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There’s a ‘strange backsliding’ on human rights: Council of Europe chief Berset

A crackdown on demonstrators in Turkey, the detention of the mayor of Istanbul and a clampdown on pro-EU protesters in Georgia – there is currently no shortage of challenges to the Council…

1 month ago

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Amnesty International issues travel warning for US

The human rights organization warns gun violence has led to a "human rights crisis" in the US. The killings of 31 people in attacks at the weekend have renewed pressure on President…

6 years ago

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Militias chase migrants in the US

Jim Benvie is the leader of a controversial armed vigilante group in the US. Heavily-armed members of this group go out every night to find and detain people crossing the border. Human…

6 years ago

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‘Locked up in hell:’ China’s forced disappearances

Since 2017, Chinese authorities have taken human rights lawyers, activists and writers to secret detention centers were deprived of freedom and dignity, they are expected to confess to crimes.…

6 years ago

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Indigenous Australians challenge government over climate at UN

In the first case of its kind, an indigenous group is accusing the Australian government of violating their human rights by not taking action on climate change. They say their culture and…

6 years ago

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UN’s Bachelet warns Cameroon risks further descent into violence

Cameroon may fall further into violence if the government does not stop hate speech by politicians and heavy-handed tactics by security forces, the U.N. human rights chief said on Wednesday.…

6 years ago

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Russian lawmakers to vote on Council of Europe boycott

The Russian parliament is set to vote on sending representatives back to the Council of Europe and resuming funding of the organization. Human rights advocates fear Moscow may leave the organization completely.…

6 years ago

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Challenge extremists instead of staying silent

We're living in an area of extremist groups that dislike diversity, pluralism, human rights and equality, the head of a British commission countering extremism told DW. And it's not going to get…

6 years ago

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Death toll in Syria falls in 2018

The Syrian Observatory on Human Rights has said 20,000 people were killed this year in Syria's civil war. It's a record low in a conflict that has already claimed half a million…

6 years ago

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Russian government withholds funding for prominent NGO

"For Human Rights," an NGO led by Lev Ponomaryov, is fighting to keep afloat. The NGO advises relatives of young people accused of being extremists under vague anti-extremism legislation that has left…

7 years ago

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Pakistan military accused of interfering ahead of vote

Human rights campaigners in Pakistan accuse the military of interfering to favor Imran Khan over Nawaz Sharif in the upcoming election. Many journalists say they have suffered intimidation for their reporting.…

7 years ago

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human rights - Page 3

There’s a ‘strange backsliding’ on human rights: Council of Europe chief Berset

Amnesty International issues travel warning for US

Militias chase migrants in the US

‘Locked up in hell:’ China’s forced disappearances

Indigenous Australians challenge government over climate at UN

UN’s Bachelet warns Cameroon risks further descent into violence

Russian lawmakers to vote on Council of Europe boycott

Challenge extremists instead of staying silent

Death toll in Syria falls in 2018

Russian government withholds funding for prominent NGO

Pakistan military accused of interfering ahead of vote

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