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In Wake of Paris

Turkey's Post-Coup Crackdown Puts Human Rights on the Chopping Block

At Least 84 Dead as France Reels from Attack in Nice

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

At least 84 have been killed, another 50 seriously injured, and many others hurt after truck hits crowd

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Reports: Paris Attack Suspect Salah Abdeslam Captured in Brussels

Common Dreams staff

Suspected allegedly played key role in coordinating and carrying out the...

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France Extends Freedom-Threatening State of Emergency

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Threats to freedoms as a result of the increase in state powers have been...

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Thousands Mobilize in France Against 'Headlong Rush into Authoritarianism'

French Minister Resigns Rather Than Stamp Draconian Anti-Terror Law

UN Human Rights Experts Blast France's "Excessive and Disproportionate" Cuts to Freedoms

What's Your "Threat Score"?

In France, Worries Grow That 'State of Emergency' Becoming Permanent

Fortress Europe Looms as EU Countries Implement Heightened Border Controls

'Off the Charts' Violence Against Muslims Ravaging US Communities

Flood of Anti-Muslim Violence Driving Record Year for Crimes of Hate

"Liberté Is Not Just A Word": Klein, Corbyn Call for Mass Protest at COP21

'Huge Error': Former US Military Chief Admits Iraq Invasion Spawned ISIS

Defying the 'Shock Doctrine' in Paris as Thousands March Despite Protest Ban

If 'Life Must Go On,' say Groups, France Must Lift Ban on Climate Protests

Newswire

Global Justice Now

Hollande Called on to Lift Ban on Climate Protests at COP 21

Friends of the Earth International

Statement by Friends of the Earth International in Reaction to the French government Ban of the Paris climate Justice Mobilizations Due to the Heightened Security Situation

Amnesty International

France: Emergency Measures Must Protect Public Without Trampling Human Rights

Climate Action Network International

Plans for Mobilizations in Paris Cancelled by Authorities: French Activists More Determined Than Ever Before to Make Voices Heard

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

CAIR Decries GOP Governors’ ‘Un-American’ Refusal to Accept Syrian Refugees

Amnesty International

G20 Leaders Must Show Statesmanship in the Wake of Paris

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Views

Jim Naureckas

A Mass Murderer Becomes a ‘Terrorist’–Based on Ethnicity, Not Evidence

Ajamu Baraka

Paris, Orlando and Turkey: Displacing the Narrative of Western Innocence

Phyllis Bennis

From Paris to Istanbul, More ‘War on Terror’ Means More Terrorist Attacks

Glenn Greenwald

Where Were the Post-Hebdo Free Speech Crusaders as France Spent the Last Year Crushing Free Speech?

Juan Cole

In Retrospect: A Year of Sharpening Contradictions

Rebecca Solnit

Oil Fuels War and Terrorists Like ISIS. The Climate Movement Can Bring Peace

Janine Jackson

A Missed Chance to Connect Paris Massacres, Past and Present

Mike Lofgren

The West’s Deadly Mideast Fantasies

Bianca Jagger

A State of Emergency in France

Joe Solomon

Thousands Defy French Ban on Public Protest - Demand Liberté and Action at COP21

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