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Energy Company Under Investigation In Death Of Honduran Environmental Activist

The killing appeared to be targeted: A Mexican rights activist at the house was only slightly wounded in the attack, but Caceres’s body had four bullet wounds. Police said they had detained a suspect, but did not identify the person.

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onduran Indian leader and environmentalist Berta Caceres

One of the daughters of Honduran environmental activist Berta Caceres, an Indigenous leader who was killed earlier this week, said one of the hydroelectric companies her mother had been protesting is behind her death. “This is a political crime. We've said it and we vehemently deny that this was a crime of passion,” Olivia Zuniga Caceres told

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Police Officer That Killed Sixth Grader Tamir Rice Unlikely To Face Charges

“This is apparently how long it takes to engineer denying justice to a family when the video of the incident clearly illustrates probable cause to charge the officer,”

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Activist Art McCoy holds a photo of Tamir Rice before a protest march at Cudell Park in Cleveland

Police officers involved in the shooting death of a child in Cleveland are unlikely to be indicted, the lawyer for the victim's family said Sunday. Attorney Subodh Chandra told the Washington Post he had lost faith in the possibility of the officers facing charges in the year since the killing of the child, Tamir Rice, he has lost faith in any

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Saudi Arabia Not Taking Refugees Despite Having 100,000 Empty, Air Conditioned Tents

While Europe struggles with the refugee crisis, Saudi Arabia, less than 2,032.5 km from Syria, has been largely unresponsive to the crisis.

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The tent city of Mina could house 3 million people. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Pressure continues to mount on Saudi Arabia to take Syrian refugees after it was revealed that the Middle Eastern country has 100,000 air conditioned tents that could house more than 3 million people, sitting empty. The 20 square km tent city of Mina is used for five days each year by Hajj pilgrims, and deserted for the rest of the time. The

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