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Amnesty International said on Wednesday the Azerbaijan government had barred it from visiting the capital Baku, where the group planned to protest human rights...
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The eldest daughter of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has left Russia, slamming the climate of hatred whipped up by pro-Kremlin propaganda in an...
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Restrictive abortion laws in Ireland are risking the lives of pregnant women, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as it launched a global campaign to encourage...
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Fourteen journalists killed covering the news in 2014 — including two executed by Islamic militants in Syria — were recognized Monday by the Newseum,...
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Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on Monday said her “feminist foreign policy” goals were aimed at obtaining better respect for human rights worldwide. Wallstrom...
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Eritrea’s government is responsible for systematic and widespread human rights abuses on an almost unprecedented scale, driving some 5,000 Eritreans to flee every month,...
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Tens of thousands of revelers thronged Sao Paulo’s main Paulista Avenue thoroughfare on Sunday to cavort at the city’s annual Gay Pride march. Participants...
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Saudi Arabia’s supreme court has upheld a sentence of 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes against blogger Raif Badawi on charges of insulting...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday stepped up his attacks on foreign media a day ahead of legislative elections, telling the Guardian to...
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At least 10 people were injured and 25 arrested in Kiev on Saturday as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay...