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Since Sept. 11, 2001, the NYPD has become one of the country’s most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies.
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The interrogation of Abdul Ghani Al Khanjar followed a pattern.
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Six months after [Chinese lawyer Liu Shihui] was first attacked [and “disappeared”], Liu has returned to Twitter to reveal details of his ordeal. I’ve done a rough translation of most of those tweets, which were sent out over a 3-½-hour period last night.
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As the government cracks down on protesters in Syria, hacker groups from abroad are helping people to get access to the Web and to communicate safely despite surveillance and repression.
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A huge demonstration over a chemical factory unnerves officials
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Spanish high-street retailer Zara has been accused of allegedly accepting slave-labor working conditions supplanted by more than 30 of its outsourced plants running in Brazil.
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CBS Evening News: Somalis in refugee camps face new threat – Mercy Corps aid worker warns of a huge crisis and the outbreak of diseases like measles and cholera…
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Cisco, one of the world’s largest technology companies, is being sued by Chinese political prisoners for allegedly providing the technology and expertise used by the Chinese Communist Party to monitor, censor and suppress the Chinese people.
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Documents Show Broad Deception and Disagreement Within Federal Agencies on Opt Out; Raise New Questions About ICE’s Mandatory Stance
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