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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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An LGBTQ activist who helped plan the UK's first Pride march reflects 50 years on: 'We were out and proud and demanded our liberation'
Peter Tatchell helped to plan the first-ever UK Pride on July 1, 1972. He told Insider that those w…
Mikhaila Friel
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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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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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Canada is having its own reckoning with police brutality against people of color, after a dashcam footage showed an aboriginal chief's violent arrest
"Anti-Black racism exists in Canada, anti-indigenous racism exists in Canada. It is systemic," Depu…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Ukraine and Russia have both weaponized facial recognition — in very different ways
Ukraine is using the technology to ID the dead and find Russian infiltrators. Russia is using it to…
Laura Italiano,Haven Orecchio…
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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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Arvind Kejriwal is paying for his deeds says his former mentor Anna Hazare
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra)Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Friday said that he felt "deeply pa…
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For the first time, America's top psychologists condemn anti-trans conversion therapy - which is still legal in most states
While most medical associations say conversion therapy is extremely harmful to LGBTQ youth, 26 stat…