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China rejects UN recommendations on human rights, ignites criticism
This rejection, announced on June 11, 2024, in response to the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) co…
ANI
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Japan has ordered its residents to laugh at least once a day; the opposition thinks its human rights violation
This unusual ordinance, enacted last week, is based on a Yamagata University study that suggests la…
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These 11 senators supported Bernie Sanders's resolution to force a State Department report on Israeli human rights violations in Gaza
While the effort failed, it's an indicator of where senators stand on Israel's military campaign in…
Bryan Metzger
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Manipur video: Supreme Court calls it grossest of Constitutional, human rights violation; asks Centre, state to act immediately
Taking cognisance of a viral video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur, a bench headed by C…
PTI
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Russia says it will partially restrict access to Facebook, accusing it of censorship and human rights violations
Russia's communications regulator is cutting off Facebook after it says the network restricted four…
Katie Canales
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UN sets up independent commission to investigate possible human rights violations by Russia against Ukrainians
A UN-approved resolution called on Russia to "end its human rights violations and abuses and violat…
Jake Epstein
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Ilhan Omar calls for Israel to be held accountable for 'human rights violations' over killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
The Biden administration condemned Akleh's killing and called for an investigation, without explici…
Oma Seddiq,John Haltiwanger
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China says the US and its allies must be held accountable for human rights violations in Afghanistan
China said on Tuesday that the US and its allies caused "great suffering" in Afghanistan while "und…
Matthew Loh
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UN report: San Francisco's 'cruel and inhuman' homelessness crisis is a human rights violation
These harrowing conditions prompted her to group San Francisco alongside cities like Mumbai and Del…
Aria Bendix
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UN expert: San Francisco's homelessness crisis is a human rights violation and suggests 'a cruelty that is unsurpassed'
For Farha, these resources include taxes like Proposition C that go toward identifying and addressi…
Aria Bendix
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An elite military unit is accused of human rights violations by brutally torturing Iraqis
Footage of the alleged torture depicts a man suspended from the ceiling - hanging just from his han…
David Choi
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A Fox News anchor argued with Trump about Kim Jong Un's human-rights violations while Trump praised his leadership
In the weeks leading up to the Trump-Kim summit, the North Korean leader held a face-to-face meetin…
David Choi
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A UN expert said San Francisco's homelessness crisis is a human rights violation. Here's why she's in favor of the controversial 'homeless tax' that billionaires are fighting over.
If Prop C is passed on Tuesday, it would raise taxes on gross annual receipts - or total income, be…
Aria Bendix
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Dirty laundry? Major clothing companies like Zara and H&M under scrutiny for allegedly fuelling deforestation in Brazil
Earthsight traced the journey of 816,000 tons of cotton from Brazil to major fashion brands. This c…
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Ukraine's Azov Brigade, a unit with a controversial past, can now use American weapons to fight the Russians
Azov emerged as a heroic unit after Mariupol, but its problematic past has left it unable to use US…
Ella Sherman
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US set to sanction an entire IDF battalion with a history of alleged human rights abuses on the West Bank, report says
The US could sanction an entire IDF unit for the first time following allegations of the Netzah Yeh…
Rebecca Rommen
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Terrorist attacks are on the rise in Russia as Putin remains 'distracted' by war in Ukraine
On Sunday evening, gunmen attacked two Orthodox churches and two synagogues in Russia's Dagestan re…
Cameron Manley
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Neom's push for foreign investment is getting trickier after allegations of Saudi brutality
Reports that Saudi officials were given license to use lethal force are overshadowing a UK trade de…
Tom Porter
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Russia's pulling combat forces from another continent to fuel its latest offensive push in Ukraine, Western intel says
Russia has deployed units from its Africa Corps, which consists of former Wagner Group mercenaries,…
Jake Epstein
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I was naïve when I moved to London for a better life. It's been difficult and lonely, but I'm not giving up.
Jerry Chiemeke has struggled to find permanent work in the UK, but doesn't want to return to Nigeri…