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The latest cohort of countries to be elected onto the Council includes the Philippines, Bahrain, Eritrea and Cameroon, drawing condemnation from Human Rights Watch.
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Hungary says it will seek legal ways to challenge a European Parliament vote to start Article 7 proceedings against the country.
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Hungarian authorities have stopped distributing food to rejected asylum seekers held in transit zones, according to Human Rights Watch.
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Team Egypt's Salah poses with Chechen leader ahead of World Cup
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Human Rights Watch praises France under Macron for tackling xenophobia, but blasts Austria and the Netherlands for pandering to populists.
Rights group says Turkish police use torture
Human Rights Watch says it has documented several cases of torture and enforced disappearances during the past year in Turkey.
Aung San Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis
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Rights groups condemn 'revenge killings' in liberated Mosul
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Swiss jeweller Chopard pledges commitment to 100% ethical gold
Chopard’s co-president Karl Friedrich Scheufele said the brand wanted to “make a difference to the lives of people who make our business possible.”
South Sudan's human rights situation "amongst the worst on the planet"
Famine has been declared in some areas of South Sudan - the first time such a declaration has been made since 2011. The country has been dogged by civil war, drought and hyperinflation. The situation
Human rights groups slam Philippine's war on drugs
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call for investigations into the extrajudicial police killings of President Duterte's war on drugs