India: Top court places rights activists under house arrest
India’s Supreme Court ordered police on Wednesday to put five prominent rights campaigners suspected of links to Maoist guerrillas under house arrest as outrage grew […]
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U.K.: Former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks declares Corbyn an anti-Semite
Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has called Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn an anti-Semite and said comments about Zionists he made five years ago […]
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Germany: Far-right protesters clash with leftists after Chemnitz stabbing
Far-right groups spread “fake news” on social media to mobilise their supporters for violent protests targeting migrants after the fatal stabbing of a German man, […]
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UK: Imam Muhammad Yasir Ayub openly promotes sectarianism
We have written before on many occasions about Imam Muhammad Yasir Ayub. His abuse against the small but beleaguered Ahmadi Muslim community in the U.K. […]
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UK: Notting Hill Carnival drums fall silent for Grenfell victims
Hundreds of thousands of revellers attending London’s annual Notting Hill Carnival fell silent for 72 seconds on Monday to honour the 72 people who died […]
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U.S.: Court rejects atheists’ appeal over ‘In God We Trust’ on currency
A federal appeals court on Tuesday said printing “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency is constitutional, citing its longstanding use and saying it was […]
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Turkey: Freedoms suffer as government blocks decades-old mothers’ vigil
Every Saturday for 23 years, dozens of people have held a vigil in a central Istanbul square, sitting in silence and holding pictures of relatives […]
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Germany: Merkel’s conservatives under fire over right-wing radicalism
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives faced accusations on Thursday of ignoring the rise of far-right groups in the eastern German state of Saxony after an incident […]
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China: Student activists disappear after police raid
Police in riot gear stormed an apartment in southern China on Friday where about 40 student activists and others supporting factory workers seeking to form […]
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Iraq: U.N. team starts work on Islamic State crimes
A U.N. investigative team that will collect and preserve evidence of acts by Islamic State in Iraq that may be war crimes, crimes against humanity […]
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