Human Rights

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China to lift restrictions on UK lawmakers, PM Starmer says

SHANGHAI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - China is set to lift restrictions which it had imposed on a group of Br...

30th January, 2026

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UK and 23 other OSCE members launch probe into Georgia over rights concerns

LONDON, Jan 29 - Britain, Canada, Germany and 21 other OSCE members on Thursday said they would laun...

29th January, 2026

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UN experts condemn US move to strip migrant children of legal aid

By Jasper Ward Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts on Tuesday denounced the Trump administr...

27th January, 2026

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UN experts denounce Switzerland for sentencing students over Gaza protests

By Emma Farge GENEVA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts have protested to Bern after a gr...

27th January, 2026

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Spain to grant around half a million undocumented migrants legal status

MADRID, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Spain's Socialist-led government presented a draft decree on Tuesday to e...

27th January, 2026

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Saudi dissident awarded $4.1 million by UK court for hacking, assault 'by Saudi Arabia'

LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A Saudi human rights activist who accuses Saudi Arabia of targeting him w...

26th January, 2026

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Former Philippines president Duterte fit for pre-trial hearings, ICC judges rule

THE HAGUE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ruled that octog...

26th January, 2026

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Pakistan sentences human rights activist to 17 years over anti-state posts

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a human rights...

24th January, 2026

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China rejects UN experts' concerns for alleged forced labour in Xinjiang

BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters) - China defended its human rights record on Friday after UN experts said a...

23rd January, 2026

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UN rights body censures Iran's 'brutal repression' of protests

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will h...

23rd January, 2026

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Portuguese police arrest 37 suspected ultra-right militants

LISBON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Portuguese police on Tuesday arrested 37 people suspected of belonging to...

20th January, 2026

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Spain opposes plan for asylum centres outside EU

By Joan Faus MADRID, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Spain opposes a push by some European Union countries to con...

20th January, 2026