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Sexual assaults at the Darien Gap are so frequent migrants travel with morning-after pills

In the last 18 months, Humans Right Watch reported that almost 700,000 people crossed the Darien Gap; about 65% of them are from Venezuela

Latin Times

How has Italy reduced small boat arrivals by more than 60% in a year – and what is the Albania scheme?

Sir Keir Starmer says he is looking to Italy for answers on how to reduce Channel crossings

The Independent UK

Human Rights Watch calls on Latin America countries to step up aid for Haitian, Venezuelan migrants

The NGO urges governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse "onerous visa requirements" for millions of Haitians and Venezuelans

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DR Congo military court sentences 37 to death in coup trial

The defendants – who also included a Briton, Belgian and Canadian – have five days to appeal the verdict.

Al Jazeera

US greenlights military assistance to Egypt, overruling rights concerns

Biden administration approves $1.3bn in military aid for Egypt, despite reports that rights abuses remain widespread.

Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch Urges Latin America To Improve Migrant Protections

Human Rights Watch report highlights challenges faced by Haitian and Venezuelan migrants in South America, urging Latin American governments to enhance pro...

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Human rights group urges Latin American countries to boost protections for Venezuelans and Haitians

Human Rights Watch is calling on governments in Latin America to improve protection schemes for millions of people from Venezuela and Haiti who have struggled to get work, education and health care in their host countries and are increasingly heading to the United States

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The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic

Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked and turned for help to his foe in the West

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘mostly consulted Rwandan officials’ in asylum plan safety report

Review finds research did not meet ‘minimum standards’ for assessing whether Rwanda was safe place to send people

The Guardian - UK

Kids are digital natives. They have ideas to help protect children from being harmed online

The vast expanse of internet connectivity, online media, social media platforms, gaming platforms, and new forms and uses of artificial intelligence (AI) have opened enormous opportunities for commerce and communication.

The Conversation

Cambodia's leader defends arrests of protesters, claiming they were trying to overthrow government

Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries

The Independent UK

Human Rights Watch Implicates Venezuelan Forces In Protest Killings

Human Rights Watch report reveals Venezuelan security forces' role in post-election killings and repression. International condemnation grows over lack of ...

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Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees' human rights and EU funds paid for it

A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights

The Independent UK

Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say

Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family law

The Independent UK

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France 24

Oppression of Afghan women: 'The world seems to be responding with a shrug,' HRW says

Human rights groups are reacting with fury after a further curtailing of women’s rights in Afghanistan. New laws brought in last month impose severe new restrictions on women that oblige them to not only cover their faces, but also forbid them from raising their voices or reading aloud in public.…

Radio France Internationale

Tunisian opposition candidate arrested amid 'dictatorial' pre-election climate

Five weeks from Tunisia's presidential election, police have arrested one of the few opposition candidates authorised to run against President Kais Saied. It comes amid what civil society groups have denounced as a "dictatorial" political climate ahead of the 6 October polls.

The Independent UK

Will Vladimir Putin be arrested in Mongolia?

Russian leader is making his first visit to an ICC member state since the world court issued a warrant for his arrest – and there are calls for Mongolia to detain him over alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The National (Scotland)

I witnessed an emergency call out on Mediterranean Sea - here's what it was like

MOHAMMAD*, a young Syrian man of 24, climbs the steps of the ship. He has bright and tired eyes, looks around, and after the first few steps on…

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The Independent UK

Bangladesh's government led by Yunus signs UNconvention involving enforced disappearance

An interim government in Bangladesh has signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party

The Guardian - US

Is ‘No tax on tips’ a distraction from the fight to end sub-minimum wages?

Trump and Harris have vowed to ban taxes on tips. Critics say it’s not a solution for service workers’ unlivable wages

Al Jazeera

Palestinian medics taken from Gaza, tortured while detained: Report

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

Radio France Internationale

Dozens of media associations call on EU to suspend treaty with Israel

Some 60 media and rights organisations on Monday urged the European Union to suspend a co-operation accord with Israel and impose sanctions, accusing it of "massacring journalists" in Gaza.

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis banned lessons on racism in Florida public schools. ‘Freedom schools’ fill the gaps

Extracurricular classes teach ‘the majesty and value of Black history’ from the origins of Africa to Jim Crow policies

TechRadar

UN cybercrime convention inadequate, says Human Rights Watch

UN treaty falls short when protecting digital freedoms, tech firms and activists say.

The Guardian - AU

Australia and Indonesia to deepen military ties after striking ‘historic’ security pact

Anthony Albanese and Prabowo Subianto announce conclusion of treaty negotiations but reporters weren’t able to ask questions about new deal

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