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Liu Xiaobo 1955-2017: 'I have no enemies'

China's most influential human rights activist and Nobel prizewinner has died of cancer aged 61.

China

Liu Xiaobo : Western medics contradict China

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Dutch MEP report seeks Turkey EU talks suspension

A report by a Dutch MEP has suggested that EU membership talks with Turkey could be suspended.

China

China invites Germany to treat Liu Xiaobo for cancer

China invites Germany to treat Liu Xiaobo for cancer

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Spain

Party and pride on the rainbow streets of Madrid

Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Madrid for WorldPride parade - a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

China

Liu Xiabo freed

China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiabo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.

Uganda

Uganda struggling with refugees influx

Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition leader: 'They're torturing me'

Chile

Chile asks for forgiveness from indigenous Mapuche people

World News

Court slams Russian gay law

Russian gay law "discriminatory"

USA

US student freed from North Korea, in a coma

Otto Warmbier, 22, was medically evacuated to the United States on Tuesday (June 13) evening.

Czech Republic

How sexual assistants are helping disabled Czechs fulfil their ‘right to sex’

“I use touching, hugging and massages to open up my clients’ sexual energy"

Switzerland

US reviews role in UN Human Rights Council

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Tiananmen Square crackdown remembered

Hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets on Sunday (May 28) to demand better human rights in China ahead of the 28th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in…

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Gay rights activists protest ahead of Putin visit

Posing in front of the Eiffel Tower, men kiss and hold a banner reading "Put a stop to homophobia in Chechnya."

France

France extends emergency powers

The terrorist attack in Manchester has prompted the French government to extend the country's state of emergency.

Turkey

Turkey: protests after teachers jailed over anti-purge hunger strike

Lawyers for two Turkish teachers who have been on hunger strike for two months in an anti-government protest said on Monday that they had been detained by…

Philippines

Philippines: Duterte vows to be 'harsh' with martial law in Mindanao

The president of the Philippines has warned he will deal harshly with militants after martial law was declared on the southern Mindanao island.

Sweden

The small Swedish town with a big international Gay Pride appeal

Hundreds of waving rainbow flags and groups of people dancing through the streets to Madonna can mean just one thing: Gay Pride has come to town.

Europe News

Iran at the crossroads in presidential election

Iranians are choosing between the current President Hassan Rohani, with his open door policy, and hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi.