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Uganda struggling with refugees influx

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Venezuelan opposition leader: 'They're torturing me'

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Chile asks for forgiveness from indigenous Mapuche people

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Court slams Russian gay law

Russian gay law "discriminatory"

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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.

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Argentina protests against law helping human rights criminals

Tens of thousands protested in Buenos Aires against a Supreme Court ruling that could have led to the early release from jail of those convicted of human rights abuses during the military…

Argentina

People power: Argentina blocks early release for human rights criminals

Under pressure from the street, Congress stopped a ruling from applying to dictatorship-era human rights offenders.

Bahrain

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Gaza

Israel accuses Barghouti of breaking hunger strike

Israel claims Barghouti has broken his hunger strike

Russia

Russia: thousands of protesters mark anniversary of Bolotnaya Square crackdown

Thousands of opposition activists have taken part in an authorised rally in Moscow to mark the five year anniversary since the Bolotnaya Square protest.

Hungary

No nationality: Europe is urged to stop locking up the stateless

With an estimated ten million people worldwide thought to be stateless, Europe is being urged to end arbitrary detentions and protect those with nowhere to call…