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Aug 14

Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti

By Dánica Coto, Associated Press

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.

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Aug 10

UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Thomas-Greenfield said the council "must address the horrors, the abuses and crimes being perpetrated" by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's regime against its own people as well as the people of Japan and South Korea.

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Jul 28

Senate Democrats urge Biden to withhold $320 million in military aid to Egypt over rights abuses

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Nine senior Senate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders are urging the Biden administration to withhold about a quarter of the United States’ more than $1 billion in annual military aid to Egypt for a third year.

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Jul 11

Human rights court rules in favor of Olympic champion Semenya, testosterone rules may persist

By Gerald Imray, Associated Press

At least three other Olympic medalists have also been impacted by the rules that set limits on the level of natural testosterone female athletes may have if they want to compete.

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Jun 28

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UN report criticizes treatment of inmates at Guantanamo Bay as ‘cruel’ and ‘inhuman’

By Geoff Bennett, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Ali Schmitz

A new U.N. investigation found conditions inside the prison at Guantanamo Bay are cruel and inhuman. Roughly 780 detainees have been held at the detention center since it opened in 2002. Today, 30 remain, 16 of which have been cleared…

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Jun 22

WATCH: Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Modi at White House for state dinner

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Despite deep differences over human rights and India's stance on Russia's war in Ukraine, Biden extended to Modi the administration’s third invitation for a state visit. It included the state dinner, a high diplomatic honor that the U.S. reserves for its closest allies.

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Jun 20

Analysis: Why refugees today are living in limbo for longer

By Sharif A Wahab, The Conversation

As conflicts last longer, the number of refugees and other displaced people is on the rise.

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May 03

Peru used excessive force to quell protests, says human rights panel

By Franklin Briceno, Associated Press

The Inter American Commission on Human Rights says Peru's military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they should be investigated as possible extrajudicial executions and massacres.

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Mar 27

WATCH: Blinken hosts U.S.-Colombia dialogue with Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva Durán

By News Desk

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva on Monday, March 27.

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Mar 20

WATCH: War crimes committed by all parties in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict, Blinken says

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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