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Cuban dissident blogger says exit visa denied
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez says she has been denied permission attend a film festival in Brazil.Sanchez recently got an entry visa from Brazil. The sticking point was whether Cuba would grant the exit visa that islanders must obtain to travel overseas.By the blogger's own count, it's the 19th time in recent years that she has been denied an exit visa.Sanchez said Friday on Twitter that

Amnesty was set to recognize late Cuba dissident

Amnesty International said Friday that it was on the eve of designating a Cuban dissident as a prisoner of conscience when he died following a hunger strike.

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Chinese dissident Jie says 'inhumane treatment' forced him to leave country

Dissident Chinese writer Yu Jie, who is now in self-imposed exile in the US with his family has recounted "inhumane treatment" meted out to him, which he says, eventually forced him to leave the

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Cuba's 'Ladies' mark Human Rights Day amid protest

Cuba's Ladies in White dissident group paid homage to their late leader while observing International Human Rights Day at her home Saturday, surrounded by a jeering pro-government crowd for a

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China peace prize honors Putin for enhanced Russia

Two exchange students accepted a Chinese peace prize Friday on behalf of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who was honored for enhancing Russia's status and crushing anti-government forces in

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Bus driver convicted of 2008 IRA dissident murder
A Northern Ireland bus driver has been convicted of murder for a 2008 killing of an Irish Republican Army dissident by his own colleagues.

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