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Hungary's LGBTQ+ community marches for its rights after years of rollback

By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST, June 24 (Reuters) - As Hungary's LGBTQ+ community readies for the annua...

24th June, 2026

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Amnesty calls EU complicit in new Libyan crackdown on migrants

By Amina Ismail BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern and western Libya have intensif...

23rd June, 2026

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Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 23 (Reuters) - Israeli authorities and security forces deliberate...

23rd June, 2026

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Western countries warn of atrocities, imminent RSF escalation in Sudan's al-Obeid

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of countries including Britain, France and...

18th June, 2026

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Church of England leader apologises for historical forced adoption practice

LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, apologised for the Church...

18th June, 2026

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UN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children

By David Brunnstrom June 17 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday...

17th June, 2026

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UN experts gravely concerned for Britons on hunger strike in Iranian jail

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 17 (Reuters) - U.N. experts on Wednesday expressed grave concern...

17th June, 2026

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UN human rights chief welcomes US-Iran deal, urges restraint in the region

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, June 15 (Reuters) - The United Nations' human rights chief on Monday w...

15th June, 2026

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Azerbaijan sentences prominent rights activist to eight years in prison

BAKU, June 12 (Reuters) - A court in Azerbaijan sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years...

12th June, 2026

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Pope Leo warns Europe’s migrant traffickers to repent or face hell

By Joshua McElwee SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain, June 12 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Friday issued a ste...

12th June, 2026

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UN human rights chief 'appalled' by violence in United Kingdom

GENEVA, June 11 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief said on Thursday he was appalled b...

11th June, 2026

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Prominent Gazan doctor held by Israel without charge appears before Supreme Court

JERUSALEM, June 10 (Reuters) - A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military in Ga...

10th June, 2026