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Rohingya: A Forgotten People
This investigation reveals abuse committed by the Thai Military against Rohingya minorities fleeing from Burma. The Thai Military would intercept Rohingya boats with refugees aboard and tow them out to the middle of the sea and leave them without adequate supplies. Being without food and water many of the Rohingya refugees died, but the numbers are unclear as to how many people actually died.
Tags: Thailand; Myanmar; ocean; islands; human rights; Prime Minister; Abhisit Vejjajiva; boatpeople; Muslim; safety; persecution
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No title (id: 8597)
The Progressive reports on persecution of U.S. Forest Service employees by their superiors as a result of blowing the whistle on federal law and regulation violations by the bureaucracy; looks at the policy of cutting old-growth forests, April 1992.
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The whistleblowers
Cincinnati Magazine profiles a series of Cincinnati whistleblowers who exposed corruption, fraud and brutality at their places of employment, including General Electric's Evendale power plant, the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Zimmer nuclear power plant, and have in turn been persecuted by their employers.
Tags: Cincinnati; corruption; fraud; informants; McCarty
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No title (id: 7660)
Des Moines Register looks at the gay experience in Iowa; looks at both gay men and lesbians and their lifestyles, including the persecution they face, Oct. 21 - 25, 1990.
Tags: IA Voss Homosexual
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No title (id: 2087)
Detroit News article finds that though blacks wield greater power than at any time in American history, some black leaders fear certain white power groups skew the system in favor of whites; some fear racial persecution and criticism aimed at black leaders, July 1983.
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