Hongkongers queued at city news stands before dawn on Friday to buy the latest edition of the Apple Daily newspaper, a day after national security police arrested its editor-in-chief and four other directors.

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The UN has called for action after an increase in people fleeing conflict and persecution despite the COVID pandemic. While world leaders urged to step up efforts for peace, stability and cooperation.

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A Swiss court will rule on Friday whether a Liberian rebel commander committed rape, killings and an act of cannibalism in one of the only civil war-era cases from the West African country to ever go to trial.

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Swiss verdict due in Liberia war crimes trial for rape, cannibalism

Judges say state’s failure to meet climate targets breaches civil law and human rights convention

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Belgium’s climate failures violate human rights, court rules

The United Nations' office in Myanmar expressed concern Thursday about escalating human rights abuses after reports this week that a group opposed to the country's ruling military may have executed 25 civilians it captured and that government security forces had burned down a village.

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José Miguel Vivanco, a member of this entity dedicated to the defense, investigation and promotion of human rights, criticized Argentina's abstention from the OAS during the vote against Ortega for detaining political leaders

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Human Rights Watch condemned the Argentine government's vote for Nicaragua: "It's a shame"

By Omar BahThe Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Rights Violations has called on the government to start the process of requesting for the extradition of former president Yahya Jammeh and his cohorts accused of gross human rights violations.

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Security video showing an Indigenous man and his 12-year-old granddaughter being handcuffed in downtown Vancouver more than a year ago has now been made public.

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