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Image for UK expands visa route for Hong Kongers after Jimmy Lai sentencing
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UK expands visa route for Hong Kongers after Jimmy Lai sentencing

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain said it was expanding its visa route for those who want to move fr...

9th February, 2026

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Uganda minister condemns military raid on opposition leader's home

NAIROBI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Uganda's Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi condemned a military raid...

9th February, 2026

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Reaction to Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence in security trial

Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in...

9th February, 2026

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Azerbaijan hands long prison terms to former Karabakh officials

By Nailia Bagirova BAKU, Feb 5 (Reuters) - An Azerbaijani military court issued long prison sentence...

5th February, 2026

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UN rights chief appeals for $400 million as crises mount and funding shrinks

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk appealed for $40...

5th February, 2026

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Germany's Merz heads to Saudi, Gulf in quest for new partners

BERLIN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz began a tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and t...

4th February, 2026

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Trump has attacked pillars of democracy, says Human Rights Watch

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked key pill...

4th February, 2026

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Fifteen migrants died off Greece after boat collision with coast guard

ATHENS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Fifteen migrants died in the Aegean Sea off Greece on Tuesday after their...

4th February, 2026

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Libya's Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who crushed dissent then sought political comeback, dies at 53

By Michael Georgy Feb 3 (Reuters) - Libya's Saif al-Islam Gaddafi went from his notorious father's h...

3rd February, 2026

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China to lift restrictions on UK lawmakers, PM Starmer says

SHANGHAI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China is set to lift restrictions which it had imposed on a group of Br...

30th January, 2026

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UK and 23 other OSCE members launch probe into Georgia over rights concerns

LONDON, Jan 29 - Britain, Canada, Germany and 21 other OSCE members on Thursday said they would laun...

29th January, 2026

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UN experts condemn US move to strip migrant children of legal aid

By Jasper Ward Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts on Tuesday denounced the Trump administr...

27th January, 2026