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Seven found guilty of child sex abuse
Six men and one woman have been found guilty of sexually abusing children at Lisbon’s Casa Pia children’s homes.
Nazi-hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad
A new biography reveals that Simon Wiesenthal, a man who survived the Holocaust and became a Nazi-hunter, worked for Mossad, an Israeli secret service.
UN delays publication of DR Congo massacres report
The UN human rights chief on Thursday delayed the publication of a report examining massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo to October to give the states concerned time to comment.RNW Player
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U.S. prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the plot that killed seven CIA employees at an American base in Afghanistan last December, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Article: Sudan summons EU envoy over Bashir's Kenya visit
Sudan summoned the EU ambassador on Tuesday to protest against a European Union statement criticising Kenya for hosting President Omar Hassan al-Bashir last week, Sudanese state media said.
Article: Bahrain urged to probe torture allegations
U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch urged Bahrain on Wednesday to investigate allegations by four opposition activists that they were tortured in detention last month.
Article: Fidel Castro admits responsibility for gay persecution in Cuba
Fidel Castro has told a Mexican newspaper that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the 1959 revolution.
Article: Kenya accused of stoking ethnic divisions
Kenya has been criticised for the release of controversial national census figures that include tribal affiliations.
Article: Difficult truths made easier to digest
A new illustrated report detailing human rights abuses in Timor-Leste aims to bring home to the general population the issues of non-violence, accountability and reconciliation.
Article: Police end Afghans’ breakout from Australian immigration centre
Australian police have ended a mass breakout and seven-hour demonstration by almost 100 reportedly Afghan asylum-seekers who broke out of an Australian immigration detention centre.
Article: Amnesty wants review of Rwandan genocide law
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has asked Rwanda to review its laws on 'genocide ideology', saying they are being used as a guise to suppress political opposition and freedom of speech.
Article: War Child: “Southern Sudan’s intention to demobilise child soldiers is genuine”
Southern Sudan will demobilise all child soldiers in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) by the end of this year, its government has said.
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Article: Rights groups sue to quash US order to kill Awlaki
Article: Rights groups sue to quash US order to kill Awlaki
Two civil rights groups filed a formal lawsuit Monday seeking to halt what they said was an illegal US government assassination order for Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, considered a dangerous terrorist by Washington.
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