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The healing power of gene therapy
How researchers are seeing their work changing lives — from restoring children’s hearing to saving a baby born with a fatal disease
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Canada: Press Vietnam’s Leader on Rights
Click to expand Image Vietnam's President To Lam leads his delegation in a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, June 1, 2026. © 2026 Rolex Dela Pena/AP Photo (Ottawa) – The Canadian…
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Central African Republic: ICC Verdict in Seleka Commander Case
Click to expand Image Mahamat Said Abdel Kani during closing statements in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, November 25, 2025. © 2025 ICC-CPi (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s conviction of Mahamat…
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Human Trafficking Raid Exposes Suspected Cyber Scam Operation in Papua New Guinea
The discovery of 39 suspected trafficked workers in a Port Moresby home highlights warnings that global cybercrime syndicates are expanding.
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Myanmar: Women Political Prisoners Tortured, Ill-treated
Click to expand Image Former women political prisoners in Myanmar and their families reported the dangerous and sometimes deadly denial of prenatal and obstetric medical care to pregnant women. © 2026 Human Rights Watch (Bangkok) – The Myanmar military…
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Bangladesh: New Laws Reverse Rights Protections, Empower Abusers
Click to expand Image Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BN) chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 14, 2026. © 2026 MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London, September 23, 2026) – Three laws approved…
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Niger: Junta Strips 5 More Exiled Critics of Nationality
Click to expand Image Former Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou speaks to the media in Paris, August 1, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Christophe Ena (Nairobi) – Niger’s junta has provisionally stripped five more exiled opposition figures of their nationality, extending…
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Romanian Ex-Presidential Candidate Held in €1.1M Fraud Case
Romanian prosecutors have asked a Bucharest court to place former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu and businessman Ionel Rusen in pretrial detention for 30 days over an alleged organized criminal group and a 1.1 million euro ($1.26 million) fraud. According…
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Haemophilus ducreyi Bacteria Causing Cutaneous Ulcer Outbreak in Children, Sierra Leone, December 2025
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US: Deportations to Haiti Endanger Lives
Click to expand Image Haitians deported from the United States disembark from a charter flight at Cap-Haïtien International Airport, Haiti, August 27, 2026. © 2026 Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – Since ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti…
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