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At U.N., Amal Clooney pushes for Ukraine war crimes justice

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged countries at t...

28th April, 2022

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Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club suspends top Asian human rights awards

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) has suspended i...

25th April, 2022

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Ukrainian volunteers recount three weeks in Russian captivity, allege beatings

By Alessandra Prentice and Sergiy Karazy DYMER, Ukraine (Reuters) – Volodymyr Khropun and Yulia Ivan...

19th April, 2022

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Britain plans to send migrants to Rwanda under tougher asylum policy

By Alistair Smout and Clement Uwiringiyimana DUNGENESS, England/KIGALI (Reuters) – Britain could sen...

14th April, 2022

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Ukraine says tens of thousands killed in Mariupol, accuses Russia of abuses

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday said tens of thousands of people have likely be...

11th April, 2022

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Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation overrun by illegal gold mining, says report

By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil...

11th April, 2022

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U.N. suspends Russia from human rights body, Moscow then quits

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspen...

7th April, 2022

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U.N. to vote on suspending Russia from human rights body

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thurs...

7th April, 2022

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Tension simmers as Norwegian criticises Qatari human rights record at FIFA congress

By Ossian Shine and Simon Evans DOHA (Reuters) – Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIF...

31st March, 2022

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U.S. Senators want Russia removed from U.N. Human Rights Council

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A dozen members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Com...

29th March, 2022

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ICC insists on ‘zero tolerance’ of crimes against children in Ukraine

By Anthony Deutsch and Stephen Farrell THE HAGUE/LVIV (Reuters) -The chief prosecutor of the Interna...

16th March, 2022

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Soccer-I’m not qualified to speak on Newcastle’s Saudi ownership: Howe

(Reuters) – Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe accepted the fact that he would constantly be questi...

16th March, 2022