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Confederate Battle Flag
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July 09, 2015
South Carolina votes to remove Confederate battle flag
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
The Confederate battle flag has flown at the South Carolina State House for more than 50 years. Now, after 13 hours of debate and an overwhelming [...]
water cannon rainbow gay pride istanbul
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June 30, 2015
The rainbow wins
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
This year´s „gay pride“ parade was supposed to be the biggest one in the history of Turkey. Event organizers expected up to 100,000 visitors to make it the biggest LGBT parade that has ever [...]
Matt Lauer interviews former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal about allegations she lied about her race.
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June 18, 2015
If it´s ok to be transgender why is it not ok to be transracial?
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
Rachel Dolezal was a respected and well-known civil rights activist. She was chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of [...]
abortion ireland
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June 11, 2015
Ireland´s ban on abortion: Out of sight, out of mind.
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
Ireland is the first country in the world to legalise same sex marriage by popular vote. Ireland is also the only democratic country to have a constitutional ban on abortion. A law [...]
Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi
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June 04, 2015
A red carpet for human rights violations
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
He is an uncomfortable guest. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi´s two-day visit to Berlin had been controversially discussed before his [...]
Sergei-Nikitin
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May 28, 2015
Russia's undesirables: Putin signs Anti-NGO-law
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a controversial law allowing authorities to shut down foreign and international organizations if they are [...]
Women in uniform march during a ceremony
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May 21, 2015
Non-virgins apparently a danger to Indonesia´s national security
editor:Nurcan Özdemir
Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population and places a high value on virginity. Women seeking to join the military or marrying [...]