UK clamps down on Chinese surveillance cameras
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- UK government departments were ordered Thursday to stop installing Chinese-made surveillance cameras at "sensitive sites",…
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Rights
Kuwait executes seven people, first since 2017: statement
Kuwait City, Kuwait | AFP | Kuwait put seven people to death for murder on Wednesday, the public prosecutions…
4 years ago
‘Three dead’ as Iran protests swell on anniversary of lethal 2019 crackdown
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Iranian security forces shot dead at least three protesters Tuesday, a rights group said, as demonstrations…
4 years ago
Vietnam struggles to break one of world’s biggest coal addictions
Hanoi, Vietnam | AFP | by Alice PHILIPSON Despite Vietnam's solar boom and ambitious climate targets, the fast-growing economy…
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UN urges Musk to ensure Twitter respects human rights
Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter's new owner Elon Musk…
4 years ago
Rights group says hundreds massacred in Mali by Islamic State jihadists
Niamey, Niger | AFP | Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State group have massacred hundreds of people in…
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Iran security forces ‘open fire’ as thousands mourn Mahsa Amini
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands Wednesday in Mahsa Amini's…
4 years ago
Vietnam’s ‘wave of repression’ threatens climate goals: rights groups
Hanoi, Vietnam | AFP | A "new wave of repression" in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human…
4 years ago
Climate change puts one billion children at ‘extreme risk’: watchdog
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change…
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US citizen jailed in Saudi for tweets on Khashoggi, Yemen: son
Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AFP | A US citizen jailed in Saudi Arabia is being punished for "mild" Twitter…
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Iran vows ‘immediate’ response to new EU sanctions
Tehran, Iran (AFP) -- Iran vowed Monday an "immediate" response to the European Union as it prepares new sanctions on…
4 years ago
Iran’s Raisi condemns ‘chaos’ of protests after Mahsa Amini’s death
by Stuart Williams Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Wednesday the "chaos" sparked by a…
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