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Surge in femicides highlights lack of accountability for violence against women: NGOs
The Arab world saw a significant surge in highly publicized incidents of violence ...
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Rights groups denounce Iran ‘execution spree’
Iran is carrying out executions at a “horrifying pace” in state-approved killings ...
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Volkswagen faces mounting scrutiny over Xinjiang presence
Volkswagen AG faces mounting pressure to address allegations of human rights ...
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UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet says will not seek second term
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced Monday that she will not seek a second ...
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UN rights chief to begin China visit, including to Xinjiang
The UN rights chief will begin her long-anticipated visit to China on Monday, her ...
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EU to impose climate, human rights checks on supply chains of big companies
The EU on Wednesday presented draft legislation to force big companies to do due ...
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EU condemns flogging, jail term for Iran rights defender
The EU on Sunday condemned the recent sentencing of leading human rights ...
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UN urged to open inquiry into Iran’s 1988 killings and Raisi role
Prominent former UN judges and investigators have called on UN human rights boss ...
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Iran rights defender sentenced to eight years jail and flogging: Husband
An Iranian court has sentenced leading human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi to ...
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Bahrain and Egypt, and the human rights watchdog
Ten years after the state successfully handled the chaotic events in Bahrain, and ...
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The politicization of human rights and falsification of facts
With its latest unfair resolution, the European Parliament tried to score an ...
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UAE rejects European Parliament resolution on human rights as ‘incorrect’
“Every country has its own laws and legal institutions, the UAE constitution and ...
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Six Iranian prison guards to stand trial after leaked footage of prisoners’ abuse
Six prison wardens at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison will stand trial “soon” in ...
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UN rights boss says has credible reports of Taliban executions
The top UN human rights official said on Tuesday that she had received credible ...
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German-Iranian woman caught COVID-19 in Iran's notorious Evin prison: Daughter
The daughter of a German-Iranian woman held in Iran said Wednesday that her mother ...
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Belarusian police raid offices, homes of activists: Rights groups
Belarusian security police searched homes of lawyers and human rights activists on ...
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UN demands accountability over Syria mass disappearances
The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday called for those behind “massive scale” ...
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Canada, others urge China to allow ‘unfettered’ access to Xinjiang region
Canada and 40 other countries on Tuesday urged China to allow “immediate, ...
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Human rights lawyers file migration lawsuit against EU border agency
Human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have launched legal action against the ...
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US journalist detained in Myanmar: Employer
An American editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet was detained by authorities in ...
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UN experts reject UK govt-commissioned review into racial inequality report
UN human rights experts on Monday rejected a review commissioned by Britain’s ...
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In the human rights court
Countries that have violated human rights throughout history through colonialism, ...
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Iran suspends ‘human rights talks’ with EU after bloc sanctioned Iranian officials
Iran said on Monday it is suspending talks on human rights with the European Union ...
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Human rights and the coming global chaos
The recent article by Kawther al-Jouan about the position of the United States and ...
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UN rights chief warns UK draft law for troops may undermine human rights obligations
The UN rights chief warned London on Monday that a draft law aimed at preventing ...
World News
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US criticizes China, Russia, Syria for human rights abuses in new report
The annual Human Rights Reports released by the United States were published ...
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China protests over Japan, US joint statement on alleged human rights violations
China has protested to the United States and Japan over a joint statement it said ...
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EU visit to Xinjiang stalled over access request to jailed Uighur academic: Diplomat
A visit by European Union ambassadors to the Xinjiang region of China has stalled ...
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Erdogan awaits call from Biden amid attempted reset in US-Turkey relations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has toned down his anti-Western and anti-US ...
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Academic imprisoned by Iran speaks about ‘psychological torture’
A British-Australian academic imprisoned by Iran on a spying conviction said in a ...
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Zimbabwe’s women grapple with gender discrimination amid COVID-19 pandemic
There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Molly Manatse doesn’t ...
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