Press Review: Syrian refugees & protests against election fraud in Russia

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Syrian refugees arrive in Lebanon bearing witness to the atrocities happening in their towns and cities. An unverified video shows patients being tortured in their hospital beds. A French doctor, who recently returned from Syria, tells about treating the wounded in Homs. [BBC]

Putin’s victory in Russian election is claimed as fraudulent by thousands of protestors. Main leaders of the protests have been arrested by police. [Washington Post]

Hamid Karzai issued a new list of guidelines authored by Afghan clerics listing the ways in which women are subordinate to men. [The Guardian]

Protestors camped out near Pakistan’s parliament hope to bring awareness to the missing citizens suspected of being detained by Pakistan’s spy agency. [Washington Post]

A teenager in Tibet became the weekend’s third victim or self-immolation. [BBC]

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About Rebecca Silus

Rebecca Silus was born in Minneapolis and received her MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2008. She lives in Berlin, where she works as an artist, editor, and author.

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