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Those who think peace can prevail in the Middle East without the Palestinian people enjoying their full rights are mistaken, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday. Addressing the UN General Assembly, he said…
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China opposes a planned United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea because it will only “intensify confrontation and antagonism,” a spokesperson for China’s UN mission in New York said on Monday. The…
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Katja Sedgwick, a writer for The American Conservative, declared that Ukraine does not have any exclusive rights to borsch, because it may have been invented by the French, Russians or others. The magazine notes that Ukraine cannot claim…
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The selection process for a new chief executive in Hong Kong is a source of grave concern and underscores wider worries about fundamental freedoms there, a Group of Seven statement said on Monday, prompting a rebuke from China. Hong…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the Asian nation’s rights record. “We…
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Tunisia’s main journalism union said anti-terrorism police detained a radio reporter on Friday for refusing to reveal his sources on a story about militants, describing the decision as a new attempt to undermine press freedom. Amira…
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All sides in the deepening conflict in northern Ethiopia are committing severe human rights violations and should pull back from their year-old war, the UN said. An estimated 5,000 to 7,000 people are detained, including nine UN staff,…
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Amnesty International has called on Iran to release a human rights activist arrested by security services during a memorial service. Narges Mohammadi, vice president of the Centre for Human Rights Defenders in Iran, was detained on Nov.…
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The Taliban struck several journalists to prevent media coverage of a women’s rights protest in Kabul on Thursday. A group of about 20 women marched from near the ministry of education to the ministry of finance in the Afghan capital.…
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Angelina Jolie feels "inspired" by young people who are fighting for their human rights. The Oscar-winning actress has taken to Instagram to discuss her new book, 'Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth', which focuses on…
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