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Greta stands with Sami and Navalny on trial again: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Mexico Continue readi…
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Home Office tells Afghan and Yemeni asylum seekers they can return safely
Rejection of men’s claims was against UK guidance not to force returns to Afghanistan and YemenThe Home Office…
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Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
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The disappeared in Mexico, Afghan female footballers and a giant puppet: human rights this fortnight in pictures
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Marches in Minsk and Pegasus protests: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
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New Zealand agrees to repatriate suspected Isis member who grew up in Australia
Jacinda Ardern said it was the ‘right step’ to allow return of woman and her children from TurkeyNew Zealand h…
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Syria’s President Assad sworn in for fourth term with 95% of vote
Inauguration follows election dismissed by US, UK and other countries as ‘neither free nor fair’President Bash…
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Spain urged to act over ‘shameful’ toll of migrants dying en route to country
‘Catastrophic’ year at Spanish borders with 2,087 dead or missing on sea crossings in six months to JuneSpain …
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UK aid cut behind $284m fall in global humanitarian spending
Estimated UK cut of $900m offsets increases by other nations, according to annual Global Humanitarian Assistan…
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Climate disasters ‘caused more internal displacement than war’ in 2020
Refugee organisation says 30m new displacements last year were due to floods, storms or wildfiresIntense storm…
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Is Myanmar the new Syria? Rising violence threatens a repeat tragedy
As ethnic militias back the popular uprising and refugees flee the country, the similarities with Syria are de…
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Hong Kong activists and plight of the Uighurs: human rights this week in photos
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‘Falling off a cliff’: pandemic crippling world’s most fragile states, finds report
The world’s poorest are becoming poorer as the impact of Covid compounds existing crises, says Disaster Emerge…
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Wealthy nations urged to give portion of Covid vaccine as ‘humanitarian buffer’
Stockpile sought for use in rebel-held territories, asylum camps and for others unlikely to receive vaccinatio…
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of rocket attack
At least one person killed in Ganja incident, as former Soviet republics move closer to war Fighting between A…