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Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited
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Human rights groups urge Polish PM to shelve plan to suspend right to asylum
More than 60 NGOs including Holocaust memorial group tell Donald Tusk region’s volatility ‘doesn’t exempt us from humanity’. Human rights organisations and a Holocaust memorial group have urged the ...3 days ago -
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Israel ‘starting to implement’ north Gaza starvation plan, say rights groups
‘Generals’ Plan’ calls for closed military zone and evacuation, with those remaining treated as combatants and denied aid3 days ago - Israel -
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Activist Paul Watson asks France for political asylum to avoid possible extradition to Japan
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, known for his decades-long fight against Japanese whaling and arrested in Greenland in July, has asked France’s president for political asylumYesterday -
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LVMH executive says it would be a mistake to offer more affordable products. Here’s why he’s right.
The comments come as the French luxury brand saw a 3% sales decline this quarter.18 hours ago -
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Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay and women's rights activist, dies at 86
Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter has died, according to a family representative. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama signed into law as president in 2009.3 days ago -
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Germany urges rapid EU reform as Poland moves to suspend asylum right
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David Lammy urged to raise human rights concerns on China trip
Exclusive: Group of UK MPs says foreign secretary must ‘engage with China as it really is’ amid rapprochement drive. David Lammy must “engage with China as it really is under the leadership of Xi ...2 days ago - China -
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A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say
A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison2 days ago
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Gaza Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza has killed 15
Gaza Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza has killed 1522 hours ago - Israel -
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2 still missing from migrant boat that sank south of Greece
Greece's Coast Guard says that rescuers are still searching the Mediterranean Sea near Greece’s southernmost island for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sank22 hours ago -
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European Central Bank cuts its main interest rate by a quarter-point to 3.25% as inflation falls below its target
European Central Bank cuts its main interest rate by a quarter-point to 3.25% as inflation falls below its target21 hours ago -
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Central Beirut building that houses Al Jazeera offices and Norwegian Embassy is evacuated after a warning
Central Beirut building that houses Al Jazeera offices and Norwegian Embassy is evacuated after a warning21 hours ago -
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Middle East latest: Hezbollah says its war with Israel is entering a new phase
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region continued to reckon with Israel’s claim that top Hamas leader ...11 minutes ago - Israel