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UN calls for probe into mass graves at Libya detention centres
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations rights office called on Wednesday for a i...
4th June, 2025
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Hungary postpones vote on law that could curb foreign-funded groups
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary's ruling party has postponed a parliamentary debate and vote set for mid...
4th June, 2025
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Europe's rights body says Hungary's transparency bill threatens human rights
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights has called on Hungarian la...
3rd June, 2025
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South Korea's Lee Jae-myung rides martial law momentum to presidency
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean politician elected on Tuesday...
3rd June, 2025
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Syrian man handed life sentence in Germany for war crimes
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -A German court sentenced a Syrian man to life in prison on Tuesd...
3rd June, 2025
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Wilful restriction on Gaza food aid may constitute war crime, says UN rights office
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations human rights office said o...
3rd June, 2025
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German border police's expulsion of asylum seekers unlawful, court rules
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German administrative court has ruled the rejection of asylum seekers by border...
2nd June, 2025
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Tanzanian politician's lawyers ask UN to declare his detention arbitrary
By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) -Lawyers for Tanzania's jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu filed a...
30th May, 2025
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Human rights groups challenge Hungary's anti-Pride law in court
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Five human rights groups including Amnesty International challenged in court Hun...
30th May, 2025
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Unilever's Ben & Jerry's calls war in Gaza a 'genocide'
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The independent board of Ben & Jerry's said the ongoing conflict in Gaza is a ge...
29th May, 2025
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Italy calls Council of Europe 'shameful' after warning on police racism
ROME (Reuters) -Italy lashed out at the Council of Europe on Thursday and defended its police after...
29th May, 2025
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17 EU countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ+ laws
By Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Seventeen European Union countries accused Hungar...
27th May, 2025