Iraqi female TikTok star shot dead: officials
BAGHDAD, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - A gunman on a motorbike shot dead a well-known Iraqi social media influencer known…
2 years ago
Rights
Navalny ‘disappearance’ alarms UN expert
GENEVA, Dec 18, 2023 (AFP) - A United Nations rights expert said Monday that the "enforced disappearance" of Russian opposition…
3 years ago
Myanmar nationals ask Philippines to probe alleged war crimes
MANILA, Oct 25, 2023 (AFP) - Five Myanmar nationals asked the Philippines on Wednesday to investigate alleged war crimes committed…
3 years ago
Hong Kong’s new national security laws could target “soft resistance”
By Xinqi SU and Holmes CHAN HONG KONG, Oct 25, 2023 (AFP) - Hong Kong leader John Lee used his…
3 years ago
Teen girl in coma after Iran metro assault: rights group
By Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - An Iranian girl aged 16 has been left in a coma…
3 years ago
UN concerned about arrests of environmental activists in Vietnam
(UN GENEVA, Switzerland) The UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, Jeremy Laurence, has voiced deep concerns regarding the arrest, detention, and…
3 years ago
Hong Kong police step up surveillance to ‘tame’ activists
By Xinqi SU HONG KONG, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) - Hong Kong unionist Joe Wong had applied for permission to…
3 years ago
Myanmar junta ramped up mass killings, air strikes: UN rights office
BANGKOK, Thailand, Sept 26, 2023 (AFP) - Myanmar's military escalated its use of mass killings, air and artillery strikes…
3 years ago
Trial begins for Chinese #MeToo journalist, labour activist
By Rebecca BAILEY A Chinese journalist who popularised the country's stalled #MeToo movement and a labour activist were due to…
3 years ago
UN warns thousands trafficked into online crime in SE Asia
GENEVA, Aug 29, 2023 (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people are being coerced in Southeast Asia by criminal gangs…
3 years ago
Wanted Hong Kong activists in Britain decry ‘harassment’
LONDON, Aug 22, 2023 (AFP) - A heightened fear for their safety, increased worry for their families, and a desperate…
3 years ago
Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants: HRW
LONDON, Aug 21, 2023 (AFP) - Saudi border guards fired "like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross into the…
3 years ago
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