PARIS- 47 days before Samuel Patty was killed in an attack on France, the 47-year-old history teacher was guiding his class through a raucous debate over the limits of free speech. The …
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Several of the 15 countries elected on Tuesday to the United Nations Human Rights Council condemned serious human rights abuses, including China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia and Uzbekistan. big picture: The inter-governmental body …
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The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Yale University on Thursday, alleging that the school violated federal civil rights law by discriminating against Asian-American and white applicants for undergraduate admission. In …
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The most prominent human rights activist in Iran, Narges Mohammadi, has been released from prison after being sentenced. Iran has been hit by a third wave of coronovirus, which has seen a …
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A group of more than 100 Italian women have asked prosecutors to investigate who is behind the burial of the fetus for nearly a decade in tombs marked with their mothers’ names …
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Paramilitary police officers stand during the daily national flag-ceremony at Tianmen Square in Beijing. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg According to a global survey, negative perceptions of …
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According to a comprehensive and damaging new study, thousands of people with mental health conditions in 60 countries are still chained. Human Rights Watch states that men, women, and children – some …
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Less than a month after Chile’s vote to change its Pinoshe-era constitution, police have brutally repressed protesters in the capital city of Santiago. On Friday evening, officials of the Caribbeanrose police force …
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Amnesty linked all government actions to critical reports of the government new Delhi: It ceased operations in India just hours after it was announced by Amnesty International and accused Witch-Hunt of its …
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Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – The Indian Army says its troops exceeded powers under the controversial Armed Forces Special Rights Act (AFSPA) in the killing of three local civilians in southern Indian-administered Kashmir …
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