The special protection offered via international law is not enough to keep journalists reporting on conflict zones and assuage concerns about free speech.
A treaty on citizens’ rights would reassure a lot of worried people.
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Cracking down on extremism online won’t solve the problem of extremist violence, will inevitably censor speech that’s important to protect and risks harming political dissidents and democracy itself.
Albinism is an inherited condition that affects the pigment of the eyes, hair and skin.
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The Australian government is missing a vital opportunity to promote ethical business practice and mediate disputes before they blow up, by improperly resourcing the ANCP.
Police in Istanbul,Turkey disperse gay pride demonstrators with a water cannon in June 2015.
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Many in the US are celebrating LGBTQ rights for Gay Pride Month. But data show that most countries, including the US, need to do much more to protect sexual minorities.
German prisoners of war helped to construct the road leading to Wembley stadium in 1948.
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Recent events suggest that South Africa’s government may be resorting to short-term measures to pacify anger over lack of housing. But what’s needed is a major overhaul of the housing policy.
Demonstration of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, at a naval base in California.
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Recent events in Indonesia should dispel any doubt about the rising influence conservative Sunni Islamist sentiment is having on the country’s laws.
In post-dictatorship Argentina, citizens, like the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, have been the guardians of justice.
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