The report also features the stories of prominent activists such as Nabeel Rajab and Zainab al-Khawaja from Bahrain, Waleed Abu al-Khair and Mohammed Fahad al-Qahtani from Saudi Arabia, and Ahmed Mansoor and Mohammed al-Roken from the United Arab Emirates
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The Women of Diplomacy Leadership Program hosted a panel discussion with alumnae, who reminded the audience of the need for women to empower one another.
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Does the American public really care when hackers give us information on a politician or head of an industry?
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On the 21st of October, the Venezuelan opposition’s aim of ousting their elected leader was further undermined by the electoral council, which suspended the campaign to hold a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
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Whether we see hackers as mysterious freedom fighters on the Internet or as some guy in his mother’s basement covered in Cheeto dust, one cannot argue the value of what is brought to light by their endeavors.
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Over the course of the past month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received notice that the three African nations, Burundi, South Africa, and The Gambia, have initiated the process of retracting their membership from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
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September 9 was the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison uprising, the largest prison protest in United States’ history.
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Less than three weeks after the battle to reclaim the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group began, the United States and Syrian rebel forces have started an offensive in the city of Raqqa in hopes of combating the terrorist group there as well.
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To begin, trigger warnings—particularly when used on the internet—seem to be indicative of the larger issue millennials (for lack of better terminology) are facing and will continue to face: meaningful interaction.
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