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UN General Assembly Approves Volker Türk for Second Four-Year Term

The vote exposes sharp divisions over his outspoken human-rights interventions and raises the prospect that the United States may reassess its UN engagement and funding.

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Taliban Decree Codifies Gendered Penalties, Imposes New Barriers for Abused Women

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Global Tributes Pair With Warnings Over AI Distortion

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Myanmar Rejects Rohingya Genocide Allegations in ICJ Merits Hearing

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Greek Appeals Court Acquits 24 Rescue Volunteers in Lesvos Case

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South Korea Sets 2029 Deadline to End Overseas Adoptions, Puts State in Charge

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KP Chief Minister Launches Protest Over Imran Khan’s Detention, Vows ‘Freedom or Shrouds’

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Belarus Frees 123 Detainees, Including Nobel Laureate, After U.S. Lifts Potash Sanctions

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Human Rights Day Prompts Latin America Stocktake, With Peru’s Social Gaps and Mexico’s Security Strain in Focus

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Russia Declares Human Rights Watch 'Undesirable,' Banning Its Work

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Rights Group Files Paris Complaint Accusing TotalEnergies of Complicity in Mozambique War Crimes

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Amal Clooney Rewears Red Sergio Hudson at Prix Suisse 2025 as She Presses Justice and Press Freedom

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Iran Sets December Deadline for Death-Row Baluch Woman to Pay ‘Blood Money’ to Avoid Execution

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UN Opens Article 34 Review of Mexico's Disappearances as Sheinbaum Disputes State Role

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Afghan Women’s Refugee Team to Debut at FIFA Unites Series in Dubai Oct. 23–29

Human Rights Advocacy

UN General Assembly Approves Volker Türk for Second Four-Year Term

NGO Coalition Says EU Funding Makes It Complicit in Tunisia Migrant Abuses

Myanmar Junta Frees 4,335 Prisoners in New Year Amnesty

North Korea Rejects UN Rights Resolution, Warns Countries That Backed It

UN Warns Taliban Decree Expands Executions and Criminalizes Dissent

France Pulls Back From Ousting UN Rapporteur, Delivers Formal Rebuke in Geneva

Taliban Decree Codifies Gendered Penalties, Imposes New Barriers for Abused Women

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Global Tributes Pair With Warnings Over AI Distortion

Myanmar Rejects Rohingya Genocide Allegations in ICJ Merits Hearing

Greek Appeals Court Acquits 24 Rescue Volunteers in Lesvos Case

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South Korea Sets 2029 Deadline to End Overseas Adoptions, Puts State in Charge

KP Chief Minister Launches Protest Over Imran Khan’s Detention, Vows ‘Freedom or Shrouds’

Belarus Frees 123 Detainees, Including Nobel Laureate, After U.S. Lifts Potash Sanctions

Human Rights Day Prompts Latin America Stocktake, With Peru’s Social Gaps and Mexico’s Security Strain in Focus

Russia Declares Human Rights Watch 'Undesirable,' Banning Its Work

Rights Group Files Paris Complaint Accusing TotalEnergies of Complicity in Mozambique War Crimes

Amal Clooney Rewears Red Sergio Hudson at Prix Suisse 2025 as She Presses Justice and Press Freedom

Iran Sets December Deadline for Death-Row Baluch Woman to Pay ‘Blood Money’ to Avoid Execution

UN Opens Article 34 Review of Mexico's Disappearances as Sheinbaum Disputes State Role

Afghan Women’s Refugee Team to Debut at FIFA Unites Series in Dubai Oct. 23–29

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