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Cuba thaw: is trade taking precedence over human rights?

The EU and Cuba have accelerated talks to normalise relations. The US is also ending decades of estrangement as Cuba’s Communist regime allows

China

China releases women's rights activists, with conditions attached

In an unexpected move, China has released five women’s rights activists, who had been detained for more than a month on charges of “picking quarrels

USA

Mother of accused 'killer cop' Michael Slager speaks out

The mother of the white police officer charged with murdering Walter Scott, a black father-of-four, last week has spoken about the tragedy. Michael

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Culture news

The youth solutions: sharing ideas, changing the world

Young activists from around the world are coming together to share knowledge and ideas they can take home and use to improve their own communities.

Denmark

Swedish artist Lars Vilks receives free speech award

Swedish artist Lars Vilks has reappeared in public for the first time since narrowly avoiding death in the Copenhagen killings last month. He was

Ukraine

People of Mariupol make chain of hope and call for peace

Protesters formed a human chain around the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday to demonstrate against what they called

Cinema

Geneva human rights film festival a success, says director

The International Film and Forum For Human Rights has come to a close in Geneva. This year’s edition featured more than 40 movies including 8

Turkey

Jailing sex offenders is not sufficient, says Turkish law professor

As campaigners mark International Women’s Day, euronews has been discussing violence against women and punishments for perpetrators with Ahmet Caner

USA

"Our march is not yet finished," President Obama commemorates Selma 50 years on

On the 50th anniversary of the Selma marches, President Obama said America's racial history still casts a long shadow.

USA

US police kill unarmed black teen

Police in the American state of Wisconsin shot dead an apparently unarmed African American teenager on Friday, leading to protests at the site of the

Syria

Syria: Civilians pay heavy price amid fierce fighting for Aleppo

The battle for Aleppo is raging and civilians are paying the price. Reports say at least 22 have been killed in a government barrel bomb attack as

France

France rapped by Europe human rights body on child smacking

France has been criticised by Europe’s leading human rights body for failing to impose a clear ban on slapping children. The Council of Europe in

France

Council of Europe 'set to rebuke France' for failing to ban smacking

Europe's leading human rights watchdog is set to criticise France for its failure to explicitly ban smacking, according to press reports.

Syria

Prayers in Syria as fears grow for 200 Christians held captive by ISIL

As fears grow for an estimated 200 Assyrian Christians still in the hands of ISIL after mass abductions in northeast Syria last week, worshippers

World News

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China

Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for abusing Indonesian maid

A Hong Kong mother of two who abused her maids has been jailed for six years in a case which highlighted the widespread abuse of migrant workers

Iraq

Human Rights Watch warns Kurds using success against IS to extend territory

Kurdish Peshmurga fighters may be restoring peace in northern Iraq, but not everyone in the villages they are are liberating from Islamic militants

World News

Amnesty report blasts UN, governments for not doing protective duty

“2014 was a catastrophic year for millions caught up in violence,” according to Amnesty International in its annual report on human rights. It

United Kingdom

Amnesty calls on permanent members of UN Security Council to lose their veto

It is one of the worst refugee crisis in the world with the numbers topping 50 million for the first time since World War Two caused by a year of