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Global rights are in jeopardy, Amnesty warns in annual report

LONDON, ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as governments focus more on short-term national self interests and implement security crackdowns, Amnesty International warns in it’s annual report released on Wednesday (February 24). The State of the World’s Human Rights said there had been a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights. “The system to protect human rights is itself under threat and needs protection. The system […]

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Refugees say police blocking their way as they head for Budapest

HUNGARY, September 8 (Reuters) — Migrants and refugees walking through Hungary complained on Monday (September 7) that police were preventing them from making their way to Budapest. The police initially escorted the group, who were heading to the Hungarian capital after leaving a migrant camp on the border. At Roszke, on Hungary’s frontier with Serbia, around 300 migrants broke through a cordon around a reception camp and set off down the wrong side of the […]

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Weary and cold, migrants sleep in open air in Hungary

SEPTEMBER 7 (Reuters) — Several hundred migrants woke up in a Hungarian field near the border with Serbia on Monday (September 7) morning, after spending a cold night in the open air. After walking across the border on Sunday (September 6) afternoon, some 500 people, mostly Syrians, were forced to camp out in an open field at temperatures of 8 degrees Celsius, as nearby transit camps were overcrowded with migrants. The field, designated as a […]

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