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Swedish PEN Cancels Protest for Jailed Journalist Joakim Medin

Swedish PEN Cancels Protest for Jailed Journalist Joakim Medin

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Swedish PEN is cancelling the large manifestation that was planned outside the Turkish embassy in support of the imprisoned journalist Joakim Medin. PEN's chairperson Kerstin Almegård cannot however say why

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

Hungary Plans ICC Exit as Netanyahu Visits Budapest

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Hungary is expected to announce that the country is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), reports The Times of Israel. The message is believed to come in connection with war crime accused Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Budapest

China Executes Four Canadians for Drug Offenses, Canada Condemns

China Executes Four Canadians for Drug Offenses, Canada Condemns

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China has executed four Canadian citizens who have been found guilty of drug offenses in the country.

Migrant camps outside the EU - so more can be deported

Migrant camps outside the EU - so more can be deported

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The EU Commission is opening up for "return hubs" where deported migrants are to be gathered in countries outside the EU. "A low point", says human rights organization Amnesty International

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

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A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been victims of crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

Swedish police can nail Assad's torturers

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A landslide of testimonies is expected to come from Syrians in Sweden who have been subjected to crimes in their home country, but who previously did not dare to testify due to fear of the former dictator Bashar al-Assad's reprisals. But even their perpetrators are believed to be here in Sweden

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

Saudi Arabia – from pariah to peacemaker

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Saudi Arabia is washing its image with diplomacy. This week's top meeting on the Ukraine war highlights the dictatorship's striving to become a political power player to be reckoned with

Nigeria's military killed civilians again

Nigeria's military killed civilians again

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A fighter plane has bombed a group of civilians in northern Nigeria. Similar accidents have occurred on several occasions during the recent past

IS executed the men and enslaved the women

IS executed the men and enslaved the women

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Men were massacred, boys were forced to become child soldiers and girls and women were sold as sex slaves. Testimonies from IS atrocities against the Yazidis paint a picture of almost unimaginable brutality

Amnesty criticizes treatment of Sami people

Amnesty criticizes treatment of Sami people

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The green transition's demands on energy and metals threaten the Sami people's living conditions and Swedish decisions trample on Sami rights, according to a new report from Amnesty International.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo takes a seat on the Security Council

The Democratic Republic of the Congo takes a seat on the Security Council

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The UN Security Council meets as early as Sunday about the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The meeting is being brought forward a day due to the acute situation in the country

Palestinian released from prison: Very happy

Palestinian released from prison: Very happy

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On the West Bank, parents, siblings, and friends waited for their loved ones. Joyful scenes unfolded when busloads of former prisoners finally arrived

Female Activist Released from Iranian Prison

Female Activist Released from Iranian Prison

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600 deported to dangerous desert road – criticism of EU

600 deported to dangerous desert road – criticism of EU

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600 Nigerians have been deported from Libya. The group was forced to make a dangerous and traumatic journey through the desert, writes The Guardian

UN: Over 900 Executions in Iran Last Year

UN: Over 900 Executions in Iran Last Year

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Over 900 people are reported to have been executed in Iran last year, among them 40 during a single week in December. The information comes from the UN's human rights chief Volker Türk, who says he is deeply concerned about the development

Migrants who don't leave "are sabotaging the system"

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Migrants who don't leave "are sabotaging the system"

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Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is pushing for return hubs for migrants who do not leave the EU despite rejection. It will reduce the very will to seek asylum altogether, he says to TT in Vienna

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

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Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty, nearly 20 years after the penalty was last carried out in the country.

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

Syrians want to go home – but uncertainty is great

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Hundreds of thousands of Syrians on the run may return home in the coming months, according to the UN. But for this to happen, political stability and reconstruction of the country are required, says Annika Sandlund at UNHCR

Syrian chief responsible for death sentences arrested

Syrian chief responsible for death sentences arrested

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A former officer loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad and who issued death sentences in the notorious Saydnaya prison has been arrested.

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Missing"

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Missing"

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In prisons and morgues, Syrians desperately search for husbands, brothers, and sons. Nameless bodies bear witness to the regime's brutality

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

Investigator: Not seen anything like it since the Nazis

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Tens of thousands of Syrians are believed to have been executed, tortured or starved to death in Assad's regime's notorious prisons. For the relatives, the wait for answers is unbearable

Turkish search effort in notorious prison yields nothing

Turkish search effort in notorious prison yields nothing

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Turkish rescue workers who searched through the notorious Saydnaya prison north of Damascus are ending the search. No prisoners have been found alive

Amnesty: Serbia monitors with spy programs

Amnesty: Serbia monitors with spy programs

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Serbian authorities are using advanced digital surveillance technology to spy on journalists and opposition activists through their mobile phones, according to Amnesty International.

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Disappeared"

"Dark Night Hunt for Syria's Disappeared"

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In prisons and morgues, Syrians desperately search for husbands, brothers, and sons. Nameless bodies bear witness to the regime's brutality