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A United Nations human rights expert today signalled concern that efforts to counter “violent extremism” may be construed as the “perfect excuse” for democratic and authoritarian governments to restrict free expression and control access to ...
More dead two hundred and several hundred injured in a week. In Aleppo, Syria’s second city, attacks against civilians are deemed « unacceptable » by the UN Secretary General. Thursday, the bloodiest day, tens of people were ...
« The government was anxious that the experts are leaving the country because they had discovered many things that were hidden. » More than a year and a half after the death of 43 students in Mexico, ...
At least 15 people have been killed and 50 others injured in a car bomb explosion at an army checkpoint to the south of the Syrian capital of Damascus. the car bomb went off near ...
The United Nations torture committee has called on Saudi Arabia to stop physical punishment, including flogging and amputations, in the Persian Gulf kingdom. In its first review of Saudi Arabia since 2002, the committee that ...
Up to 10,000 civilians in Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria, have gone without food and water for more than a week due to ongoing fighting, today warned the United Nations relief agency charged with the ...
Latest figures released by the United Nations show that acts of terrorism and violence left 600 people dead in Afghanistan during the first quarter of the current year as the armed forces continue to battle ...
Interviews with children who have been detained, video footage, and reports from lawyers reveal that Israeli security forces are using unnecessary force in arresting and detaining children, in some cases beating them, and holding them ...
The Secretary General of Amnesty International suggests a rise « deeply worrying » of executions in the world. Death row executions have jumped more than 50% in 2015, reaching their highest level since 1989. In its ...
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