time, according to the United Nations.
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Rampant racism: On Shireen, mass murder and white racism
May 26, 2022 15:48The murder of Palestinians is an ongoing attribute of Israeli regime racism, as are the demolitions, imprisonment, night raids, attacks on Palestinian children, and the many other ways the Zionist regime controls its apartheid policies.
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88% of Americans in new poll support background checks on all gun sales
May 26, 2022 13:55A vast majority of Americans in a new poll support background checks on all gun sales, one day after the mass shooting at an elementary school in the US state of Texas.
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Iran urges protection of civilian lives in conflict zones
May 26, 2022 05:37Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations urges protection of civilian lives in conflict-stricken zones across the world, especially the West Asian region.
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Journalists accused Israeli regime of targeting them 2 weeks before killing of Abu Akleh
May 18, 2022 14:01Just two weeks before Israeli forces assassinated beloved Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the International Federation of Journalists, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians had submitted a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court accusing Israel of systematically targeting Palestinian journalists.