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2017 Another BEATING for Press Freedom in Turkey
For the second year running CPJ, (the Committee to Protect Journalists) finds Turkey tops the list in its diligence in oppressing journalists and writers, only matched by China and Egypt
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IF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS DEMOCRACY, then what do you call this?
According to the 2017 World Press Freedom Index, the world is becoming a more dangerous place for journalists to do their job
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ON A DAY THIS WEEK. The Assassination of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez
On a day this week, January 9th, 2013, Sakine Cansiz (Sara), Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), and Leyla Şaylemez were shot dead in their Paris office
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TUNISIA 2018 – UPDATE
Insurrection News received this posting from a comrade in Tunisia: “Please tell the comrades in the world about our anti-capitalist revolution in Tunisia!”
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TURKEY: KURDISH DEPUTIES JAILED
HDP Deputy İdris Baluken was sentenced by the Diyarbakir 8th High Criminal Court to 16 years and eight months in jail
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Cambio de identidad y parejas del mismo sexo en Costa Rica: respuesta de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Este 9 de enero del 2018, Costa Rica fue notificada por parte de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos de su respuesta a una solicitud de opinión consultiva relacionada a los derechos de las parejas del mismo sexo
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TURKEY: NEW YEAR? NEW STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
the year has ended with the passing of Emergency Decree 696, bypassing, as usual, the scrutiny of parliament due to the extraordinary powers resulting from the now-extended State of Emergency
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Consejo de Seguridad: la solicitud de reunión por parte de Estados Unidos sobre la situación en Irán
Medios de prensa han anunciado que Estados Unidos solicitó una reunión de urgencia del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas para analizar la situación interna en Irán, realizada este 5 de enero
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IRAN: a new kind of protest movement is taking hold
When the news broke about a protest in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city, in the waning days of 2017 no one thought it would lead to a national rally against the government
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USA TAX CUTS: Bloated billionaires get a tax cut while millions go hungry
The corporate tax cut bill that bulldozed through Congress late in 2017 was yet another crushing burden that “the 1 percent” loaded onto the backs of the American people
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