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Amnesty International

Artist Yulia Tsvetkova, Accused of Distributing Pornography, Begins Hunger Strike

"And here's the big question, am I ready to die? I don't know," Tsvetkova wrote on Facebook.
By Helen Holmes
Apple is in the process of building a $1 billion data center in China in partnership with a state-run company.

Apple Grants China Full Control of iCloud Data—and the Timing Couldn’t Be Worse

"This sort of decision puts Chinese people who are using Apple products in danger today, but it may put far more people around the world in danger tomorrow."
By Sissi Cao
The woman who waved her hijab in protest.

Iranian Woman Waves Hijab in Defiance, Mysteriously Disappears

In throwing off her hijab, this young mother violated one of the tenants of Islam.
By Micah Halpern
Saudi women cross a street in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian Government Arrests Leading Women’s Rights Activist

By Michael Sainato
A man points at a Biafran flag painted on a wall on Old Market road in Onitsha on May 30, 2017, during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian civil war. Nigeria on May 30 marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state. The main pro-independence groups -- the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) -- have called for a day of reflection. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS

Why Don’t All Black Lives Matter?

By Judith Bergman
Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas in Cairo, Egypt, on January 6, 2016.

ISIS Pegs Coptic Christians Made Vulnerable by Egyptian Government

By Bridget Johnson
Meetup is helping protesters resist the Trump agenda.

This Social Network Temporarily Ceased Operations to Figure Out How to Defeat Trump

By John Bonazzo
A 1920's electric chair stands on a wooden base in the forest underneath the banner "Make America Great Again" (see illustration). A phrase exploited by Donald Trump. This idea was created for a joint project we were developing with Banksy, yet plans for that show were postponed, so this concept is original and would make a great piece in the forest.

Pussy Riot on Their Provocative Donald Trump-Inspired Art Installation

By Alanna Martinez
Members of the Israeli security forces search the area following an attack by an unidentified gunman, who opened fire at a pub in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv killing two people and wounding at least seven others on January 1, 2016, police and medical officials said. An eyewitness told Channel 1 television the assailant used an automatic weapon against people at a pub. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ / AFP / JACK GUEZ

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Have a Problem With Israel

By Jeff Robbins

Joan Baez Celebrates Her 75th Birthday (and a Cause) at Beacon Theatre

By Linda Laban
The Arch of Triumph in Palmyra.

ISIS Destroys Palmyra Arch, Cuban Artist El Sexto Jailed for Mocking Fidel, and More

By Guelda Voien

‘Anybody Can Be Pussy Riot’

By Matthew Kassel
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, sitting in a glass-walled cage in a court in Moscow. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/GettyImages)

Pussy Riot Is Brooklyn Bound

By Matthew Kassel

Nobody Cares About Jumo

By Mike Taylor

Memo to Sports Editors

By Observer Staff

Trump for Prez and Other Seasonal Disorders

By Bruce Feirstein
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