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Moscow police detained 5 children who tried to lay flowers at the Ukrainian embassy, says a local professor
Footage posted on social media shows children with anti-war signs sitting behind bars and a distrau…
Matthew Loh
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Digital sex crime victims in South Korea are often expected to scan the internet for evidence in their own cases, and face 'major barriers to justice,' says report
South Korea's response to help women targeted by digital sex crimes and to punish perpetrators is "…
Matthew Loh
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The US government just warned companies that even indirect ties to forced labor in China's Xinjiang province risks breaking the law
The US warned of added legal risks for American companies with ties to Xinjiang, citing genocide an…
Heather Schlitz
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Human rights campaigners are criticizing David Beckham for signing a controversial $277m World Cup deal with Qatar
The soccer legend is under fire for reportedly signing a 2022 World Cup deal to make him the face o…
Joshua Zitser
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YouTube blocked and then reinstated a channel documenting human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang region
A YouTube channel focused on logging the treatment of Uyghurs went offline earlier in June but was …
Zahra Tayeb
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Amazon owns a significant stake in a private air company that the US uses to deport people and has been accused of human rights abuses
The tech giant bought 19.5% of Air Transport Services Group, which owns the controversial carrier O…
Dominick Reuter
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Federal authorities seize shipment of human hair extensions believed to have been made in Xinjiang prison camps
The hair extensions were part of a shipment of nearly 13 tons of hair products with an estimated va…
Rosie Perper
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North Korea Calls US The 'World's Worst Human Rights Abuser'
But that's a pretty tough sell coming from a nation which restricts outside contact and freedom of …
Paul Szoldra
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US bans imports of certain clothes, cotton, and computer parts from Xinjiang in China, citing human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims
The US has issued restrictions on imports from China, where the Chinese government is committing hu…
Kate Duffy
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Facebook just banned Myanmar's top army official for 'serious human rights abuses'
Facebook has come in for considerable criticism for its role in spreading misinformation in Myanmar…
Shona Ghosh,Reuters
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A member of ISIS has been sentenced to life in prison for chaining up a 5-year-old Yazidi girl and leaving her to die in the sun
Taha Al-Jumailly, 29, fainted after being sentenced for life for chaining up a 5-year-old girl and …
Matthew Loh
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Yahoo anchor confronts Trump secretary of state candidate over Russian human rights abuses
"If it's right for us to join in and cooperate and have a better relationship with Russia in order …
Pamela Engel
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The US may finally be taking action against China for its human-rights abuses
The region has become one of the most intrusive police states in the world, and government surveill…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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Energy CEO said he canceled a $100M contract with Neom when he realized the Saudis were bulldozing villages to make space
Malcolm Aw, the CEO and founder of Solar Water, told Business Insider that he became disillusioned …
Tom Porter
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Xi Jinping whitewashes China's record of human rights abuses in speech at site of Tiananmen Square massacre
China has cracked down on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, while committing what is widely cons…
John Haltiwanger
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US officials will boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics over 'genocide' in Xinjiang and 'other human rights abuses'
The diplomatic boycott is largely symbolic but also amounts to a significant political snub that Ch…
John Haltiwanger
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Massive and systematized violence: The UN released a horrifying report on Assad's human-rights abuses
The section on regime abuses rests on extensive evidence. Human Rights Council investigators conduc…
Armin Rosen
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Days after Tesla opened a Xinjiang store, White House press secretary Jen Psaki says private sector 'cannot look the other way' when it comes to human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims
"The international community, including the public and private sectors, cannot look the other way w…
Morgan Keith
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North Korea bashes US for human rights 'abuses' like racism, marijuana, and Trump's tweets about CNN
North Korea has long mounted propaganda campaigns to discredit the US in response to US condemnatio…
Alex Lockie
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State Department accuses Russia of 'widespread' human rights abuses in Ukraine as troops reportedly fire missiles at civilian areas
Advocacy groups have warned that bombings against Ukrainian citizens could be considered war crimes.