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Burmese Workers Launch Strike, Crackdown Intensifies

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

Burma’s main labor unions have launched a general strike as mass protests and the violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators intensifies.

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OAS Demands Release of Nicaraguan Political Prisoners

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

They demand an end to harassment & persecution and ask that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights be allowed to return to the country.

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Protestant Pastor Gets 12 Years for Opposing Ortega

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

The political prisoner regrets being in jail for demanding justice, freedom, and democracy. However, he said he will not give up doing so.

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Nicaraguan Convicted for Waving the Country’s Flag

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Circles Robinson 1 Comment

The prosecution asked for 16 years for supposed drug trafficking. A Judge also delivered a guilty verdict against 23-year-old Brayan Cornejo.

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Italy Charges Humanitarians Who Helped Rescue Refugees

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

In Italy, dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been charged with complicity in human smuggling refugees.

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Pope Francis Moves Ahead with Iraq Trip

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

Pope Francis is planning to travel to Baghdad Friday and is scheduled to meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Saturday.

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Brazilian Journalist Wins Slander Suit against Bolsonaro’s Son

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

Campos Mello, a 2019 recipient of CPJ’s Press Freedom Award, has said the environment for journalists has worsened under President Bolsonaro.

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Havana Weather for March 4-10

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

The highs will be between 25 and 28° C (77 and 82 F), and the lows between 18 and 21° C (64 and 70 F). The sea surface will be 25° C (77 F).

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Call for Nicaragua to Stop Restricting Press Freedom

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined three human rights groups calling on Nicaragua to end the widespread harassment the press.

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Biden Halts Transfer of Oak Flat Sacred Native Land, to Mining Co.

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Circles Robinson 0 Comments

The Biden administration has withdrawn an environmental review for a massive copper mine in eastern Arizona on sacred Native peoples’ land.

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