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EU Leaders Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Discussion on Critical Israel Report
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Jamaica to Take Fight for Slavery Reparations to King Charles
Date: June 26, 2025
By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Jamaica will ask King Charles to request legal advice from the London-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the final court of appeal for UK overseas...
Europe's Top Rights Court Rules Against France in Racial Profiling Case
Date: June 26, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) -Europe's top human rights court ruled on Thursday that French police had carried out discriminatory checks on a Frenchman of African descent, the first such verdict in a case of...
EU's Von Der Leyen Urges Hungary to Allow Pride Despite Ban
Date: June 26, 2025
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Hungarian authorities to permit the Budapest Pride parade to go ahead, after police banned the event. In a response on...
Amnesty Says Cambodia Is Enabling Brutal Scam Industry
Date: June 26, 2025
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK (Reuters) -Human rights group Amnesty International accused Cambodia’s government on Thursday of "deliberately ignoring" abuses by cybercrime gangs who have trafficked...
Ukraine, European Rights Body Sign Accord for Tribunal on Russian Aggression
Date: June 25, 2025
(Reuters) -Ukraine and the Council of Europe human rights body signed an agreement on Wednesday forming the basis for a special tribunal intended to bring to justice senior Russian officials for the...
Iran's 'paper Tiger' Leadership Will Fall, Predicts Nobel Peace Laureate Ebadi
Date: June 25, 2025
By Bahareh Khodabandeh and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said on Wednesday Iran's war with Israel had revealed the weakness of its "paper tiger"...