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- Amnesty International reports Yemeni security forces killing peaceful protesters demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh [Amnesty International]
- US military “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy against homosexual service members repealed [BBC]
- McGill University law student files a human rights complaint to the Quebec Human Rights Commission over blackface frosh event [CBC]
- Amnesty International releases report and wants former President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier brought to justice for human rights abuses and crimes against humanity [Amnesty International, CNN]