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Amnesty International on Friday pressed for Algerian authorities to ensure that the upcoming retrial of 94 individuals in the events of August 2021 in the Kabylie region complies with international human rights safeguards, emphasizing the importance of avoiding the death penalty or any form of...
Amnesty International on Friday warned that recent flooding in Mozambique underscores widening global inequalities in climate responsibility, as major emitting states scale back environmental protections and international cooperation. The organization said communities in Mozambique are facing...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Pakistan authorities on Thursday to quash the conviction of Junaid Hafeez, who was sentenced to death in 2019 under the country’s blasphemy provisions after being arrested in March 2013. The rights group described his prolonged detention and years in solitary...
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Saturday condemned Israeli and US strikes across Iran and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory attacks, warning that the escalation risks a wider regional conflict and reiterating that international law requires the protection of civilians and accountability for...
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced Friday that the government has conditionally approved a request by Google to export 1:5,000 scale high-precision digital map data overseas, resolving a policy dispute that has persisted since 2007, according to local...
UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned acts of “extreme violence” committed by the M23 (Movement du 23 Mars) armed group against human rights defenders in the North and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), warning that activists documenting abuses...
A group of UN experts on Friday called for the United Kingdom to guarantee that the current reviews of statutory guidance under the Equality Act 2010 align with international human rights standards and provide the equal enjoyment of rights for women and girls, including the transgender...
UN member states should do more to protect the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in an oral statement on Thursday at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
These calls for urgent action come amidst a recent decree enacted by Taliban Supreme Leader...
The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Siobhan Mullally, called on Thursday for increased global efforts to combat trafficking of children and refugees in Chad, urging local authorities to prioritize law enforcement and address the root causes of this issue during a press...
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal quashed the fraud convictions against Apple Daily newspaper founder Jimmy Lai Chee-ying and its administrative director, Wong Wai Keung, on Thursday.
The appellate court rejected the reasoning of District Judge Stanley Chan, who convicted Lai and Wong of fraud in...
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