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Hungary Postpones Vote on Law That Could Curb Foreign-Funded Groups
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South Korea's Lee Jae-Myung Rides Martial Law Momentum to Presidency
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Wilful Restriction on Gaza Food Aid May Constitute War Crime, Says UN Rights Office
Date: June 3, 2025
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that the wilful impediment of access to food and relief for civilians in Gaza may...
German Border Police's Expulsion of Asylum Seekers Unlawful, Court Rules
Date: June 2, 2025
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German administrative court has ruled the rejection of asylum seekers by border control on German territory as unlawful, a court statement said on Monday. The statement cited the...
Tanzanian Politician's Lawyers Ask UN to Declare His Detention Arbitrary
Date: May 30, 2025
By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) -Lawyers for Tanzania's jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a bid to ramp up...
Human Rights Groups Challenge Hungary's anti-Pride Law in Court
Date: May 30, 2025
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Five human rights groups including Amnesty International challenged in court Hungary's legislation that created a legal basis for police to ban Pride marches by the LGBTQ community...
Unilever's Ben & Jerry's Calls War in Gaza a 'genocide'
Date: May 29, 2025
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The independent board of Ben & Jerry's said the ongoing conflict in Gaza is a genocide, setting up the ice cream maker for another tussle with its London-based corporate parent...
Italy Calls Council of Europe 'shameful' After Warning on Police Racism
Date: May 29, 2025
ROME (Reuters) -Italy lashed out at the Council of Europe on Thursday and defended its police after the European human rights body named Italy among countries where racist conduct among law enforcers...