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Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the...

Amnesty: Eritrean troops still killing in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrean soldiers remain in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and are killing civilians weeks after Ethiopia said the soldiers would leave, according...

Russia: Feminist activist on trial on pornography charges

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MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday opened the trial of a feminist activist and artist charged with disseminating pornography after she shared artwork...

AP Interview: Human rights champion turns to vaccine equity

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PARIS — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering...

UN rights investigator Agnes Callamard named Amnesty chief

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LONDON — Agnes Callamard, who led a United Nations’ investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has been appointed the new leader...

Denmark becomes latest team to focus attention on Qatar

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HERNING, Denmark — Denmark became the latest European soccer team Sunday using World Cup qualifying games to direct attention to workers’ rights in Qatar,...

Belarus authorities arrest dozens ahead of planned protests

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KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities intensified their crackdown on dissent in Belarus ahead of planned protests against the nation's authoritarian president and detained dozens of...

Rights group: Myanmar military using systematic deadly force

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MANDALAY, Myanmar — Amnesty International accused Myanmar's military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings. ...

Thousands of Ukrainian women march against domestic violence

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KYIV, Ukraine — Thousands of women marched through the center of Ukraine's capital on International Women's Day to draw attention to domestic violence, which...

Ethiopia now calls Axum massacre allegations ‘credible’

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia on Wednesday said it is investigating “credible allegations of atrocities and human rights abuses” in its embattled Tigray region, including...