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“Mr. Ashoori went to work on the 20th of March, although he had a severe tension headache and kidney stone pain that kept him awake all the night before. At 11:00AM he called his wife and informed her that he is coming home due to his severe pain. Once he reached home his boss called him and told him he must return to work immediately due to emergency need. As usual, he ran to work because he is so loyal to his job. The minute he stepped into the hospital he was blind folded, hand cuffed and arrested by the soldiers.”
Via doctorsinchains.org

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One reason for the lulled non-murmur over torture is the outrageous lie that Obama, after coming into office, “ended torture.”
Via truth-out.org

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Earlier this week, the Indian Union Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal asked internet giants such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo to pre-screen derogatory, defamatory and inflammatory content about political leaders and religion.  
Via globalvoicesonline.org

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Trojans, backdoors, keyloggers and eavesdropping is used by online criminals. The same techniques are also used by governments. Some government do this to spy on their own people or to find dissidents. Other governments do this while investigating criminal suspects.   Most of the technology used in such intrusions are not developed by the governments themselves. They are made by private companies which are specializing in providing exploits, infections proxies and backdoors to governments.
Via f-secure.com

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Friends say that kids bullied Jacob Rogers at Cheatham County Central High School for the past four years, but in the past few months it had become so bad he dropped out of school. And Wednesday, he ended his life.  
Via towleroad.com

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Contrary to popular perception, the Obama Administration is not strongly opposed to the provisions in the bills that would authorize indefinite military detentions for U.S. citizens.  
Via opencongress.org

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Interior ministry says International Committee of the Red Cross to be allowed to visit inmates arrested during protests.
Via aljazeera.com

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From Idlib to Deraa, and from Rural Aleppo to Rural Damascus, protests and bloody clashes are taking place around the clock
Via syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com

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The God-given human right to freely cultivate food is under attack in New Zealand (NZ) as special interest groups and others are currently attempting to push a “food security” bill through the nation’s parliament that will strip individuals of their right to grow food, save seeds, and even share the fruits of their labor with friends and family members.
Via naturalnews.com

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A still from one of Gamma International’s marketing videos. It’s no longer a secret that firms like Gamma International, maker of Finfisher spyware, sell tools for hacking computers and secretly surveilling Internet and cell phone users.
Via forbes.com