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A special court in India sentenced 31 people to life in prison for killing dozens of Muslims during riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat nine years ago. Another 42 mostly Hindu defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence.
Via latimesblogs.latimes.com
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Multiple warehouse workers were treated at hospitals for exposure after being outside, without coats, in temperatures below freezing for prolonged periods, including one night for about two hours, according to OSHA records.
Via articles.mcall.com
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There has been a global outpouring of initiatives in solidarity with the Syrian people.
Via globalvoicesonline.org
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To mark the inaugural International Day to End Impunity on 23 November, join Index in demanding justice for journalists’ murdered in the line of duty
Via www.indexoncensorship.org
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Bahraini poet, journalist and blogger Jaffar AlAlawy, 27, was arrested Tuesday morning 8 November 2011, according to Nabeel Rajab president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), a nonprofit group that works to promote human rights in Bahrain.
Via artistsspeakout.com
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As the Supreme Court gets ready to hear oral arguments in a case Tuesday that could determine if authorities can track U.S. citizens with GPS vehicle trackers without a warrant, a young man in California has come forward to Wired to reveal that he found not one but two different devices on his vehicle recently.
Via www.wired.com
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The Tribunal declared that although the Palestinians living under colonial military rule in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are subject to a particularly aggravated form of apartheid.
Via www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk
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We publish our translation of Egyptian blogger and revolutionary Alaa Abdel Fattah’s latest letter from prison, where he remains detained for “insulting” the Egyptian military.
Via ceasefiremagazine.co.uk
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An unprecedented increase in the deportation of undocumented immigrants has left an estimated 5,100 children languishing in U.S.
Via www.huffingtonpost.com
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How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It’s really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty.
Via www.huffingtonpost.com
