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Under the new legislation, abusers exhibiting “coercive or controlling” behavior can face a fine and up to five years in prison. However, the law...
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One of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers was handed a suspended three-year prison term on Tuesday, his lawyer said, in the latest clampdown...
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Two top Serbian officials in Slobodan Milosevic’s regime pleaded not guilty before the Yugoslav war crimes court Friday after the tribunal ordered their retrial...
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The proposal was earlier passed as part of another law in May this year but was annulled by France’s constitutional court due to procedural...
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The United Nations’ top human rights official praised Mongolia Wednesday for abolishing the death penalty, after the sparsely populated Asian country approved a new...
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The International Criminal Court staved off a veiled African-led threat to quit the world’s only permanent war crimes court, but experts say that has...
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Switzerland’s Italian-speaking region has moved a step closer to banning the full-face Muslim veil, after its parliament gave the proposed law the thumbs-up this...
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A lawsuit over climate change filed by 21 young Americans has gained the attention of the fossil fuel industry, which is joining the US...
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Moscow has warned Twitter that it must store Russian users’ personal data in Russia, under a new law, the national communications watchdog told AFP...
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Russian photographer Alexander Rumyantsev never thought he was meddling in politics when he staged an art festival with funding from the US government —...