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Innocent until proven guilty is a bedrock of the US legal system. But right now, hundreds of thousands of people are sitting in jail, waiting for trial. For many of them, the only thing that’s keeping them behind bars during a deadly pandemic is a lack of money to pay bail. So how are organizers campaigning to end cash bail while freeing the people it keeps incarcerated?

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Nabihah Maqbool @nabihah, civil rights lawyer and organizer with @BelieverBailOut.

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Two new reports - one commissioned by the French government and one by Rwanda's government - have underscored the role France played in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. But one critic says Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame’s response to the reports may have more to do with his grip on power than it does on justice. That critic was once part of Kagame’s government but now, he’s gone into hiding. That's this week's episode of The Take.

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David Himbara (@DavidHimbara), educator, political economist, & development strategist

Skyrocketing numbers, new variants, and shortages of every kind. India’s healthcare system is overwhelmed by a devastating second wave of the covid-19 crisis, and there’s no end in sight. Today, we take stock of how India’s doctors and patients are surviving this brutal health crisis. And what comes next.

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Giridhar Babu (@epigiri), Professor of Epidemiology who works with the Public Health Foundation of India; Shraddha Subramanian (@doctorwithoutboundaries), resident doctor at Sassoon General Hospital in Pune; Ravi Mehta (@drravindramehta), chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Apollo Hospitals in Bangalore; Ankita Singh (@ankitajessy88), a doctor in Haryana; Anuj Tiwari (@anujtiwari11), a doctor at R. N. Cooper Hospital in Mumbai; and Tanmay Goyal (@tanmaygoyal9), resident of Indore.

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Elected president one day, declared dead the next. The people of Chad were stunned after the army announced President Idriss Deby died while visiting soldiers fighting a rebel group in the country’s north. Now, a transitional military council has dissolved the constitution and his son has been named interim president. So what happened to Idriss Deby, and what comes next for Chad? 

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Al Jazeera correspondents Hiba Morgan @hiba_morgan and Nicolas Haque @nicolashaque.

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What do dugongs and whale sharks reveal about the pandemic? This mostly unexplored wildlife has been hidden off Qatar’s shores throughout years of development. While the pandemic brought most of Qatar to a halt, that wildlife was thriving. This Earth Day, we’re bringing you a story of natural beauty that had been waiting to be told for years, from a correspondent who was grounded in Doha.

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Stefanie Dekker (@StefanieDekker), Al Jazeera correspondent

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The border region between Russia and Ukraine has been in a long-simmering conflict since 2014. But over the past few weeks, there have been signs things might be escalating. Russia's military has been moving thousands of troops towards the border, while Ukrainian forces prepare for potential action. Could the buildup at the border lead to a full-fledged war?

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 Journalist Mansur Mirovalev (@mirovalev)

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For the first time in six decades, Cuba is set to be governed without a Castro at the helm. Raul Castro, the brother of the late Fidel Castro, is expected to step down from his position as First Secretary of the Communist Party this weekend. However, the change comes in the middle of a devastating economic crisis and unprecedented anti-government protests.

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Lucia Newman (@lucianewman), Aljazeera English Latin American. Editor/Sr Correspondent

Rosa María Payá (@RosaMariaPaya), Human Rights Activist and Executive Director of Fundación para la Democracia Panamericana

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