Civil Liberties
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The Price of a Positive EU-Turkey Agenda
In a diminishing space for civil society, academic freedom, and human rights, EU leaders are divided over what strategy to…
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National security watchdog launches investigation into secret trial of Witness
The man, referred to as Witness J, was convicted of mishandling classified information which potentially revealed the identities of agents…
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US failure to sanction Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi killing ‘extremely dangerous’, UN expert says
A UN human rights investigator says it is “extremely dangerous” for the United States to have named Saudi Arabia’s de…
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Dutch parliament overrides court to keep curfew
The Dutch parliament’s upper house approved late Friday legislation to keep its nighttime curfew in place until at least March…
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Turkey: Student Protesters at Risk of Prosecution
(Istanbul) – Turkish authorities have placed hundreds of student protesters under possible criminal investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. HRW…
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Speaking up about free speech
So is the University of Adelaide committed to free speech, or is its the latest university to dictate its version…
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Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations
Our thoughts are with the Stolen Generations, the men and women in our program and everyone affected by the past…
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Fears over China’s Muslim forced labor loom over EU solar power
Nearly every solar power panel sold in the European Union has its origins in China’s oppressed Xinjiang region. Aitor Hernández-Morales,…
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Myanmar coup leader defends action amid mass protests
Min Aung Hlaing said November’s election, won in a landslide by the party of detained elected leader Aung San Suu…
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Vestager: Social media companies were right to ban Trump
The likes of Facebook and Twitter were right to block former U.S. President Donald Trump from their global platforms following…
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Uganda’s Museveni Clings to Power – But Trouble Lies Ahead
But the contested election, marred by fraud claims, illustrated many citizens’ frustration with his administration. Murithi Mutiga ICG In this…
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Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal
Polish government officials have denounced the deactivation of Donald Trump’s social media accounts, and said a draft law being readied…
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No, a Twitter ban does not infringe Trump’s freedom of speech
In a response typical of those decrying Donald Trump’s Twitter ban, his namesake son tweeted: Chris Stevenson Independent “Free speech is dead and…
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Uganda police confront candidate Bobi Wine
He said they fired tear gas and bullets as they swarmed his car. The Canberra Times Australian Associated Press Journalists…
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Australia on bottom rung of Reconciliation ladder
Finally, I breathed a sigh of relief. We had done it; we had reached the momentous occasion of being united…
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Hong Kong arrests a ‘grievous attack’ on rights and freedoms, says UK
The U.K. denounced China over the arrest of 53 pro-democracy activists on Wednesday, accusing Beijing of breaching the Sino-British Joint…
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