Tag: Amnesty International
Turkey officially withdraws from treaty protecting women
ISTANBUL — Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from a landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won’t be...
Zambia approaches elections amid repression, says Amnesty
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zambia is on “the brink of a human rights crisis,” Amnesty International said Monday, alleging that President Edgar Lungu is using...
Hungary fans bemused by rainbow-flag reception in Munich
MUNICH — Rainbow flags outnumbered German flags when soccer fans arrived for a European Championship game in Munich on Wednesday.
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Hungary: Demonstrators gather anew to protest anti-LGBT law
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Hungary's capital Wednesday urging the country's president to nullify a newly adopted law that human rights...
Saudi Arabia executes young Shiite man for violent rebellion
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia executed a young man Tuesday who was convicted on charges stemming from his participation in an anti-government...
Mercenary group denies charge of racism in north Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG — In the wake of the days-long attack by Islamic extremist rebels on the northern Mozambican city of Palma at the end of...
Mercenary group denies charge of racism in north Mozambique
<p>JOHANNESBURG — In the wake of the days-long attack by Islamic extremist rebels on the northern Mozambican city of Palma at the end of...
Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said.
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Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing
<p>CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said.</p>
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More than 200 NGOs call for UN arms embargo on Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS — More than 200 global organizations urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, saying the...