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Congo's displaced fear violence, rape if they return home

LAC VERT, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Widow Francine Nsengiyumva and her three children...

2nd February, 2025

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UK to keep ban on asylum seekers claiming modern slavery protections

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government will retain a ban on asylum seek...

30th January, 2025

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UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025 for human rights monitoring

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in ex...

30th January, 2025

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UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025 for human rights monitoring

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in ex...

30th January, 2025

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Victims of Libyan war crimes suspect express dismay, fear after Italy frees him

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Migrants expressed their dismay and sense of betrayal on Wednesday...

29th January, 2025

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Explainer-Why Italy's PM Meloni got caught up in Libyan war crimes case

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been placed under inve...

29th January, 2025

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Dutch PM raised ASML in talks with China's Ding 

AMSTERDAM - Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof held "critical conversations" with visiting Chinese Vic...

28th January, 2025

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Analysis-Indonesia's new leader expands military's role in test of fragile democracy

By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nearly three decades after the fall of Indonesia's authoritari...

28th January, 2025

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UN experts decry arrest of pro-Palestinian American journalist in Switzerland

GENEVA - U.N. human rights experts and activists on Sunday condemned the arrest of an American, pro-...

26th January, 2025

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Historic Thai law recognises same-sex marriages - but not all families are equal

By Panu Wongcha-um and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - American businessman Jacob Holder met...

20th January, 2025

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UN rights chief urges reconciliation process in first Syria visit

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a S...

15th January, 2025

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German-Iranian women's rights activist released from Iranian prison

BERLIN (Reuters) - Nahid Taghavi, an Iranian-German women's rights activist, has been released from...

13th January, 2025