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The Kenyan High Court extended a temporary halt to the US facility on Tuesday, according to rights group Katiba Institute, which filed the petition against the centre.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
When we talk about U.S. citizenship, there is a tendency to assume that, Well, of course everyone wants legal citizenship because it means access to rights, privileges, and protections.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Political detainees have been subject to harsh treatment and often denied access to lawyers, according to rights groups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
When he had put the kitchen to rights he went in and drew a chair up to the bed.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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