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Crimea’s Government Cancels That ‘Putin Is a ********’ Event

A curious event announcement appeared briefly on the website of the Crimean government on May 25. It concerned Vladimir Putin and the word “dickhead.”

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What Next for Turkey After Erdogan Power Play?

On Davutoglu’s watch, 338 civilians were killed and another 355,000 people forced to flee their homes in the last eight months in Kurdish towns in the country’s southeast.

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Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Egypt yesterday to call for the fall of Egyptian President Abdelfattah El-Sisi’s regime. Chanting slogans and urging others to join forces through social media platforms, the angry scene exacerbated as marches assembled with other protesters at the Press Syndicate’s stand in downtown Cairo.

Thousands Protest in Egypt Calling Upon Sisi to Step Down for “Selling” Islands to Saudi Arabia

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Death toll rises yet again for secular Bangladeshis, China scrubs #PanamaPapers from the Web and Egypt exploits two-step verification to target activists’ online accounts.

Netizen Report: US-Iran Tensions Rise Over Cyber Conflict, Human Rights

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Iranian Blogger Struggles for Health, Freedom After 18 Days on Hunger Strike

Jailed anti-censorship activist and blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki is struggling for his health and freedom. He began a hunger strike March 26, to protest prison authorities’ refusal to give him proper medical care and demand his release.

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Six Months on from Fatal US Airstrike, Anger Fills the Void Left by MSF’s Kunduz Hospital

“The things that were constant in my nightmares were the roaring sound and panels of wood crashing down on us. And screams. Mine.”

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Your Guide to Sunday’s Presidential Election in Peru

Peru’s election this year has proven to be an unusual one.

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After posting this photo on Facebook, the person holding the red bowl was charged with sedition.

The Thai junta’s fears of a red plastic bowl show its intolerance of dissent has reached the point of absolute absurdity.

Posting Photos of Red Bowls on Facebook Is Now Deemed Seditious by the Thai Junta

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An international journalistic investigation based on a massive cache of 11.5 million offshore records uncovers the shady financial dealings of 12 current and former world leaders, including Putin and Poroshenko.

Panama Papers: Huge Leak of Offshore Records Implicates Russian, Ukrainian Presidents

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