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Judge Alla Nazarova attends a hearing in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Nov. 25, 2021.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

Russia's ban on Jehovah's Witnesses has led to raids, arrests and imprisonment. NPR's Scott Simon says that the religion the Russian government calls "extreme" would be better described as "devout."

March 30, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
An SAIC Volkswagen plant is seen in the outskirts of Urumqi in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Thursday, April 22, 2021.

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  • Asia

Rights group warns major carmakers over risk of forced labor in China supply chains

Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report by Human Rights Watch says.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A man walks past an unexploded tail section of a 300mm rocket which appear to contained cluster bombs launched from a BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher embedded in the ground after shelling in Lysychansk, Lugansk region on April 11, 2022.

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  • National Security

The U.S. is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine despite humanitarian warnings

U.S. officials maintained Friday that Ukraine has provided written assurances to minimize civilian casualties with the use of the controversial munitions.

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Washington Desk and
  • Emma Bowman
A "Danger Mines!" sign is pictured in Izium, Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Human Rights Watch urges investigation of alleged use of land mines by Ukraine

Human Rights Watch suggests that Ukraine scattered so-called petal mines in and around the city of Izium. Petal mines are prohibited under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, of which Ukraine is a signatory.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Julian Hayda
Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch.

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  • Education

Harvard restores fellowship for human rights advocate critical of Israeli policies

After outcry, Harvard restores fellowship for leading human rights advocate who criticized Israeli policies.

January 20, 2023
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  • Simone Popperl
A man walks his bike through a parking lot littered with broken glass in Bucha, Ukraine.

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  • Europe

In Bucha, death, devastation and a graveyard of mines

Images of dead civilians in the streets of Bucha shocked the world and intensified concerns of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Officials want more military aid, and bigger consequences for Russia.

April 06, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Local security personnel try to grab a banner from supporters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Thursday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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  • World

Convictions of Cambodian opposition leaders draws criticism from rights groups

Human rights advocates have decried the accusations as "baseless" and say the trial is meant to sideline political opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power for more than 30 years.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Humanitarian organizations say Russian forces are using cluster munitions in their bombing and shelling of Ukraine.

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  • World

Russia is using controversial 'cluster munitions' in Ukraine, humanitarian groups say

Once fired, cluster munitions open in midair and rain down dozens or even hundreds of smaller submunitions, or "bomblets," over a large area the size of one or several football fields.

February 28, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Latin Grammy winner to Cuban leaders: 'We're done with your lies and indoctrination'

Afro-Cuban rapper Yotuel Romero discusses the song that won Song of the Year and inspired protesters in one of the biggest waves of demonstrations in Cuba in decades.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Elisa Baena
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021.

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  • National

The inquiry into border agents on horseback continues. Critics see a 'broken' system

Six weeks ago, DHS promised a quick investigation into images of Border Patrol agents on horses menacing Haitian migrants at the border. Critics say the discipline system needs an overhaul.

November 06, 2021
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By:
  • Joel Rose
People celebrate in the streets with members of Guinea's armed forces after the arrest of Guinea's president, Alpha Conde, in a coup d'etat in Conakry on Sunday.

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  • Africa

Guinea's Military Declared A Coup. What Happens Next Is Uncertain

Members of Guinea's military arrested the country's president Sunday. Col. Mamady Doumbouya, the coup's leader, said he was dissolving the country's constitution and government.

September 06, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Benderev

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