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Human Rights Watch

• Algeria: Jailed Blogger on Hunger Strike Yesterday
  (Beirut) – Algerian authorities should immediately free a blogger who has been on hunger strike since July 8, 2018 to protest his seven-year prison sentence on charges for which he should never have been prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said t...
• Iraq: Intelligence Agency Admits Holding Hundreds Despite Previous Denials Yesterday
  (Beirut) – Iraq’s National Security Service (NSS), an Iraqi intelligence agency reporting to Iraq’s prime minister, has acknowledged for the first time that it is detaining individuals for prolonged periods of time, despite not h...
• Iran: Crackdown on Student Activists Friday
  Expand University students cross a street during a snow storm in Tehran November 8, 2010.  © 2010 Reuters/Caren Firouz (Beirut) – ...
• Deported Parent Worries One-year Old Will Have Lasting Trauma Friday
  When Rolando last saw his son, Johan, he was an active 11-month old who liked to listen to music and dance. In the run up to their reunion today, after more than four months apart, he was not sure the boy would even recognize him. “We could...
• Mob Attack in India Highlights Broader Violence Friday
  A video captures a mob beating up an elderly activist. He falls to the ground with his clothes awry as young men rain blows down on him. Such attacks are horrifying, but sadly not unusual in India. E...

NPR News

• Hillary Clinton Talks Trump And Russia Summit At NYC Fest Today 12:26 am
  The former presidential candidate says it's "deeply disturbing" that President Trump hasn't taken a firm stance against Russian interference in the U.S. election.
• One Dead, Shooting Suspect In Custody After Police Standoff At LA Trader Joe's Yesterday
  Police say the gunman surrendered after he barricaded in a Trader Joe's and held dozens of bystanders hostage in the city's Silver Lake neighborhood. One woman was killed inside the store.
• Attorney For Maria Butina Says 'Whole Story' Is Still Not Known About His Client Yesterday
  Robert Driscoll told NPR that Butina, who is facing charges of conspiring to act as a Russian agent, will "be proven innocent in this case."
• Branson Mayor Karen Best Reacts To Tragic Duck Boat Accident Yesterday
  NPR's Scott Simon talks to the mayor of Branson, Missouri about the boat accident that killed more than a dozen people this week.
• Michael Cohen Recorded A Conversation With Trump About Paying An Ex-Playboy Model Yesterday
  The FBI found the secret recording after a raid on the lawyer's office in April. His lawyer says, "Suffice it to say that when the recording is heard, it will not hurt Mr. Cohen."

• Fur sales: MPs call for consultation to ban real fur Today 1:28 am
  MPs say poor labelling means real fur is being sold in the High Street and online as fake fur.
• Wave of plastic hits Dominican Republic Today 12:51 am
  This was the scene on a beach in the Dominican Republic after a storm.
• Trump-Putin: Top US spy retracts 'awkward response' Today 12:37 am
  Intelligence chief Dan Coats had publicly laughed in surprise on hearing of a Putin visit to the US.
• Syria conflict: Israel evacuates White Helmets Today 12:02 am
  Some 800 civil defence volunteers and family members are taken from a border war zone to Jordan.
• Supergirl to feature TV's first transgender superhero Yesterday
  Trans activist and actor Nicole Maines will join Supergirl as Nia Nal, AKA Dreamer.