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  Influential president of Human Rights Campaign stepping down

  Associated Press - By JULIE PACE

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chad Griffin, the influential LGBTQ activist who helped turn the Human Rights Campaign into a powerful political force, announced Thursday that he is stepping down as the organization’s president. Griffin’s announcement follows a midterm election in which the group invested heavily …

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  Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny flies out of Russia after ban lifted

  The Guardian - Reuters

  Opposition figure allowed to leave to attend European court of human rights case Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been allowed to fly out of Russia to attend the finale of a case he filed at Europe’s top human rights court, a day after border guards stopped him leaving the country. Navalny, Russia’s …

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  Missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi tortured, dismembered in Saudi consulate, report says

  USA TODAY - Michael James

  Turkish officials have told the U.S. that they have proof that a missing Washington Post columnist was tortured, murdered and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, the Post reported. Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance set off a firestorm of accusations, criticism and …

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  U.S. withdrawal leaves vacuum at U.N. rights forum

  Reuters - Stephanie Nebehay

  GENEVA (Reuters) - China, Britain and the European Union lamented on Wednesday Washington’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council as Western countries began looking for a substitute for the coveted seat. The United States withdrew on Tuesday from what it called the “hypocritical …