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Iranian Leaders Should Call Off Their Campaign of Repression
The death of Mahsa Amini has outraged citizens throughout Iran, setting off a protest wave. IGC If it wishes for…
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China has been dealt a damning UN report on its alleged human rights abuses. Here’s why this Uyghur is angry
The United Nations has released scathing findings of China’s serious human rights violations in Xinjiang. But a Uyghur-Australian is furious…
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Remember the Greek Cypriots Who Were Murdered for Protesting the Turkish Occupation
Twenty-six years ago, this month, two brave Greek Cypriots, Tassos Isaak, 24, and Solomos Solomou, 26, who wanted their country…
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A Way Out of the Iraqi Impasse
The standoff need not turn violent, if the country’s leaders can shift to dialogue with support from foreign partners. Lahib…
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Traumatising treatment of Rwanda detainees akin to torture, say human rights lawyers
Asylum-seekers who had been due to be deported to the east African country on Tuesday night were put in restraints,…
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Opinion: Anti-Islam remarks put pressure on India’s Modi
In March 2016 at the inauguration of the World Sufi Forum Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed delegates to “the…
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Kenya petitions royal family for reparations over colonial atrocities as government declines meeting
More than 100,000 citizens of Kenya have petitioned the British royal family for an apology and reparations following “brutal” atrocities committed during the colonial period. Nadine White Independent The…
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It’s time to make amends for the crimes of the empire
Britain’s public apology and reparations to Kenya’s Kipsigis and Talai victims is long overdue. It is vital that we keep…
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Why British royals face simmering resentment in Caribbean
People here pride themselves on the welcome offered to visitors – tourism is the country’s mainstay after all. But behind…
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Sri Lanka’s Economic Meltdown Triggers Popular Uprising and Political Turmoil
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Alan Keenan analyses the implications of the crisis, which could have lasting political and…
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Is Nonviolent Resistance Against the Taliban Possible?
It is a dark age for Afghanistan. Omar Sadr The National Interest The reemergence of the Taliban twenty years after…
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UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists
More than 100 journalists, politicians and campaigners have signed an open letter warning that the UK’s freedom of information (FoI)…
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Dam fight pits city water against fish habitat
(CN) — Santa Maria is a modestly sized town in south San Luis Obispo County known for its resplendent wineries…
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Ecuador: Investigate Police Abuse During Women’s Day Marches
(New York) – Ecuadorean police responded to peaceful demonstrations commemorating International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, with excessive force, including striking…
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Fires and clashes break out at New Zealand parliament as police move in to clear protest
Fires burned across parliament grounds, and violent clashes broke out between protesters and police at an anti-vaccine mandate demonstration on…
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Allow UN human rights chief to visit Xinjiang, Antonio Guterres tells China
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to…
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