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Detained Uyghurs in Thailand allegedly forbidden contact with relatives, lawyers and subjected to ‘different standard of care than other detainees’

The president-elect could spark tension between the culturally open cities staging events and a national government promoting insularity

The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing, says climate crisis campaigner Greta Thunberg

Governments are gathering in Azerbaijan on Monday for talks on the climate that will test wealthy nations' commitment to funding poorer ones bearing the brunt of global warming. But concerns over Baku's human rights record and deep ties to fossil fuels have cast a heavy shadow over the UN’s crucial…