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Afghan women erased by the Taliban as the international community looks on

The oppression of Afghan women continues unabated before the eyes of the world. The Taliban imposed severe new restrictions earlier this month, with women not only obliged to cover their faces but now forbidden from raising their voices, singing or reading aloud in public. Western countries – led by the…

France 24

Tunisia court allows former minister Znaidi to run for president

Decision could restore momentum to race for October election, toughening the contest for President Kais Saied.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian medics taken from Gaza, tortured while detained: Report

Human Rights Watch reports testimony from Gaza medics held in Israeli prisons.

Al Jazeera

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Tunisia President Replaces Key Ministers In Sweeping Reshuffle

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday replaced various ministers, including from the foreign and defence portfolios, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement posted on Facebook without explanation.

International Business Times

Extremist or mainstream: how do Tim Walz’s policies match up globally?

As Minnesota governor he took action on school meals, climate, family leave, guns and more – how does that compare with other developed countries?

The Guardian - US

A candidate cull ahead of Tunisia’s presidential election

Most prospective candidates saw their names ruled out, with many finding themselves in prison.

Al Jazeera

Taliban celebrates three years since returning to power in Afghanistan

Taliban authorities on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with celebrations and a military parade outside a former US air base near Kabul boasting Soviet-era tanks. The Taliban government has consolidated its grip on the country and imposed strict restrictions on women, a policy…

France 24

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Fears For Women's Rights As Iraqi Bill Resurfaces

Rights advocates are alarmed by a bill introduced to Iraq's parliament that, they fear, would roll back women's rights and increase underage marriage in the deeply patriarchal society.

International Business Times

Tanzania's Maasai relocation scheme slammed in new HRW report

A Human Rights Watch report says Tanzania is forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Maasai from their ancestral lands, claiming that government rangers beat some members of the community with impunity.

Radio France Internationale

Tanzania forcibly relocating Indigenous Maasai: HRW

Seeking to support conservation and tourism, Tanzania has been clearing people from ancestral lands.

Al Jazeera

Cameroon releases activist arrested over TikTok posts, lawyer says

Cameroon on Wednesday provisionally released an activist imprisoned after he posted videos on TikTok urging democratic change ahead of 2025 presidential elections, his lawyer said.

Radio France Internationale

WED PM - Cameroon arrests activist over TikTok posts, says HRW

Cameroon has imprisoned an activist who posted videos on TikTok urging democratic change ahead of 2025 presidential elections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Radio France Internationale

HRW Condemns US' Use Of Solitary Confinement In Immigration Detention Centers

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez said that solitary confinement lasting more than 15 days was a "form of torture."

Latin Times

UK delays decision on banning some arms sales to Israel amid Lebanon crisis

Decision likely to be delayed several weeks, while charities say UK government is facilitating ‘decimation of Gaza’

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Warring parties committing ‘widespread sexual violence’ in Sudan: HRW

Sexual and gender-based violence so severe they led to death, says rights group.

The Guardian - UK

Girls as young as nine gang-raped by paramilitaries in Sudan – report

Human Rights Watch accuses RSF militia of ‘countless’ cases of rape and torture in Khartoum in 15-month civil war

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HRW Report: Hamas Committed War Crimes In October 7 Attack

HRW report exposes war crimes by Hamas-led armed groups in the October 7 attack on Israel, urging accountability and adherence to international humanitaria...

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Hamas rejects HRW accusation of war crimes in October 7 attack

Rights group says in new report Palestinian armed groups committed crimes against humanity in assault in Israel.

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The Independent UK

War crimes committed in 7 October attack by Hamas ‘designed’ to kill civilians, rights group says

Human Rights Watch says slaughter of civilians ‘planned and not isolated acts’ in more than 200-page report

The Independent UK

Global rights group finds Hamas-led militants committed war crimes on Oct. 7

A global human rights group says Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the war in Gaza

The Guardian - US

Thousands of children swept up in El Salvador mass arrests, rights body says

Human Rights Watch says ill-treatment of some minors arbitrarily held in gang crackdown amounts to torture

Reason

How Immigration Law Magnifies the Injustice Inflicted by the War on Drugs

Every year, thousands of U.S. residents are deported for drug-related activity, including minor offenses and conduct that states have legalized.

Latin Times

Repression in Venezuela ramp up as 2024 July election approaches, HRW says

Legal aid organization Foro Penal reported that there have been around 15,700 politically motivated arbitrary arrests in Venezuela during the past decade

The Guardian - AU

Photos of Australian children used in dataset to train AI, human rights group says

Human Rights Watch found links to 190 photos of kids that were scraped off internet without families’ consent

International Business Times

Honduras Far From Dismantling Ex-president's 'Narco-state': Experts

Honduras still has a long way to go to dismantle the "narco-state" that grew under ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, jailed this week for smuggling a deluge of cocaine into the United States, experts told AFP. Hernandez, 55, spent years in positions of power cozying up to kingpins from some of…

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