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World must not ‘revert to violence as an organizing principle’: UN rights chief
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the normalization of the use of force ...
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US must respect right to life, at home and abroad: UN expert
A UN rights expert voiced alarm Thursday at US signaling of a “shoot-to-kill” ...
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UN human rights office in ‘survival mode’ amid major funding cuts
The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday his office was in ...
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Pope Leo says won’t be ‘bystander’ to human rights abuses
Pope Leo XIV told new ambassadors to the Holy See on Saturday that the Vatican ...
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US tells UN it will not take part in review of its human rights record
The United States will not participate in a UN review of its human rights record, ...
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Ethel Kennedy, human rights advocate and widow of Robert Kennedy, dies at 96
Ethel Kennedy, a long-time human rights advocate who endured a series of tragedies ...
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Brazil’s Lula fires human rights minister accused of sexual harassment
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday fired his human rights ...
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Japan needs to do more to counter human rights abuses, UN rights group says
A group working under the UN Human Rights Council has issued a wide-ranging report ...
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Human rights in Russia have ‘significantly deteriorated’ since Ukraine war: UN expert
The human rights situation in Russia has significantly deteriorated since it ...
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Iran’s checkpoints, university purges mark first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests
Iran's theocracy is trying hard to both ignore the upcoming anniversary of ...
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‘Extensive war crimes’ by Sudanese groups from mass killing to sexual slavery: Report
A leading human rights group said on Thursday Sudan’s warring parties have ...
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UK unlawfully houses unaccompanied migrant children in hotels
A High Court judge on Thursday ruled the UK government’s long-term use of hotels ...
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Violence in Israel, West Bank ‘must stop’: UN
The UN human rights chief on Tuesday decried the cycle of violence in Israel and ...
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Biden will not ‘lecture’ Modi on human rights: White House
US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to ...
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US lawmakers urge Biden to raise rights issues with Modi
Dozens of US lawmakers urged President Joe Biden on Tuesday to raise human rights ...
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Electric shock, beatings: UN expert alarmed by Russian military torture in Ukraine
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, sounded the alarm on ...
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ISIS kills 15 truffle hunters in Syria: Monitor
ISIS killed 15 people foraging for desert truffles in conflict-ravaged central ...
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Eight pro-Iran fighters killed by US strikes in Syria: Monitor
US airstrikes killed eight pro-Iran fighters in eastern Syria following a drone ...
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US report lists ‘significant human rights’ abuses in India
The annual US report on human rights practices released on Monday listed ...
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Belarus rights abuses may amount to ‘crime against humanity’
UN rights experts accused Belarus of systematic abuses, including the repression ...
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On Women’s Day: US issues human-rights abuse sanctions on Iran army chief, officials
The US issued a new round of sanctions related to human-rights violations and ...
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First US House China select committee to focus on human rights
A new US congressional select committee on competition with China will hold a ...
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Iran executions amount to ‘state sanctioned killing’: UN rights chief
Iran is weaponizing the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent, ...
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Canada imposes new sanctions on Iran, Russia, Myanmar over human rights
Canada on Friday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, Iran and Myanmar, citing ...
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UN Iran expert concerned about death sentences for protesters
A UN-appointed independent expert on Iran voiced concern on Tuesday that the ...
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UN rights chief’s offer to visit Iran met with silence
New UN human rights chief Volker Turk revealed Thursday he had offered to visit ...
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Full-fledged crisis underway in Iran: UN rights chief
Iran’s “disproportionate” use of force in quashing protests that have shaken the ...
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More than 1 in 5 women, girls killed every hour in 2021, UN report on femicide finds
More than one in five women were killed by a member of their own family every hour ...
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‘Like an execution:’ Palestinian NGOs detail Israeli crackdown
Israel’s decision to outlaw several Palestinian rights groups as terrorist ...
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Ukraine will ask FIFA to ban Iran from Qatar World Cup over ‘human rights violations’
Ukraine’s national football association will submit a request for the ...
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