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• US Muslims plagued by discrimination after 9/11 attacks

  - 2006-09-03

  DEARBORN, United States AFP — Discrimination and harassment by law enforcement have come to plague American Muslims in the years since the terrorist attacks of September 11. There have been suspicious looks, slurs, physical attacks, extra screening at airports and arrests on groundless charges. And it seems to be getting...

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• US slams China for jailing blind activist

  - 2006-08-25

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States slammed Beijing for jailing a blind activist who exposed forced abortions and other abuses of the nation's one-child policy, saying it was part of a larger attempt to curb individual rights. A court in east China's Shandong province on Thursday sentenced Chen Guangcheng, 34,...

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• US calls for release of Syrian dissidents

  - 2006-01-24

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States acknowledged the recent release of five Syrian dissidents, but said Damascus must set free all "prisoners of conscience" including opposition figure Kamal Labwani. "The United States calls upon the Syrian authorities to release immediately all remaining Syrian prisoners of conscience, including Dr Kamal...

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• US calls for release of Syrian dissident

  - 2005-12-10

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States called on Syria to release imprisoned opposition figure Kamal Labwani as well as other prisoners of conscience. Labwani, founder of the Democratic Liberal Gathering in Syria, was arrested on November 8 in Damascus after returning from a visit to France and the United...

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• As oil prices bite, US delays showdown with Saudis over rights

  - 2005-10-01

  WASHINGTON, United States AFP — The United States has put off a showdown with Saudi Arabia over its alleged violations of religious minority rights as skyrocketing oil prices threatened to crimp US economic growth. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice decided to postpone by six months imposing sanctions against the...

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• US condemns reported arrest of Belarus Poles

  - 2005-08-02

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States condemned the arrests of members of a Polish association in Belarus and said they were part of a "continuing pattern of harassment" of the community. The State Department comment came after Belarus authorities reportedly arrested two more Polish community leaders and warned politicians...

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• Harassment of Chinese exile's associates damages "cooperative spirit": US

  - 2005-05-16

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States warned that any harassment by Chinese authorities of recently released Muslim Uighur dissident Rebiya Kadeer's associates would damage bilateral cooperation. "We would see such actions as contrary to the cooperative spirit between our two countries that led to the release of Ms. Kadeer...

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• Australian jailed for cyberstalking campaign against US ex-girlfriend

  - 2004-05-13

  SYDNEY, AFP ? An Australian man found guilty of stalking his US ex-girlfriend by bombarding the woman's friends and relatives with emails showing her performing sex acts has been jailed for 12 months. Geelong Magistrates Court in Victoria state was told Nicholas Stacey, 35, had been living in the...

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