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By AFPUnited Nations rights experts on Monday slammed decisions in France barring women and girls who wear the Muslim headscarf from sports competitions as "discriminatory", demanding they be reversed.France invoked its strict rules on secularism to...
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By AFPUS President Joe Biden on Sunday marked six years since a deadly synagogue attack in Pittsburgh by lamenting an "appalling surge" of anti-Semitism since the war in Gaza started.In 2018, a rightwing extremist killed 11 Jewish worshippers at a sy...
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By AFP/Safaa Kanj and Sam KimballTurkish Cypriot activist Sude Dogan feels "trapped in northern Cyprus", a self-proclaimed statelet recognised only by Ankara, saying she cannot travel, study or work abroad because she cannot get a Cypriot passport.Si...
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By AFPA reading event for a book titled "Jewish Algeria" was cancelled on Saturday, the organisers told AFP, after critics said it was untimely amid the war in Gaza.L'Arbre a dire, a bookshop in the capital Algiers that was set to hold the event disc...
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By AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds with Issam AhmedPresident Joe Biden delivered an impassioned, historic apology Friday for one of the United States' "most horrific chapters": ripping Native American children from their families and putting them in ab...
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By UN NewsThe UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent expert on torture has told UN News that sexual violence committed in wartime should be recognised within the framework of the Convention Against Torture to ensure prosecution benefits from a...
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By UN NewsGovernments must view human rights defenders as allies in their quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council has said.Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor advocates for these activi...
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By AFP/Laura ChungThe Commonwealth's 56 members agreed the "time has come" for talks about the legacy of the "abhorrent" transatlantic slave trade Saturday, in a landmark summit declaration that raised the prospect of future reparations.Gathering in...
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By UN News/Vibhu MishraThe UN on Thursday launched the “Common Pledge” initiative, designed to bring together mediators, governments, and civil society to ensure the full, equal and meaningful engagement of women in peace processes.Announcing the Ple...
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By UN NewsThe UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights called on Thursday for States to act now to remove stereotypes in sport and ensure non-discrimination for all those competing.“States must take positive actions to eradicate discrimination based...
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By UN NewsOngoing conflicts in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan and Ukraine and beyond reveal that females are disproportionately affected – from gender-based violence to rape used as a tool of war – but the UN chief’s newly released report suggests eight ways for...
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By AFP/Issam AhmedUS infant mortality surged in the months following the Supreme Court decision to overturn the national right to abortion, driven by a rise in the number of babies with birth defects, a study said Monday.The findings highlight the co...
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