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North Korea Deepens Repression With More Surveillance, Executions: UN Report
Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive country in the world, a UN human rights report said on Friday.
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"India Has Its Own Problems": Joe Biden's Side Note On Dictatorships
US President Joe Biden spoke about things that "autocrats fear most" at a fundraising event in the United States on Friday. What stood out was the fact that he clubbed India in the same sentence, which also mentioned dictatorships.
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Trinamool's Suvendu Adhikari Victim Of Party "Dictatorship", Say Rivals
Amid speculation over Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari's future political move, the Congress and the BJP tried to wheedle him to their side, saying he was a victim of the "dictatorship" within the ruling party of the state.
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Bill Clinton Comments About Dictatorship Offensive: Hungary
Hungary's foreign minister says Bill Clinton's comments about Hungary and Poland wanting "authoritarian dictatorship" are offensive and unacceptable.
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Barack Obama Honors Victims Of US-Backed Argentina Dictators
President Barack Obama paid homage on Thursday to victims of Argentina's former US-backed dictatorship, admitting the United States was "slow to speak out for human rights" in those dark days.
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Thai Inquiry Finds "Irregularities" In Controversial Military Park
A Thai defence ministry looking into allegations of corruption at a military-built park said today it had found financial "irregularities" in the project but had no authority to investigate any wrongdoing.
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Thai Junta Detains Opposition Leaders Ahead of Anti-Graft Inspection
Thailand's army detained two leaders of an opposition group today who were planning to visit a public park dedicated to the monarchy that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal involving the military government.
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Catalan Leader in Court on Independence Vote Charge
Catalonia leader Artur Mas went before a judge today charged with breaking the law by staging a vote on independence from Spain, as hundreds of supporters demonstrated outside the court.
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Belarus is 'Soft Dictatorship', Nobel Literature Laureate Warns
Newly-crowned Nobel Literature Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich told Europe on the eve of a presidential election in her country that Belarus was a "soft dictatorship" and the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was all but certain to extend his two-decade grip on power.
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Emergency Was Darkest Phase; Dictatorship Not Possible Now: Arun Jaitley
It is not possible today for the world's largest democracy to become 'dictatorial', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said, while terming the Emergency imposed by the then Congress government in 1975 as the darkest phase of independent India.
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Nigerians Vote in First Genuine Contest Since End of Dictatorship
Nigerians voted today in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of military rule in 1999, one in which an opposition aspirant has a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Chile President Urges Justice on Coup Anniversary
Chile's president marked the 41st anniversary on Thursday of the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power by urging those with details about crimes committed during the dictatorship to come forward.
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US fears Iran headed for military dictatorship
The United States fears that Iran is drifting toward a military dictatorship, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.
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North Korea Deepens Repression With More Surveillance, Executions: UN Report
Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive country in the world, a UN human rights report said on Friday.
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"India Has Its Own Problems": Joe Biden's Side Note On Dictatorships
US President Joe Biden spoke about things that "autocrats fear most" at a fundraising event in the United States on Friday. What stood out was the fact that he clubbed India in the same sentence, which also mentioned dictatorships.
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Trinamool's Suvendu Adhikari Victim Of Party "Dictatorship", Say Rivals
Amid speculation over Trinamool Congress heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari's future political move, the Congress and the BJP tried to wheedle him to their side, saying he was a victim of the "dictatorship" within the ruling party of the state.
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Bill Clinton Comments About Dictatorship Offensive: Hungary
Hungary's foreign minister says Bill Clinton's comments about Hungary and Poland wanting "authoritarian dictatorship" are offensive and unacceptable.
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Barack Obama Honors Victims Of US-Backed Argentina Dictators
President Barack Obama paid homage on Thursday to victims of Argentina's former US-backed dictatorship, admitting the United States was "slow to speak out for human rights" in those dark days.
-
Thai Inquiry Finds "Irregularities" In Controversial Military Park
A Thai defence ministry looking into allegations of corruption at a military-built park said today it had found financial "irregularities" in the project but had no authority to investigate any wrongdoing.
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Thai Junta Detains Opposition Leaders Ahead of Anti-Graft Inspection
Thailand's army detained two leaders of an opposition group today who were planning to visit a public park dedicated to the monarchy that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal involving the military government.
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Catalan Leader in Court on Independence Vote Charge
Catalonia leader Artur Mas went before a judge today charged with breaking the law by staging a vote on independence from Spain, as hundreds of supporters demonstrated outside the court.
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Belarus is 'Soft Dictatorship', Nobel Literature Laureate Warns
Newly-crowned Nobel Literature Prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich told Europe on the eve of a presidential election in her country that Belarus was a "soft dictatorship" and the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko was all but certain to extend his two-decade grip on power.
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Emergency Was Darkest Phase; Dictatorship Not Possible Now: Arun Jaitley
It is not possible today for the world's largest democracy to become 'dictatorial', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said, while terming the Emergency imposed by the then Congress government in 1975 as the darkest phase of independent India.
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Nigerians Vote in First Genuine Contest Since End of Dictatorship
Nigerians voted today in what looks set to be the first genuine electoral contest since the end of military rule in 1999, one in which an opposition aspirant has a fighting chance of unseating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Chile President Urges Justice on Coup Anniversary
Chile's president marked the 41st anniversary on Thursday of the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power by urging those with details about crimes committed during the dictatorship to come forward.
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US fears Iran headed for military dictatorship
The United States fears that Iran is drifting toward a military dictatorship, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.
