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Mar 16

U.N.-backed investigation finds evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

By Lori Hinnant, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

A U.N.-backed investigation has found that Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity.

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Mar 13

Activists accuses Italy of slow response that led to migrant deaths at sea

By Colleen Barry, Associated Press

MILAN (AP) — An activist network that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants…

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Mar 13

Iran announces pardoning of more than 22,000 arrested during protests

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

The protests began in September over the death of a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the country’s morality police.

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Feb 02

IOC details plan to allow Russian athletes into Paris Olympics amid criticisms

By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

The International Olympic Committee has stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for the Paris Games. It comes amid a backlash from Ukraine and its allies.

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Jan 16

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UN and EU call on Greece to stop prosecuting migrant rescue groups

By Malcolm Brabant, Daphne Tolis

The human rights arms of the United Nations and the European Union have called on Greece to stop criminalizing pro-refugee non-profit groups. Both the U.N. and E.U. say targeting humanitarian groups with prosecutions is having a chilling effect on the…

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Dec 27

UN rights chief urges Taliban to immediately reverse restrictions on women

By Associated Press

Last week, Taliban authorities stopped university education for women, sparking international outrage and demonstrations in Afghan cities.

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Nov 11

UN human rights body to hold urgent session on Iran amid protest crackdown

By Associated Press

The U.N.'s top human rights body will hold a special session on Iran in the wake of the government's violent and deadly crackdowns on protesters, threats against journalists and other alleged human rights violations in the Islamic republic.

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Sep 18

UN calls Taliban’s exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools ‘shameful’

By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press

The United Nations on Sunday called for Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7-12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school “shameful.”…

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Aug 30

U.N. experts warn of impact of abortion bans on U.S. minorities

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The U.N. said it was concerned about higher rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, among a host of concerns about the rights of Blacks, Latinos, Indigenous peoples, foreign-born migrants and others in the United States.

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Aug 18

Israel raids Palestinian rights groups it previously labeled as terrorists

By Jalal Hassan, Fares Akram, Associated Press

Rights defenders have described Israel's moves against the groups as part of a decades-long crackdown on political activists in the occupied territories.

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