Drugged, naked, left covered in feces and locked in a seclusion room for more than five hours without food or water. Nobody should be treated this way. But this is how Miriam Merten spent her final hours in the mental health unit of a government hospital in New South Wales, Australia, in 2014. Ukraine Bans Dozens of Russian Web Companies
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Seven people who sheltered the whistleblower Edward Snowden in June 2013 are at risk of return to torture and persecution at home. European Parliament Demands Investigation Into Ethiopia Killings
Between November 2015 and October 2016, Ethiopian security forces killed hundreds of protesters, and detained tens of thousands. Thousands of Immigrant Parents Detained in California
New data analysis reveals that more than 10,000 parents of US citizen children are most likely detained every year in California by immigration authorities
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“Today, in France, we still cannot live and love freely just as we are."
