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IPOH. Perak PKR chairman Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak claimed he was not provided with food while in police custody, says his lawyer Baldip Singh ... ....

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Arrested Reporter Slams Conditions at US Detention Centers

Voa News 18 Jul 2019

Duran's lawyers have said he came to the United States without permission in 2006 after receiving death threats related to reporting on corruption in El Salvador ... Lawyers argue that conditions have worsened for journalists in El Salvador and Duran could be in danger if he returns....

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Arrested Memphis reporter slams conditions at US detention centers in Louisiana and Alabama

Times Free Press 18 Jul 2019

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Marijuana entrepreneurs give up on El Monte as council rescinds their permits

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 18 Jul 2019

For the developers, it was simply a business decision, said Salvador Salazar, the lawyer representing all five businesses ... With the permits now rescinded, one thing is clear ... That didn’t concern activist and lawyer Fenglan Liu, who lives a few hundred feet away from the cannabis businesses on the Temple City side of the border ... ....

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Refugee Assistance Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Asylum Restrictions

CBS Sports 17 Jul 2019

The rule announced by U.S ... The measure went into effect Tuesday ... In particular, it excludes people fleeing “an epidemic of violence” in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the lawsuit says. The groups are represented by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center and Center for Constitutional Rights ... ....

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El Salvador tests law on abortion

Arkansas Online 16 Jul 2019

My faith lies with God and my lawyers," Hernandez told journalists as she entered the courthouse, adding that she hopes for "good things, unlike what happened before, and I am innocent." ... "What Evelyn is living is the nightmare of many women in El Salvador," said her lawyer, Elizabeth Deras....

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Murder retrial for woman jailed after giving birth in toilet

Scotsman 16 Jul 2019

A young woman who gave birth to a baby in an outhouse toilet in El Salvador was back in court facing a second trial for murder in a case that has drawn international attention because of the country's highly restrictive abortion laws ... “What Evelyn is living is the nightmare of many women in El Salvador,” said her lawyer Elizabeth Deras....

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Salvadoran accused of abortion faces retrial, hefty sentence

Kentucky New Era 16 Jul 2019

My faith lies with God and my lawyers," Hernández told journalists as she entered the courthouse, adding that she hopes for "good things, unlike what happened before, and I am innocent." ... "What Evelyn is living is the nightmare of many women in El Salvador," said her lawyer, Elizabeth Deras....

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'Disgusting, Racist': Trump Slammed For Attack On Congresswomen

Kashmir Observer 16 Jul 2019

Ocasio-Cortez swiftly denounced his remarks. "Mr ... And last year, during a White House meeting on immigration, he wondered why the US was admitting so many immigrants from "s***hole countries" such as Haiti, El Salvador and several African nations. Arsalan Iftikhar, human rights lawyer and senior fellow at Georgetown University, told Al Jazeera ... ....

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Palace on Robredo impeachment: ‘We have better things to do’

Inquirer 15 Jul 2019

I will leave it to those who would want to initiate whatever they want to initiate against whomsoever," presidential spokesperson Salvador ......

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Lights for Liberty give heart to detainees in downtown Los Angeles

People's World 15 Jul 2019

From blocks away I could see people streaming toward the demonstration site in downtown L.A., the Metropolitan Detention Center on N ... His case is still pending, but when it all settles down, Anderson said, he aims to be either a lawyer or a pilot. Ana Cortez, a mother, came from El Salvador to live the American dream ... I have a message for Mr. Trump ... ....

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Spanish-language reporter released from immigration custody

Yahoo Daily News 12 Jul 2019

Lawyers are seeking asylum, arguing that conditions have worsened for journalists in El Salvador and he could be in danger if he returns ... Duran's lawyers have said he came to the United States without permission in 2006 after receiving death threats related to reporting on corruption in El Salvador....

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A Salvadorian woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison for having a stillborn. Now ...

Good 12 Jul 2019

Abortion for any reason has been illegal in El Salvador since 1997. It’s one of six countries that has a total abortion ban, but El Salvador is special because it also has a high conviction rate ... Because El Salvador has such a high conviction rate, the United Nations put pressure on El Salvador in 2018, the same year Hernández was sentenced....