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UN Rights Chief Seeks $500 Million in 2025 for Human Rights Monitoring
Date: January 30, 2025
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources for 2025 to support the monitoring and investigation of human rights abuses...
Victims of Libyan War Crimes Suspect Express Dismay, Fear After Italy Frees Him
Date: January 29, 2025
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Migrants expressed their dismay and sense of betrayal on Wednesday over Italy's decision last week to release a Libyan policeman wanted by the International Criminal...
Explainer-Why Italy's PM Meloni Got Caught up in Libyan War Crimes Case
Date: January 29, 2025
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been placed under investigation over a government decision to release a Libyan police officer wanted by the International...
Dutch PM Raised Asml in Talks With China's Ding
Date: January 28, 2025
AMSTERDAM - Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof held "critical conversations" with visiting Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, he said on Friday, including discussions on human rights and on...
Analysis-Indonesia's New Leader Expands Military's Role in Test of Fragile Democracy
Date: January 28, 2025
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nearly three decades after the fall of Indonesia's authoritarian leader, General Suharto, the nation's new president is causing unease among liberals and others...
UN Experts Decry Arrest of pro-Palestinian American Journalist in Switzerland
Date: January 26, 2025
GENEVA - U.N. human rights experts and activists on Sunday condemned the arrest of an American, pro-Palestinian journalist in the Swiss city of Zurich, saying it raised concerns about freedom of...