UN chief calls on Tunisia to end migrant expulsions
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for Tunisia to stop expelling migrants into desert…
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Rights
US trafficking report highlights forced labor, exploited boys
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2023 (AFP) - The United States on Thursday denounced the scourge of human trafficking, calling out forced…
3 years ago
6,000 Myanmar civilians killed in 20 months post coup: report
OSLO, June 13, 2023 (AFP) - More than 6,000 civilians were killed in Myanmar in the first 20 months after…
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World ‘failing’ to protect civilians in combat zones, UN chief says
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The world is failing to protect civilians as the number of people caught up…
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Leaders of wider Europe unite against Russia
By Marc BURLEIGH Agence France-Presse REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 16, 2023 (AFP) - A year after kicking Russia out of the…
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Press freedoms shrink, journalists targeted: UN and media
By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Press freedom is under attack in every corner of…
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Over a dozen alleged gang members stoned, burned alive in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- More than a dozen suspected gang members were stoned and burned alive on Monday…
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HRW accuses Vietnam of abducting blogger from Thailand
Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Vietnam of kidnapping a blogger critical of the communist government who was living as…
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‘I was born here’: Thousands in limbo in Dominican Republic
by Javier Tovar Agence France-Presse SANTA CRUZ DE EL SEIBO, Dominican Republic (AFP) -- When Andres was 12, his Dominican…
3 years ago
Iran orders arrest of women allegedly attacked for not wearing hijab
Tehran, Iran | AFP | Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of two women, the judiciary said Saturday, after a…
3 years ago
Saudi releases US citizen imprisoned for critical tweets: son
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media…
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Hong Kong rights activist Albert Ho arrested by national security police
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- One of Hong Kong's best-known rights activists was arrested by the city's national security police…
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