VietPress USA (July 24th, 2016):
Nigerian man facing execution in Indonesia told court police electrocuted his genitals to force him to confess to possessing heroin...among several prisoners on death row...claims they were tortured and their legal cases riddled with corruption, errors and miscarriages of justice. (theage.com.au)
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As the first Olympic Athletes start to arrive, the AOC declares the Rio Athletes Village 'Unliveable' (theage.com.au)
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Amnesty International has "credible evidence" of torture in Turkey, says independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees (amnesty.org)
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Critics say Canada's inquiry into missing & murdered indigenous women will be toothless - A national inquiry into the reasons why over 1,000 Indigenous women have disappeared or been killed hasn't yet begun, but it's already causing frustration. (news.vice.com)
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Spain’s cash-strapped pensions system is paying out $330mn to 30,000 dead citizens every year (digitaljournal.com)
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Researcher Discovers First Written Evidence of Laws of Friction in Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebooks - A scientific breakthrough was dismissed as a useless doodle—until now(smithsonianmag.com)
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Australian company creates hydrogen with near-zero emissions: With hydrogen tipped to become an important clean energy fuel, a new process may be the solution to powering electric vehicles and heating buildings (theguardian.com)
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Secret Garden Party pioneers drugs testing service for festivalgoers | An independent music festival in Cambridgeshire has become the first UK event of its kind to offer people the chance to have their illegal drugs tested to establish their content before they take them. (theguardian.com)
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No to shark fin: China’s biggest shipping line Cosco pledges total ban on carrying product (scmp.com)
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Turkey's elite presidential guard is to be disbanded after nearly 300 of its members were detained following last week's failed coup. (bbc.com)
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An airline passenger was removed from a Norwegian flight after it was claimed he had an Isis flag tattooed on his arm (standard.co.uk)
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