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FinancePakistan Sentences Human Rights Activist to 17 Years Over Anti-State Posts
China Rejects UN Experts' Concerns for Alleged Forced Labour in Xinjiang
HeadlinesUN Rights Body Censures Iran's 'brutal Repression' of Protests
HeadlinesPortuguese Police Arrest 37 Suspected Ultra-Right Militants
Spain Opposes Plan for Asylum Centres Outside EU
Date: January 20, 2026
By Joan Faus MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Spain opposes a push by some European Union countries to control migration by opening camps for asylum-seekers outside the bloc, calling instead to focus on...
UN Rights Council to Hold Emergency Session on Iran, Document Shows
Date: January 20, 2026
GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Iran in the coming days, with proponents aiming to discuss "alarming violence" used against protesters, a...
Two Lisbon Policemen Charged With Torturing Vagrants and Migrants, and Sharing Images
Date: January 16, 2026
LISBON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Two Lisbon police officers have been charged with torturing vagrants and migrants and then sharing images of their acts in an online chat with other officers, triggering a...
Myanmar Tells World Court Gambia Has Not Proven Rohingya Genocide Case
Date: January 16, 2026
THE HAGUE, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar told the United Nations' top court on Friday that Gambia had not proven its accusation that the Myanmar government had committed genocide against the minority...
Greek Court Acquits Aid Workers of Migrant-Smuggling Charges
Date: January 16, 2026
LESBOS, Greece, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Over two dozen aid workers involved in refugee rescues in Greece were acquitted of migrant smuggling charges in a multi-year case that rights groups said was a...
Italy Urges Its Citizens to Leave Iran Because of Security Concerns
Date: January 14, 2026
ROME, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Italy has strongly renewed an appeal to its citizens to leave Iran because of the security situation in the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday....