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Cambodia land activists’ convictions called unjust

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 5:01PM UTC

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation. The women were sentenced Thursday by a Phnom Penh court after being found guilty of aggravated rebellion and illegal

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Landslide kills 6 gold miners in Indonesia

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 4:53PM UTC

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An official says a landslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed at least six gold miners. Six other workers at the illegal mine are still missing after the landslide in West Java’s district of Bogor. Disaster management agency official Budi Aksomo said Friday several

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U.S. activist guilty in attack on Vietnamese singer

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 4:41PM UTC

SAN JOSE, California (AP) — A California activist faces up to more than three years behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism. Ly Tong was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor assault and felony use of tear gas in connection with the July

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U.S. says human rights deteriorating in China

By Asian Correspondent Sat, May 26, 2012 3:10PM UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human rights conditions have deteriorated in China with a “closing of space” for activists and lawyers, while Vietnam also continues to severely restrict freedom of expression, the U.S. State Department said Thursday. The judgments were made in the department’s annual assessment of human rights in countries around

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Lady Gaga won’t change show for protests

By AP News Sat, May 26, 2012 2:22PM UTC

SINGAPORE (AP) — LADY Gaga’s manager says the pop diva has no plans to tone down her act, even if that prevents her from performing in some countries on her Asian tour. Muslim women hold posters during a protest against Lady Gaga’s concert that is scheduled for June 3, in

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