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In run up to elections, Turkey blocks Twitter; the death of jailed defender Cao Shunli; and President Obama reviews US deportation policy - these were among the most popular posts to Dispatches, our daily forum for breaking human rights news and commentary. You can find all our Dispatches here.
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Emma Sinclair-Webb
In the run up to the March 30 municipal elections, the government of Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has closed down Twitter in the country... |
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Sophie Richardson Cao Shunli died today. She was 52 and was last publicly seen in September 2013, when she was detained by police at the Beijing airport attempting to board a flight to Geneva... |
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Grace Meng
By the time he leaves office, President Barack Obama will have deported more immigrants than any other US president; his administration is already close to having removed some two million people from the US, as many as George W. Bush did in two full terms... |
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Meenakshi Ganguly
Unlike many activists who are ground down by the challenges of taking on a powerful state, Ruki Fernando has never lost the ability to laugh out loud at the sheer absurdity of the Sri Lankan government’s graceless efforts to dodge accountability for abuses... |
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Jane Cohen & Amanda Klasing
If you are reading this, it’s not likely you will be one of the 2.5 billion people looking for a place to defecate outdoors... |