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Spain Seizes 13 Tonnes of Nitrous Oxide in Tenerife
Spain’s Civil Guard dismantled an alleged criminal organization accused of illegally importing and distributing nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, in Tenerife, seizing nearly 13 tons of the substance in what authorities called Europe’s second-largest haul.Six people…
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Australia: Chinese Government Menaces Uyghur Diaspora
Click to expand Image Protesters gather for a rally outside Channel 7 studios in Sydney, Australia, February 4, 2022. © 2022 Flavio Brancaleone/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The Chinese government is interrogating Uyghur Australians visiting Xinjiang, pressing them to collect information on…
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US Military Claims Legal Compliance Amid Unlawful Killings
Click to expand Image Members of Yemen's African community protest against a US airstrike that hit a migrant detention center in Saada, Yemen, May 11, 2025. © 2025 Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images The US Department of Defense…
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UN: Keep International Force in Lebanon to Protect Civilians
Click to expand Image An armored vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrols a town in southern Lebanon, April 29, 2026. © 2026 Frederic Petry/Hans Lucas via Reuters The United Nations Security Council should…
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Russia’s Supreme Court Bars Pro-Peace Party from Elections
Click to expand Image Lawyer Vitaly Iskakov (left), attorney Gadzhi Aliyev (center) and Chairman of the Yabloko political party, Nikolai Rybakov, attend a hearing on a lawsuit filed by the Rodina (Motherland) party seeking to bar the Yabloko…
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South Africa Names Gender Apartheid. Now It Should Act.
Click to expand Image Participants hold signs during a gender-based violence protest at the forecourt of the botanical gardens in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, November 21, 2025. © 2025 Misper Apawu/AP Photo At South Africa’s National Women’s Day commemoration on…
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Russia: Cluster Munition Attack on Kyiv a Potential War Crime
Click to expand Image Firefighters put out a fire after Russian missiles hit a warehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 5, 2026. © 2026 Dan Bashakov/AP Photo (Kyiv, August 13, 2026) – Russia apparently used cluster munitions contained…
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US: Federal Agencies Abandon Civil Rights Duties
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold signs in support of voting rights outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2025. © 2025 Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration has…
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Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Disappear 6 Rights Workers
(New York, August 12, 2026) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members of the nongovernmental group Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) for nearly a month, Human Rights Watch said today. The Taliban have…
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Vietnam: Reject Repressive Penal Code Revisions
Click to expand Image A Vietnamese policeman stands besides an armored vehicle at an exhibition of police equipment in Hanoi, July 20, 2022. © 2022 Nhac Nguyen/Getty Images (Bangkok) – Vietnamese authorities should reject proposed revisions to the penal…
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