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In Armenia, Needless Pain at End of Life Photo © 2012 New Media Advocacy Project Thousands of patients with advanced cancer in Armenia suffer from avoidable, severe pain every year because they cannot get adequate pain medications.  "Two years ago my left hand got paralyzed from the tumor and I started to develop severe pain," said Lyudmila L. "It felt as though it was burning, as if my arm was on fire. It was hellish pain...  "Now I have pain 24 hours a day, but at night it becomes unbearable, when pain gets even worse, and I just start screaming. Two months ago I was prescribed one ampoule of injectable omnopon [opioid pain medication]. It was then enough to sooth my pain for four hours, but now it helps only for maximum of two. I keep it for nights, so that I can sleep for those two hours - It's inhumane pain, unbearable pain for a human being..." Read more » share on:

DR Congo Should Arrest Rebel Leader Wanted by ICC Fighters under Sylvestre Mudacumura's command have been responsible for some of eastern Congo's worst atrocities, yet there has been little effort to arrest him.  See the Latest News in Africa »  share on:

China Should End Two-Tier Travel System for Tibetans Chinese authorities should move swiftly to dismantle this blatantly discriminatory passport system. The restrictions also violate freedom of belief by denying or limiting religious minorities' ability to participate in pilgrimages outside China.  See the Latest News in Asia »  share on:

Iraq Should Set Aside Verdict in Massacre of Cadets  Iraqi authorities should set aside the guilty verdict and death sentences of 24 men in the June 2014 massacre of up to 1,700 Shia cadets by the extremist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS. Baghdad's Central Criminal Court sentenced the 24 at the end of a patently unfair trial that lasted only two hours and denied the defense the right to present witnesses and evidence.  See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa »  share on:

Dispatches: Restoring Justice to the US Justice System  By Antonio Ginatta Yesterday, two days before his visit to the El Reno federal prison in Oklahoma - the first visit to a prison by a sitting United States president - President Barack Obama made a long-overdue and compelling call for the reform of the US criminal justice system.  See the Latest News in the United States >>  share on:

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