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[Link] We Talked to Survivors of Ethiopia’s Brutal Civil War

Read: 23/12/2021 www.vice.com

After 13 months of brutal war between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a rebel group in the country’s north, Tigrayan forces now say they’ve withdrawn from neighboring regions.

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[Link] Ghislaine Maxwell was present when Epstein abused me, accuser testifies

Read: 1/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

The first accuser in the child sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell testified in court in New York on Tuesday. The accuser, who used the name “Jane”, alleged that Maxwell was sometimes present when Jeffrey Epstein abused her.

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[Link] Thailand Is Sweeping Sexual Abuse in Its Schools Under the Rug

Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com

Nalinrat Thuthubthim was in high school when the attack happened. She’d often stay on campus after school had ended, working on drafts of speeches with her male teacher for upcoming contests.

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[Link] The QAnon JFK Cult in Dallas Is Tearing Families Apart

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

Katy Garner and her sister grew up in a small town in Arkansas and were always close. “We both were cheerleaders in school, made pretty good grades, and loved to just hang out with friends and each other. No one has a perfect childhood, but we had each other. We knew that.

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[Link] This Couple Survived the Unite the Right Car Attack. The Trauma Tore Them Apart.

Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com

On the day of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Marcus Martin wore his red-and-white Jordans.

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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Dad Walked Out When Jury Was Shown Images of His Dead Son

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

The first time photos of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal injuries were shown during the trial of the three white men accused of killing him, his father Marcus Arbery Sr. stood up and left the courtroom. “If you seen your kid get blown apart with a 12-gauge shotgun, what would you do?” Arbery Sr.

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[Link] Paramedic Shot by Rittenhouse Believed He ‘Was Going to Die’

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

The high-profile Rittenhouse trial has now entered its second week.

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[Link] ‘The court of God will be waiting for him’: Iraqis react to Colin Powell’s death

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

For many Iraqis, Colin Powell was the face of the US invasion which caused an estimated 200,000 deaths, unleashing nearly two decades of domestic chaos and precipitating chaos throughout the region.

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