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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: human rights abuse

human rights abuse stories: 22 news summaries

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Bush Unloads on Burmese Junta

Prez announces new sanctions, visa ban at UN

Sep 25, 07 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush told the UN General Assembly today that the US will tighten economic sanctions on Burma and impose a travel ban on its military junta leaders. The US has long maintained an embargo against the country, which is now in its eighth day of anti-junta protests. “The people’... More »

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Middle East • Zimbabwe • human rights • Sudan • Cuba • economic sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • human rights abuse • Aung San Suu Kyi • George W. Bush

'Time' Loses Suharto Lawsuit

Sep 10, 07 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Time must pay former Indonesian dictator Suharto $106 million over a 1999 article that defamed him, that country's highest court ruled today. The ruling, over a story that claimed Suharto stole some $73 billion during his bloody rule that spanned four decades, comes after lower courts twice ruled in Time's... More »

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Indonesia • lawsuit • defamation • Suharto • Time magazine • human rights abuse • embezzlement

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