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Ethiopia to launch joint probe with Saudis over alleged migrant killings | Human Rights News
Ethiopia will launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the kingdom’s border…
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Egypt’s President el-Sisi pardons prominent activist Douma, other prisoners | Human Rights News
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in 2011 uprising, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers say. Egypt’s President…
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Afghan lives in limbo: Uncertainty persists two years after US withdrawal | Human Rights News
Washington, DC – Two years: That’s how long Jawad has been in hiding, first in his home country of Afghanistan…
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Imprisoned and exiled, a Nicaraguan activist rebuilds her life in the US | Human Rights News
As her isolation in Nicaragua’s infamous El Chipote prison stretched month after month, Tamara Davila held fast to the conviction…
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UN expert urges US to apologise for Guantanamo abuses | Human Rights News
A United Nations expert has called on the United States to apologise for the torture of Guantanamo Bay prison inmates,…
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‘Not afraid’: The Texas pilot flying patients to abortions | Human Rights
It was summer, midday and hot when the girl arrived at the tiny regional airport. She appeared to be 14…
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Rights, press bodies slam Pakistan crackdown on ‘critical voices’ | Freedom of the Press News
At least seven journalists and political commentators have been charged with sedition and other offences in the past week. Islamabad,…
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Indian wrestlers demand arrest of federation chief at sit-in | Women’s Rights News
The wrestlers first protested in January but say not enough has been done to end sexual harassment in the sport.…
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Ukrainians and Syrians must stand united against Putin’s Russia | Human Rights
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is hauntingly reminiscent of the conflict in Syria. As Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remarked in…
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Turkish Medical Association chief convicted on ‘terror’ charge | Human Rights News
Sebnem Korur Fincanci sentenced to nearly three years in prison for disseminating ‘terror organisation propaganda’. A court has convicted the…
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