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The officers took the immigrants outside the hotel, pointed guns at them and threatened to have them killed — and buried in a field across the hotel property — if they did not voluntarily return to th... 1.000

👤 immigrants 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law Enforcement , Human Rights

Simplified: Police officers in Equatorial Guinea threatened to kill immigrants if they did not voluntarily return to their home countries, according to the immigr...

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3 weeks ago
In May, United Nations experts appealed to Equatorial Guinea’s government for access to medical care and basic necessities at the hotel. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Human Rights , United Nations

Simplified: United Nations experts appealed to Equatorial Guinea's government for access to medical care and necessities at the hotel in May.

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3 weeks ago
In July, police officers stormed five hotel rooms, grabbed people by the necks and tackled them, according to deportees and lawyers. 1.000

👤 deportees and lawyers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law Enforcement , Human Rights

Simplified: Police in Equatorial Guinea stormed hotel rooms and assaulted deportees in July, according to deportees and lawyers.

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3 weeks ago
The beating, witnesses said, followed the release of a video, first reported by Reuters, showing the deteriorating situation in the hotel. 0.950

👤 Witnesses 📋 News Article 🏷️ Event , Human Rights , Equatorial Guinea

Simplified: Witnesses said a beating of deportees occurred after a video showing deteriorating hotel conditions was released.

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3 weeks ago
They were held in a local jail and then vanished for two days, their lawyers said, before being returned to jail. 1.000

👤 Lawyers for the deportees 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Human Rights , Equatorial Guinea

Simplified: Lawyers for two arrested deportees said the men were held in jail, vanished for two days, and were then returned to jail.

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3 weeks ago
The police put burlap sacks over the two men’s faces, tied their hands with rope, beat them with guns and shoved them down the stairs as several deportees watched. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Event , Human Rights , Equatorial Guinea

Simplified: On September 11, police in Equatorial Guinea put burlap sacks on two deportees' faces, tied their hands, beat them with guns, and shoved them down sta...

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3 weeks ago
Equatorial Guinea, like other countries cooperating with the U.S. deportation program, is notorious for human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary arrest, according to the State Departme... 1.000

👤 U.S. State Department 📋 News Article 🏷️ International Relations , Human Rights , Equatorial Guinea

Simplified: The U.S. State Department reports Equatorial Guinea is notorious for human rights violations, including torture and arbitrary arrest.

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3 weeks ago
Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where immigrants... 1.000

👤 Witnesses and lawyers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Immigration , Human Rights , Equatorial Guinea

Simplified: Witnesses and lawyers state two men deported by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea were hooded, bound, and beaten by police at a hotel.

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3 weeks ago
A second case, focused on a video clip that shows a groom at a wedding party dancing with another man, is ongoing. 0.950

👤 Ben Hubbard, Safak Timur 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Human Rights , Turkey , LGBTQ

Simplified: A second legal case against a man, concerning a video of two men dancing at a wedding, is ongoing.

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3 weeks ago
A judge acquitted him in the first case, focused on some of his lyrics. 0.900

👤 Ben Hubbard, Safak Timur 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Human Rights , Turkey

Simplified: A legal case against a man concerning his song lyrics resulted in an acquittal by a judge.

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3 weeks ago
Those detained in the operation included a women’s rights activist, a journalist who had written an article about gay rights in the Republic of Georgia and two founders of a health association that su... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Human Rights , Turkey , LGBTQ Rights

Simplified: Detainees in the Turkish crackdown included a women's rights activist, a journalist, and two founders of an H.I.V. support association.

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3 weeks ago
The judges said that the physical harm suffered by Mr. Glas did not qualify as torture because it had not been shown to have been “intentionally inflicted with the specific intent to inflict severe pa... 1.000

👤 Appellate immigration judges 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Human Rights

Simplified: Appellate judges stated that the harm to Jorge Glas did not legally qualify as torture because specific intent was not proven.

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3 weeks ago
As the judge noted, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture said that Mr. Glas appeared to have been “subjected to torture, including dislocated thumbs, lacerations on his wrist from the ove... 1.000

👤 United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture 📋 News Article 🏷️ Human Rights , United Nations , Ecuador

Simplified: The UN's special rapporteur on torture said Jorge Glas appeared to have been subjected to torture.

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3 weeks ago
The former official, José Serrano, is being held in a maximum-security prison in Ecuador, where he was told that video of him stripped naked would be shared with the Ecuadorean president, Daniel Noboa... 1.000

👤 José Serrano's lawyers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Law , Human Rights

Simplified: According to his lawyers, José Serrano is being held in a maximum-security prison in Ecuador and was told that a video of him naked would be sent to P...

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3 weeks ago
Integration into a unified national army should also be subject to rigorous vetting, so that commanders accused of serious abuses cannot escape accountability simply by moving into a new military stru... 1.000

👤 Areig Elhag 📋 News Article 🏷️ Military , Politics , Human Rights , Sudan

Simplified: Advice: Integration of commanders into a unified Sudanese army should require rigorous vetting to ensure accountability for abuses.

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3 weeks ago
For decades, the United States had given shelter to Iranians fleeing their homeland, which has one of the harshest human rights records in the world. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Immigration , Human Rights

Simplified: United States had given shelter to Iranians fleeing harsh human rights conditions

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5 months ago
The deportation is one of the starkest efforts yet by the Trump administration to deport migrants no matter the human rights conditions in countries on the receiving end. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Human Rights

Simplified: Deportation is a stark effort by Trump administration despite human rights conditions

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5 months ago
The UN independent, international Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela has thoroughly documented hundreds of cases of extrajudicial executions; enforced disappearances; arbitrary detentions; and torture... 0.950

👤 UN Fact-Finding Mission 📋 News Article 🏷️ Venezuela , Human Rights

Simplified: UN Mission documented hundreds of human rights violations in Venezuela since 2014

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5 months ago
It is unconscionable that almost 200 children are now among the thousands of victims of Nicolas Maduro’s decade-long policy of repression and persecution. 0.900

👤 Agnès Callamard 📋 News Article 🏷️ Venezuela , Human Rights

Simplified: Almost 200 children are victims of Maduro's policy of repression

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5 months ago
Venezuela has been suffering a deep and multidimensional human rights crisis for at least ten years. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Venezuela , Human Rights

Simplified: Venezuela has a human rights crisis for at least ten years

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5 months ago