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Muslim men are being arrested in India under an anti-conversion law based on the 'love jihad' conspiracy theory
A new law in Uttar Pradesh that forbids unlawful religious conversions has resulted in at least 10 …
Joshua Zitser
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Russian teachers are being punished for making anti-war comments after their own students reported them
One teacher faces up to 10 years in prison after students sent in a recording of her criticizing th…
Matthew Loh
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16-Year-Old In China Arrested For Getting 500 Reposts Under New Anti-Gossip Law
The new measure was widely criticised as an expansion of the police state onto the internet, which …
Malcolm Moore, The Telegraph
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American Runner Dedicates Moscow Silver Medal To His Gay Friends Amid Russia's Anti-Gay Crackdown
He said, "As much as I can speak out about it, I believe that all humans deserve equality as howeve…
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Japan's yakuza — once powerful organized crime figures — are reduced to stealing Pokémon cards
The once powerful yakuza, feared for their ferocity, are dwindling in numbers. And their crimes are…
Joshua Zitser
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Zelenskyy thanked a Russian state TV journalist who stormed a live news broadcast with anti-war sign
Marina Ovsyannikova rushed the set of Russia's Channel One carrying a banner that said, "They are l…
Bill Bostock
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Reducing prejudice could be as simple as a single conversation
In each scenario, a canvasser would start the conversation by asking the prospective voter how he o…
Lydia Ramsey
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Ottawa police say they've started arresting 'Freedom Convoy' protesters
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday declared a national emergency over the ongoing pro…
Jake Epstein
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Black Lives Matter demonstrator Tia Pugh was convicted in a federal anti-riot case. Her attorneys claimed the law has 'racist' origins.
Pugh was arrested for allegedly breaking a police car's window in Mobile, Alabama during a protest …
Azmi Haroun
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Police have arrested only 69 people connected to the Capitol building invasion so far, far fewer than those arrested during BLM protests this summer
194 were arrested in an anti-racism protest in DC after the killing of George Floyd, which didn't i…
Jacob Shamsian,Sawyer Click
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Teenage arrests, blank protest signs, and a key election postponed: What one month of China's new national security law for Hong Kong has looked like
The security law, passed on June 30, gave China the power to meddle in Hong Kong like never before.…
Bill Bostock
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ICE reportedly relied on a 'politically motivated' request from the Kremlin to try to deport a Russian asylum seeker legally staying in the US
Immigration law experts told Politico the move risked making the US a "willing participant in Russi…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Supreme Court Sides With Anti-Abortion Protesters In Free Speech Case
The unanimous decision overturned an appellate court decision that had upheld the Massachusetts law…
Erin Fuchs
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A Hong Kong protester was plucked from his Cathay Pacific flight to London and arrested on suspicion of stabbing a police officer
Just before midnight on Wednesday, 10 riot police boarded a Cathay Pacific flight at Hong Kong airp…
Bill Bostock
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Ukraine announces arrest of oligarch in upscale French ski resort after accusing him of financial crimes
French law enforcement detained Konstantin Zhevago in a hotel in the French ski resort of Courcheve…
Sinéad Baker
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China threatens to retaliate against the UK for hosting 'anti-China forces' after Boris Johnson welcomed a pro-democracy activist who fled Hong Kong to escape arrest
China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said Boris Johnson's government would "severely harm" tie…
Adam Payne
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Man who reportedly demanded 'all Jews raise their hands' on a Delta flight arrested upon landing
"Preliminary information indicates that while in flight … a male was yelling, asking Jewish people …