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Militarization as Delhi prepares to dismantle Kashmir
Text India's government has flooded the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir with troops and cut off internet access upon announcing the revocation of its constitutionally protected autonomy, and...
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Net silence in strife-torn West Papua
Text The Indonesian military and National Police are rushing hundreds of additional troops to the provinces of Papua and West Papua in an attempt to restore order amid a popular uprising in the...
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West Papua rights lawyer faces imprisonment
Text Indonesian police have named human rights lawyer and prominent West Papua advocate Veronica Koman as a suspect in the spreading of "fake news," accusing her of "incitement" in the widespread...
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'Ceasefire' or ethnic cleansing in northeast Syria?
Text After meeting in Ankara, US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached a deal to suspend Turkey's military offensive in northern Syria for five days to allow...
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Econo-protests from Santiago to Beirut
Text A state of emergency has been declared in Chile following protests that initially erupted over transit fare hikes in Santiago but quickly escalated to an uprising over general economic agony....
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Indonesia: inauguration amid revolt, repression
Text Indonesia's President Joko Widodo was sworn in for a second term amid an official ban on protests, and Jakarta's streets flooded with military troops. The inauguration was preceded by a wave of...
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Net silence as Iran explodes into protest
Text Protests erupted in Iran after the government announced a 50% increase in the price of fuel, partly in response to the re-imposition of US sanctions. Spontaneous demonstrations first broke out in...
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Protests sweep India over citizenship law
Text India's northeastern state of Assam has exploded into protest over the passage of a new national citizenship law. The army has been deployed, a curfew imposed in state capital Guwahati, and...
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Congolese survivors sue US tech companies
Text Families of young children from the Democratic Republic of Congo who have been injured or killed while mining cobalt have launched a lawsuit against Apple, Google, Tesla, Dell and Microsoft....
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Iran on edge following death of Sufi leader
Text The death of 92-year-old Noor-Ali Tabandeh, also known as Majzoub Ali Shah, leader of Iran's Gonabadi Sufi order, prompted the regime to take pre-emptive measures against a new outbreak of...
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