Human Rights Watch urges Morocco not to extradite Saudi Shi’ite
A human rights watchdog called on Morocco not to extradite a Shi’ite Muslim to his homeland of Saudi Arabia, citing
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“Qatar detains, mistreats LGBT people ahead of World Cup”
SECURITY forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said
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Malian and foreign soldiers believed to have killed hundreds in town siege, Human Rights Watch says
MALIAN troops and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in
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Tortured in Uganda: “My flesh was burning”
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA RONALD SSEGAWA said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last year, burned him and
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Mali to suspend French broadcasters France 24 and RFI
MALI will suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24 in an unprecedented clampdown on foreign
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Uganda recognizes pregnant teens’ right to education, but religion, stigma lock out most
WAMBI MICHAEL WHEN schools reopened in Uganda in January, Atim’s baby was 3 months old. The 17-year-old wished to go
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As Taliban threats grow, LGBT+ Afghans struggle for work and food
ANNIE BANERJI LGBT+ Afghans face increasing threats and violence five months since the Taliban seized power, with many forced into
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Wave of abuses against Tigrayans reported
ARMED forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western
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Qataris vote in country’s first legislative elections
ANDREW MILLS and LISA BARRINGTON QATARIS have begun voting in the Gulf Arab state’s first legislative elections for two-thirds of
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How Chadians torture victims faced ex-president
RICCI SHRYOCK CLEMENT Abaifouta, 55, has been waiting nearly 25 years to put one question to Hissène Habré, the former
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