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It's not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Huang Xueqin, who publicly supported a woman when she accused a professor of sexual assault, was arrested in September. Wang Jianbing, who helped women report sexual harassment, was detained along with her. Neither has been heard from since. Meanwhile, several other...

Syrian journalist arrested in Jordan, threatened with expulsion

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Ibrahim Awwad, a Syrian freelance journalist based in the Jordanian capital, Amman, who was arrested last week and is now threatened with being sent back to Syria. According to Fared Al-Mahlool, a friend and fellow journalist,...

On the scrap heap: Syria's 'horrific' child labour

Al-Bab (Syria) (AFP) – Syria's decade-long conflict forced 15-year-old Mohammad Makhzoum out of the classroom and into a scrapyard, where the orphan works 12 hours a day to support his younger siblings. Mohammad, who has been working since he was nine, leaves home everyday at dawn for a...

Migrant dies at sea off Greek island of Crete; 70 rescued

A migrant died and 70 more were rescued when their boat started taking in water southwest of the island of Crete, Greece's Coast Guard says. A Coast Guard spokesman told the Associated Press the 70 survivors, who have been brought to land after they were rescued by a cargo ship and a Coast...