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Gambia MPs Uphold Ban On Female Genital Mutilation

Gambian lawmakers voted on Monday to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure.

International Business Times

Pakistani midwives on the frontline of climate change

As Pakistan confronts a series of crippling heatwaves, it is pregnant women and newborns who suffer the most. As a result, its midwives have found themselves on the frontline of climate change. Also, as Saudi Arabia declares rights for women in the country has improved considerably, one activist who promoted…

France 24

Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say

Surgeons who worked in European and al-Aqsa hospitals describe extensive wounds caused by ‘fragmentation’ shrapnel experts say is designed to maximize casualties

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Dozens of people are sentenced to life in prison in a mass trial in the UAE criticized abroad

A mass trial in the United Arab Emirates of dissidents that was widely criticized abroad has sentenced 43 people to life in prison, while others received other prison terms

The Independent UK

Big Brother is watching you! India's CCTV boom

In 2019, India's Hindu nationalist government was accused of surveilling its activists, scholars, journalists and politicians. A recent report released by a UK-based cyber security and privacy research firm, Comparitech, concluded that several Indian cities top the list of the most surveilled cities worldwide. According to Amnesty International, India's tech…

France 24

Cambodia jails 10 environmentalists in ‘crushing blow to civil society’

Activists from the award-winning Mother Nature found guilty on charges of plotting against government

The Guardian - UK

I endured Evin, Iran’s most notorious jail. I can’t understand how Sweden can leave its citizen to die there

I’m overjoyed two Swedes were released as part of a swap deal – but to leave another behind on death row is unconscionable, says businessman and former hostage Siamak Namazi

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Lawyer and activist Hayriye Kara on Turkey's crackdown on LGBT rights

A Turkish activist and lawyer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her joy at being able to take part in France's Gay Pride parade in Paris this coming Saturday. She admitted, however, that her thoughts will be with members of her own LGBT community back home in Turkey, who hope…

France 24

Protests In Kenya Over Tax Hikes Lead To Arrests

Protests in Kenya over tax hikes lead to arrests and government amendments, sparking criticism from civil society groups and Amnesty International.

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British man ‘tortured by Qatari authorities after arrest in Grindr set-up faces deportation without justice’

Amnesty believes Qatar is using Manuel Guerrero Aviña’s case to criminalise LGBT+ people as his brother tells of family’s fight for justice

The Independent UK

EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’

Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports

The Guardian - UK

Moroccan authorities pushed asylum seekers into ‘death trap’, NGO claims

Border Forensics say dozens of deaths in 2022 at EU’s Melilla border was result of antagonistic security policy

The Guardian - UK

System of a Down’s Serj Tankian doesn’t ‘respect Imagine Dragons as human beings’ after controversial gig

Pop-rockers Imagine Dragons performed in Baku last year dispite the pleas of fellow musicians

The Independent UK

DHS Secretary Mayorkas denies increase in CBP One appointments after crackdown on asylum seeking

The official said the government has "limited capacity" to process requests given through the app

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The Independent UK

Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe goes to auction at Christie’s

Some 200 of the designer’s personal clothing collection will be exhibited at the auction house

The Guardian - UK

UK has issued 108 arms export licences to Israel since 7 October

Ministers have rejected calls to suspend arms exports to Israel despite claims they break international humanitarian law

The Independent UK

A report says women were abused in Nigerian military cells after fleeing Boko Haram captivity

Amnesty International says in a new report that dozens of women and young girls have been unlawfully detained and abused in Nigerian military detention facilities after escaping captivity from Boko Haram extremists

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia accused of using forced labour ahead of Fifa World Cup decision

Union’s claim of ‘epidemic of migrant worker abuses’ could force Fifa to reject state as 2034 host if it fails to meet rights obligations

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International Business Times

El Salvador's 'All-powerful' Bukele Starts Second Term

El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele will be sworn in for a second term Saturday, more popular -- and more powerful -- than ever.

France 24

'Hong Kong 47' trial: What's left of the pro-democracy movement?

Fourteen prominent pro-democracy activists have been found guilty in a landmark subversion trial in Hong Kong. They were among the 47 opposition figures arrested under the Beijing-imposed National Security Law and charged with trying to overthrow the government by organising an unofficial primary for the 2020 legislative election. While Beijing…

Radio France Internationale

Global executions at highest level in almost a decade, says Amnesty

Executions soared to their highest level in almost a decade in 2023, the rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty.

France 24

Executions worldwide rose last year to the highest number since 2015: Amnesty International

The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Executions across the world reach highest number since 2015

China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the United States were the five countries with the highest number of executions

The Independent UK

US ranks in top 5 countries with most executions

Executions were up 33 per cent in the US in 2023

International Business Times

Death Penalty Sought Again For 88-year-old In Japan Murder Saga

Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who was the world's longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014, local media reported.

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