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UN Experts: Iran Has Executed Over 400 This Year

UN Experts: Iran Has Executed Over 400 This Year

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More than 400 people have been executed in Iran this year, according to a group consisting of eleven independent UN experts.

War on women in Mexico City's subway

War on women in Mexico City's subway

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Sexual assaults, harassment – even rapes and kidnappings. Mexico City's subway is called a "ground zero" for men's violence against women

Testimony from China: Woke up chained – without organs

Testimony from China: Woke up chained – without organs

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He was subjected to torture, forced labor, medical testing, and operations in Chinese captivity – and survived. Now, Cheng Pei Ming's body is said to be the first concrete evidence of what the regime in Beijing has been accused of for years: state-sanctioned forced harvesting of organs from living inmates

Environmental Organizations Sue Finnish Government

Environmental Organizations Sue Finnish Government

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Charismatic Profile Banned from Politics in Thailand

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Thailand's Constitutional Court dissolves the country's largest opposition party Kao Klai. The party won a landslide victory in last year's election but was not allowed to take power

Almost 700 arrested after protests in Nigeria

Almost 700 arrested after protests in Nigeria

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Nearly 700 people have been arrested in large protests in Nigeria. The large protests against the government's policy are taking place for the third day in a row

South Korea recognizes same-sex rights

South Korea recognizes same-sex rights

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South Korea's highest court recognized new rights for same-sex couples on Thursday. Now, cohabiting same-sex couples can be registered on the same health insurance in the country

Anger towards Hamas in Gaza: "They are scum"

World News Top News

Anger towards Hamas in Gaza: "They are scum"

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The number of reported dead is approaching 40,000 and hundreds of thousands are threatened by starvation. With large parts of Gaza in ruins, 90 percent of the population has been forced to leave their homes

43 Life Sentences in Emirati "Parody"

43 Life Sentences in Emirati "Parody"

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IS Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

IS Leader's Wife Sentenced to Death in Iraq

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An Iraqi court has sentenced one of the deceased leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's wives to death. According to the court, the woman is an accomplice to crimes committed against Yazidi women who were taken captive by IS

Dramatist and Director Imprisoned in Russia

Entertainment News

Dramatist and Director Imprisoned in Russia

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Used social media – had her ears cut off

Used social media – had her ears cut off

Men who have murdered, raped and assaulted women are going free in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Amnesty. Survivors are said to receive neither protection nor justice

No Conditional Release for Leonard Peltier

No Conditional Release for Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier is not granted parole. The American indigenous activist has spent most of his life in prison since he was convicted of shooting two FBI agents in 1975

Environmental activists in Cambodia sentenced to prison

Environmental activists in Cambodia sentenced to prison

A court in Cambodia has sentenced ten environmental activists to between six and eight years in prison. "Today's decision is yet another crushing blow to Cambodia's civil society", says Amnesty International's Montse Ferrer in a statement

Kenya deploys military against demonstrators

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Kenya deploys military against demonstrators

Police have fired live rounds at demonstrators in Kenya's capital Nairobi. At least five people have been killed and a further number have been injured

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

Business News Top News

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

The Supreme Administrative Court approves the government's controversial decision to permit the mining plans in Kallak in Jokkmokk municipality. The verdict is met with disappointment in several quarters

Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

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Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

Gigantic loudspeakers, K-pop music on USB drives and flyers. Balloons filled with cigarette butts, rubbish and faeces

Anger over Noury's release

Anger over Noury's release

The news that lifer Hamid Noury has been released sparks outrage. We think it's bloody ridiculous, says lawyer Kenneth Lewis, who was a plaintiff's assistant during the trial against Hamid Noury

UN Outrage over Greek Laxity following Migrant Tragedy

UN Outrage over Greek Laxity following Migrant Tragedy

Warning of AI surveillance during the European Championship: "Problematic"

Warning of AI surveillance during the European Championship: "Problematic"

France is stepping up the use of AI surveillance during the European Championship in Paris. Now critics are warning that it opens up for more extensive control

Five years' imprisonment for Chinese MeToo activist

Five years' imprisonment for Chinese MeToo activist

Amnesty critical of hijab ban during the Olympic Games

Amnesty critical of hijab ban during the Olympic Games

Under OS, it will be forbidden for French athletes to wear hijab. Something that human rights organisation Amnesty is strongly critical of

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

He was one of four men who decided who would live and who would die when thousands of political prisoners were executed in Iran in 1988 – an event that was tried in a Swedish court. Now Mostafa Pourmohammadi has been cleared to stand in the Iranian presidential election