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Judge blocks Trump's executive order banning transgenders from military
The judge ruled that the ban was in violation of the equal protection clause due to discrimination.
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United Nations, Amnesty International denounces 29 executions and Iran's cruel treatment of inmates
Iran’s justice and prison system results in open aggression against women and dozens of executions
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Maduro wages war on media, arrests reporters and cancels passports of journalists and human rights defenders
The Maduro regime has begun waging a quiet war against journalists and human rights defenders, launching a sweep of arrests and expulsions while cancelling the passports of Venezuelan democracy activists and reporters, according to reports collected on location by ADN America.
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VIDEO: Maduro regime kidnaps María Oropeza, regional coordinator of María Corina Machado's opposition coalition
In the middle of a live broadcast, opposition leader María Oropeza took video of Chavista forces bursting into her home without a search warrant
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23 people killed during anti-Maduro protests as opposition activists clash with regime forces over election fraud
The demonstrations, which began in the early hours of July 29 after the CNE declared Maduro was the winner, have faced strong repression from armed regime forces
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Russia agrees to multi-nation prisoner exchange that includes Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan
If completed, the multi-country prisoner exchange deal would be the largest since the Cold War
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U.S. condemns Russia's 6-year prison sentence of American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
Kurmasheva was secretly tried and sentenced on July 19 in a Russian court to six and a half years in prison on unfounded charges that stem from an arrest and her imprisonment more than nine months ago in October
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Puerto Rican Afro-Caribbean community declares victory after island enacts law outlawing hairstyle discrimination
The new law prohibits discrimination against those wearing Afros, curls, locs, twists and braids, providing work, education and housing protections
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Wall Street Journal denounces Russia's "sham conviction" of journalist Evan Gershkovich
Gershkovich, who was falsely accused of spying on Russia last year, was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony
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Maduro regime kidnaps opposition leader María Corina Machado's security chief
The opposition leader issued a global alert due to the repressive escalation of the regime after the kidnapping of the head of her custody
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Maduro regime detains businessman Ricardo Albacete who hosted opposition leader María Corina Machado
Ricardo Albacete's lawyer described the detention as “arbitrary”, stating that up to this moment “he is missing because there is no information.”