Human Rights
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Asia
UN calls on governments to stop exports of jet fuel to Myanmar
GENEVA: The UN’s leading human rights body agreed Thursday (Apr 4) to measures aimed at putting pressure on Myanmar and…
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Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in…
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Human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
GENEVA — U.N.-backed human rights experts said Friday they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of…
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Inside 2024’s International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
Taking place between 8 and 17 March, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) returns for its…
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Russian court sentences co-chair of rights group to 30 months in prison
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine to…
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Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’
SAN FRANCISCO — Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who…
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China defends bounties offered for Hong Kong dissidents abroad
BEIJING — China on Friday defended controversial bounties offered for the capture of Hong Kong dissidents who have fled abroad…
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Former Peruvian President is freed from prison on humanitarian grounds
LIMA, Peru — Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from…
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Librarians turn to civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their firings
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And…
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Russians commemorate victims of Soviet repression as a present-day crackdown on dissent intensifies
LONDON — Russians commemorated the victims of Soviet state terror on Sunday, while the Russian government continues its crackdown on…
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