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  • April 2008
    • Chinese Police Kill 8 Protesters

      Chinese Police Kill 8 Protesters

      Chinese police killed eight protesters and wounded dozens more overnight in Sichuan province when they opened fire on a demonstration led by Tibetan monks, the Times of London reports. The altercation started when police searched a Tibetan monastery, confiscating phones and images of the Dalai Lama. After arresting two, the police demanded all in the monastery denounce the Tibetan spiritual leader. More »

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      China   Tibet   Dalai Lama   Olympic protests   political demonstrations   Tibetans   political protest   police crackdown   Tibetan monks   repression

  • March 2008
    • Armenia Attacks Protesters

      Armenia Attacks Protesters

      Armenian cops fired on a crowd of protesters today and killed at least one as the country declared emergency rule, Reuters reports. Protests have raged daily since a Feb. 19 presidential election that opponents say was rigged for ex-premier Serzh Sarksyan. Police are holding opposition hopeful Levon Ter-Petrosian under house arrest and accuse the crowds of attempting a coup. More »

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      protests   emergency rule   Armenia   freedom of expression   police crackdown   freedom of press

  • January 2008
    • Chinese Man Killed Over Cellphone Video

      Chinese Man Killed Over Cellphone Video

      More than 50 municipal inspectors beat to death an onlooker filming a confrontation between government officials and villagers in central China, CNN reports, sparking renewed criticism of China's press-freedom record. The head of the city administration bureau was fired today, reports the state news agency Xinhua, as authorities reacted quickly to forestall larger protests. The incident has set Chinese chat rooms ablaze. More »

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      China   Chinese   police crackdown

  • November 2007
    • Russian Crackdown Draws Fire

      Russian Crackdown Draws Fire

      Authorities detained Russian opposition leaders yesterday and broke up a St. Petersburg rally and march in the second day of aggressive crackdowns on dissent, the Washington Post reports. Several candidates in Sunday's parliamentary elections were among the 200 held. "They have forbidden us from discussing Putin," one candidate told demonstrators just before he was arrested. More »

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      Russia   Vladimir Putin   election   human rights   Russian elections   police crackdown

  • September 2007
    • World's Oldest Profession Goes Digital

      World's Oldest Profession Goes Digital

      The women of the night have taken to the virtual streets of Craigslist.org, the Times reports, sometimes flying across the country to meet clients and trade money for sex. On Long Island, Nassau County authorities have made over 70 arrests since last year, part of a nationwide crackdown using decoy ads on the website to catch prostitutes and their customers. More »

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      prostitution   Craigslist   cybersex   police crackdown

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