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Lebanese band Mashrou Leila take final bow at controversial Cairo concert

The unfurling of a rainbow flag at the show by Lebanese rock band Mashrou and amp;#39; Leila - whose singer is openly gay - on 23 September sparked a harsh anti-LGBT crackdown in Egypt. Seven attendees who allegdly held a rainbow flag at the concert were later arrested by authorities who claimed they were promoting sexual deviancy.

Nov 2, 2017

Kerala love jihad: Father bats for SC-ordered NIA probe as cops say Hadiya was not tortured

The Supreme Court had ordered an NIA probe into this case to ascertain the facts, including the antecedents of Hadiya's husband Shafin.

Nov 2, 2017

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Manus Immigration Detainees Refuse To Leave Closing Detention Center

A video by Refugee Action Collective Victoria shows refugees and asylum seekers performing a peaceful protest in the Australian run detention center in Manus Island, Papau New Guinea. The detainees are worried about leaving the controversial detention center that is closing on Tuesday 31, Oct. In the video a spokesperson claims they are vulnerable to attacks from the locals, the unnamed man also explains they are unarmed and refusing to leave.

Oct 31, 2017

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A girls transformation tweets inspire other LGBT teens

A Florida teen and amp;#39;s tweet about her sexual orientation transformation from freshman year of college to senior year inspired many other LGBT teens to come out and share their own stories.

Oct 26, 2017

Gender equality at work: Kerala appoints first female employee at beverage outlet

Shiny Rajeev has been appointed at a beverage outlet in Puthenvelikkara after a long dispute of five years.

Oct 28, 2017

#MeToo: Alexandra Nord reveals when a Premier League footballer almost raped her

Alexandra Nord, 25, used to play football for the QPR Ladies team. Her chilling account of that nightmarish night makes us speechless.

Oct 24, 2017

It's license to commit crime, lawyers challenge Rajasthan govt's Criminal Laws Ordinance

A lawyer from Rajasthan has filed a petition in the court saying the order grants "large section of the society a license to commit crime".

Oct 23, 2017

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Thousands take to the streets to call for Catalonia independence amid Spanish government crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in the streets of Barcelona on Oct. 21, calling for Catalonia independence. The Spanish government is imposing direct rule in the region, something Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont called the worst attack on the institutions and people of Catalonia since the decrees of the military dictator Francisco Franco.

Oct 22, 2017

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Over 300,000 Rohingya children outcast and desperate amid refugee crisis

Simon Ingram, from the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), warned that the Rohingya refugee crisis is not going to be short term. Around 600,000 people have fled Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh in recent months, with around 340,000 of them estimated to be children.

Oct 20, 2017

FBI rescues 84 children across US in major human-trafficking crackdown; 120 arrested

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation in a nationwide undercover operation has rescued over 84 children from a human-trafficking and paedophile racket.

Oct 19, 2017

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Is this Malala Yousafzai in western attire? Trolls begin moral policing, say she resembles Mia Khalifa

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, is currently a student at the Oxford University.

Oct 18, 2017

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Philippines Duterte lashes out at EU on UN expulsion threat

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at the European Union on 12 October after some of its lawmakers warned Manila it could lose its UN membership over his war on drugs. The firebrand leader has also ordered all the EU diplomats to leave his country within 24 hours over their criticism of his bloody campaign.

Oct 13, 2017

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Lebanese band Mashrou Leila take final bow at controversial Cairo concert

Kerala love jihad: Father bats for SC-ordered NIA probe as cops say Hadiya was not tortured

Manus Immigration Detainees Refuse To Leave Closing Detention Center

A girls transformation tweets inspire other LGBT teens

Gender equality at work: Kerala appoints first female employee at beverage outlet

#MeToo: Alexandra Nord reveals when a Premier League footballer almost raped her

It's license to commit crime, lawyers challenge Rajasthan govt's Criminal Laws Ordinance

Thousands take to the streets to call for Catalonia independence amid Spanish government crackdown

Over 300,000 Rohingya children outcast and desperate amid refugee crisis

FBI rescues 84 children across US in major human-trafficking crackdown; 120 arrested

Is this Malala Yousafzai in western attire? Trolls begin moral policing, say she resembles Mia Khalifa

Philippines Duterte lashes out at EU on UN expulsion threat

No Aadhaar, no ration in Jharkhand: 11-year-old girl dies crying for food after 8-day starvation

Panama Papers journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in car bomb attack in Malta

Free speech crusader Gurmehar Kaur in Time magazine's list of 10 Next Generation Leaders