Topic: Human Rights — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-29 02:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MINNEAPOLIS — Massive protests against President Donald Trump kicked off Saturday across the United States and beyond, as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance.
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[2026-03-28 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Demonstrators march down Benjamin Franklin Parkway during the “No Kings” protest, June 14, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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[2026-03-28 14:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The 'No Kings' protest movement is planning a nationwide return on Saturday, with organisers saying more than 3,000 gatherings are scheduled across the United States in opposition to President Donald Trump.
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[2026-03-28 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -The then newly elected Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli greets after the oath of office in President residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
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[2026-03-28 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Taxpayers are yet again helping fund disruptive activism in Los Angeles — this time the radicals planning to chaos across the city and county for Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, which organizers claim will be the biggest yet.
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[2026-03-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Police are investigating whether former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during the gen Z protests. Source: AAP / Skanda Gautam
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[2026-03-28 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KATHMANDU — Nepal’s rapper-turned-politician mayor Balendra Shah is the new prime minister of the Himalayan nation of 30 million people, just over six months since mass anti-corruption protests toppled the government.
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[2026-03-28 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Los Angeles transit workers were forced to install large metal gates on freeway ramps to prevent rowdy agitators from taking to the city’s busy roadways during Saturday’s “No Kings” protests.
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[2026-03-28 01:03 UTC+10:00] [Protest (US)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anti-authoritarian rallies standing up to Trump have broad objectives and no leaders. Organizers say that is by design
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[2026-03-27 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Balendra Shah, Nepal’s youngest prime minister, has been sworn in after his party’s landslide election victory following protests led by young people that toppled the government in September.
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[2026-03-27 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thousands of No Kings events will be fueled by anger over ICE violence, the Epstein files released and a war in Iran. These protests have power
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[2026-03-27 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Representative Brian Poe of the FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-list urged a decisive shift toward renewable energy, circular economy reforms and inclusive workforce transformation during his keynote at the Philippine Democracy Series 2026 at the London School of Economics (LSE) on March 23.
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[2026-03-27 14:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ruth Langford/Tipruthanna has pleaded not guilty to two counts of trespass and one count of failure to comply with a request during anti-logging protests.
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[2026-03-27 07:43 UTC+10:00] [Nicolás Maduro] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The deposed Venezuelan president and his wife appeared in a Manhattan courtroom as rival protests took place outside
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[2026-03-27 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge rejected arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters.
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[2026-03-27 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Fort Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara yesterday (26) ordered Rathidu Suramya Senaratne, alias Ratta and Haritha Darshana to appear in Court if they receive notices regarding a protest incident that occurred on May 21, 2022.
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[2026-03-27 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Law enforcement officers stand after deploying tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-03-27 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: London’s Metropolitan Police has been accused of reversing its policy on Palestine Action protests to "retrospectively fit" arrests it has carried out in recent weeks.
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[2026-03-27 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro — wearing a tan jail jumpsuit and black glasses— returned to a Manhattan court Thursday to face historic drug trafficking charges as dueling protesters clashed outside.
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[2026-03-27 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Interior Ministry said Thursday that anyone involved in unsanctioned protests against tightening internet restrictions would be held criminally responsible, a warning that comes after cryptic videos circulating online called for nationwide rallies this coming weekend.
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[2026-03-26 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Allison Posner, an organizer for an upcoming “No Kings” protest poses for a photo on the steps of the town hall in Maplewood, N.J., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-03-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Kristin Heiberg, who writes software user guides, patrols her neighborhood every day and attends protests and vigils.“We’re just watching out for our neighbors. If that’s a form of protest, so be it.”Libby Blyth is an accountant for an environmental consulting company. She drives people to work who are afraid of being spotted by ICE and delivers food to families in hiding.“I don’t want to be one of those people that sat.
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[2026-03-25 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division speaks during a news conference Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
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[2026-03-25 14:14 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Owner of Book Punch store and three staff accused of selling copies of a biography of Jimmy Lai, a jailed pro-democracy activist and publisher
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[2026-03-25 07:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: We assume that we are living in a democratic society. However, what if it is merely a delusion, and in fact, we are living in an authoritarian, totalitarian society where democracy is falling apart? Indeed, we are now witnessing a worldwide crisis of democracy.
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[2026-03-25 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: UK inequality campaigner Gary Stevenson recently signed an open letter with hundreds of the "super-rich" — including Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith — demanding they be taxed more. Australia's number of billionaires doubled between 2015 and 2025, according to Oxfam. Credit: SBS/Caroline Huang
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[2026-03-25 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People rally with a banner reading in Spanish “Never again” on the anniversary of the military coup that brought the military regime to power, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-03-25 00:44 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tse Chun-pan, 43, set up website for merchandise themed around 2019 protests and demanded media publish screenshots of seditious content in bid to frame rival
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[2026-03-24 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chinese Embassy is pictured in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-03-24 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bright Line Watch researchers see stabilization in democratic health but at lower levels after sharp decline
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[2026-03-24 20:53 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: China has lodged a strong protest and made representations with the Japanese after what it described as a "forceful break-in" at its embassy in Tokyo, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-24 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ever since the state’s founding, Israeli leaders have trotted out phrases like “a villa in the jungle”, “tough neighbourhood” or, perhaps most tiresomely, “only democracy in the Middle East”.
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[2026-03-24 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Ever since the state’s founding, Israeli leaders have trotted out phrases like “a villa in the jungle”, “tough neighbourhood” or, perhaps most tiresomely, “only democracy in the Middle East”.
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[2026-03-24 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, and Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, right, attend the party leader debate Democracy’s Evening on DR1 at the Concert Hall, DR City in Copenhagen, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
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[2026-03-24 17:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Head-shaving protests have returned to South Korean politics as the local election draws near. But some question the efficacy of such protests, saying the once powerful political tool has become overexploited.
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[2026-03-24 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Embassy of India in Seoul and the National Museum of Korean Democracy on Tuesday opened an exhibition highlighting the human cost of terrorism and the importance of democratic values.
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[2026-03-24 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is warning that the push by countries around the world toward economic self-reliance carries a hefty price tag, while the AI boom threatens to worsen inequality.
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[2026-03-24 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad had a plan to ignite public protests that would lead to the collapse of Iran’s government, the New York Times has reported.
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[2026-03-22 21:00 UTC+10:00] [US justice system] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At a time when the bad news feels endless, we should celebrate the gutsiness of a judiciary quietly standing up for democracy
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[2026-03-22 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Satellite images suggest accelerated dredging at the disputed South China Sea reef, sparking formal complaint from Hanoi
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[2026-03-22 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andrie Yunus, a human rights campaigner, highlighted the issues of militarism during Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's first year in office. (Supplied)
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[2026-03-22 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: EVERY March 24, the world observes World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, which marks the 1882 discovery of the bacterium that causes the disease. More than a century later, tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. In the Philippines, it continues to pose a stubborn — and often underrecognized — public health challenge.
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[2026-03-21 23:15 UTC+10:00] [Roskomnadzor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Meanwhile, although Putin’s regime has thwarted protests over the blocking of the popular messaging app, Telegram, there is still discontent
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[2026-03-21 21:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seoul's most storied landmark has hosted royal processions, street protests and candlelight vigils. On Saturday, it hosts a historic K-pop comeback.
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[2026-03-21 20:40 UTC+10:00] [Iranian judiciary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The three are the first to be executed from among tens of thousands arrested during a brutal crackdown on protests in January
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[2026-03-21 16:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women look at their smartphones while riding a bus in Moscow, on March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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[2026-03-21 16:27 UTC+10:00] [Gaza Strip] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is seeking to be released from its obligation to pay millions of dollars in federal funds to the university
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[2026-03-21 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)
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[2026-03-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Bahrain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While attendance figures have been impressive, on the pitch the gap between the continent’s traditional powers and the rest remains stark
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[2026-03-21 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of United States President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, seeking billions of dollars in restitution for allegedly neglecting the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students.
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