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Meeting Highlights Bahai Persecution in Iran
May 23, 2016
The New York Times reports that a high-profile meeting between Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of a prominent Iranian ayatollah and former president, and a member of the Bahai religious minority in Iran has sparked a conversation on the harsh treatment of the Bahai people in the country and has drawn condemnation from Iranian judges and clerics.
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NGOs Sue Social Media Platforms over "Incitement"
May 23, 2016
The Economic Times reports that two French groups have filed a lawsuit against social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube claiming that the website administrators failed to remove within a timely fashion posts deemed to be racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, or pro-terrorism.
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EU Ministers Plan Stricter Mechanism on Visa Waivers
May 20, 2016
Reuters reports that EU migration ministers are responding to concerns regarding plans to waive visa requirements for nationals of Turkey and other countries by proposing a mechanism that would permit governments to request more easily a halt to these visa waivers in light of conditions such as a rise in migrant overstays.
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OECD Seeks to Monitor "Social Cohesion" Among Students
May 18, 2016
At a recent meeting of G7 Education Ministers in Japan, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development presented a report proposing a test for 15-year-old students that would seek to measure qualities including "openness, respect for others and responsibility," and commitment to "human dignity and cultural diversity."
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AI Calls for Human Rights Focus in Boko Haram Fight
May 18, 2016
Amnesty International called on government representatives gathered in Nigeria for a summit on a regional effort to defeat Boko Haram to focus on accountability of security forces for alleged human rights violations in the fight against the terrorist Islamist extremist group as an "indispensable" portion of their action plan.
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