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Cambodia officials point fingers of defamation as new lawsuit against leading rights activist is filed
Lawyers for Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party filed a lawsuit Monday at the order of the party’s leader, former Prime ...
France’s National Assembly votes on enshrining women’s rights to abortion in French Constitution
PARIS: France’s National Assembly takes up a bill Tuesday meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the ...
Alabama execution ‘may amount to torture’: UN rights chief
WASHINGTON: The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, the first ...
Rights group reports more arrests as Belarus intensifies crackdown on dissent
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A rights group on Thursday reported dozens more home raids and arrests across Belarus in the ...
Western countries press China on minority rights issues
Western countries used a U.N.-backed review of China’s human rights record on Tuesday to press for more freedom of expression ...
Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the UN in Geneva
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia had its record on human rights including freedoms for women, prosecutions for freedom of speech, use of ...