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HeadlinesUN Committee Probes Disappearance of Syrian Man Deported by Austria
Senior EU Official Says Gaza Crisis 'looks Very Much' Like Genocide
Greece May Extend North Africa Asylum Ban if Migrant Flow Resurges
HeadlinesUS to Ease Human Rights Criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, Washington Post Says
Georgia Jails Journalist Amaglobeli for Slapping Police Chief
Date: August 6, 2025
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -A Georgian court on Wednesday sentenced journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison for slapping a police chief in a case seen by activists as symbolic of...
Turkey Arrests Youth Activist, Drawing European Protest
Date: August 6, 2025
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey has arrested an LGBTQ+ youth activist over criticism he made abroad at Europe's main rights body about the repression of opponents by President Tayyip Erdogan's government....
Explainer-How Might the EU Respond to Israel Over Gaza Aid Crisis?
Date: July 30, 2025
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union is considering partially suspending Israeli access to funding under its flagship research programme, in what would be the bloc's first action...
Israeli Rights Groups Break Taboo With Accusations of Genocide
Date: July 30, 2025
By Charlotte Greenfield JERUSALEM (Reuters) -When two human rights groups became the first major voices in Israel to accuse the state of committing genocide in Gaza, breaking a taboo in a country...
On Europe's Hardened Frontier, Greek Island Keeps Migrants at Bay
Date: July 30, 2025
By Edward McAllister and Vania Turner LONDON (Reuters) -Sailing in the June sunshine off the island of Lesbos, Greek fisherman Thanos Marmarinos remembers how he saved migrant women and children whose...
Two Rights Groups Are First Israeli Voices to Accuse Israel of Genocide
Date: July 28, 2025
By Charlotte Greenfield and Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Two Israeli human rights organisations said on Monday Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the first major voices in...