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Tunisian court hands opposition figures lengthy jail terms | Human Rights News
Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years. Dozens of…
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Allies say Ghannouchi ‘unjustly’ held, as he marks 2 years in Tunisian jail | Human Rights News
International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party leader. Marking the second anniversary of the…
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‘Conspiracy trial’ restarts: What’s Tunisia’s history with death penalty? | Human Rights News
A mass trial is set to resume in Tunisia of more than 40 people accused of various conspiracies against the…
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Attacks in Sudan’s Darfur kill at least 300 as grim anniversary passes: UN | Human Rights News
At least 300 civilians have been killed in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on refugee camps in…
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UN slams Myanmar’s ruling military for breaching truce amid quake recovery | Human Rights News
The Myanmar army has carried out over 120 attacks after the deadly March 28 earthquake, with more than half of…
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US Supreme Court orders return of migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador | Human Rights News
Lawyer for Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia hails Supreme Court’s order, saying that ‘the rule of law prevailed’. The US Supreme…
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Palestinian Ahmad Manasra released from Israeli prison after nine years | Human Rights News
Ahmad Manasra, 23, has been released after completing nine-and-a-half-year sentence, lawyer says. A Palestinian who was arrested at age 13…
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Tunisia mass trial highlights opposition crackdown, weakening of judiciary | Human Rights News
For detractors of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied, the trial of more than 40 opposition figures is quite clearly a further…
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EU reports surge in human trafficking as female victims outnumber male
ADVERTISEMENT Around 10,793 victims of human trafficking were registered in the EU in 2023, an increase of 6.9% compared with…
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US slaps sanctions on top Chinese, Hong Kong officials for rights abuses | Human Rights News
Secretary of State Rubio says Beijing ‘broke promises’ to Hong Kong residents, depriving them of their freedoms. The United States…
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NGOs criticise Polish asylum law, say human rights are almost non-existent at border
Oxam official: ‘What’s happening at the border is a humanitarian and human rights crisis, and we need to find humanitarian…
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Scientists discover drug that could make human blood deadly to mosquitos in fight against malaria
“One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals and humans…
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Mapping the human toll of the conflict in DR Congo | Interactive News
Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions to flee their homes in Democratic Republic of…
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‘I was a human shield’: What Israeli soldiers did to a Gaza father | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Gaza City – On October 19, hundreds of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza’s Hamad School in Beit Lahiya heard what…
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