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Amnesty International launches Hong Kong office overseas | Human Rights News
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Amnesty International launches Hong Kong office overseas | Human Rights News

Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas will be led by Hong Kong activists operating from different countries. Amnesty International has relaunched its Hong Kong...

Attacks in Sudan’s Darfur kill at least 300 as grim anniversary passes: UN | Human Rights News
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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 Sudan’s Darfur over...

It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM | Women’s Rights
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It is time Liberia enacts legislation banning FGM | Women’s Rights

In 2022, the National Council of Chiefs and Elders of Liberia (NACCEL) announced a three-year moratorium on female genital mutilation (FGM). A year...

UN slams Myanmar’s ruling military for breaching truce amid quake recovery | Human Rights News
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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 them after the...

US Supreme Court orders return of migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador | Human Rights News
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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 Court has ordered...

Palestinian Ahmad Manasra released from Israeli prison after nine years | Human Rights News
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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 for allegedly taking...

Tunisia mass trial highlights opposition crackdown, weakening of judiciary | Human Rights News
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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 nail in the...

The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny | Women’s Rights
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The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny | Women’s Rights

“My daughter is being gang raped and sold to countless men.” These were the words, spoken by a heartbroken mother, that first alerted...

Jailed Tunisian opposition figure Jaouhar Ben Mbarek goes on hunger strike | Human Rights News
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Jailed Tunisian opposition figure Jaouhar Ben Mbarek goes on hunger strike | Human Rights News

Ben Mbarek, along with about 40 other critics of the president, is being tried on state conspiracy charges. A jailed Tunisian opposition activist...