Human Rights

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  Human Rights

  2023-07-26

  Who ordered the return of Iran's morality police? No one really knows

  The regime has brought back the 'morality police', but with an eye on upcoming elections, officials are distancing themselves from the decision.

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  Human Rights

  2023-07-25

  Return to the gulag: Russia opens new prisons for civilians captured in Ukraine

  More than 100 facilities are operating in Russia, in which the regime is illegally holding more than 25,000 'civilian hostages'.

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  Human Rights

  2023-07-19

  Syria, Russia deliberately bombed Syria displacement camps, rights group says

  A series of deliberate attacks on displacement camps was a tactic deployed by the Syrian regime and its allies as a strategy of war, report says.

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  Human Rights

  2023-05-04

  Iranian regime struggles to enforce mandate as women increasingly unveil

  Despite the regime's efforts to enforce the head covering mandate for women, many disobey its 'dress code' and say they will continue to do so.

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  Human Rights

  2023-04-21

  Iran mirrors Russia in use of 'espionage' charges to target foreigners, dissidents

  Both nations have leveled false allegations of espionage against foreign nationals and dual citizens as a means to hold them for use as pawns.

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  Human Rights

  2023-04-12

  Russian soldiers who want to surrender reach out to Ukraine en masse

  Disillusioned Russian conscripts who see voluntary surrender as their best option are reaching out to the Ukrainian authorities for help. The 'I Want to Live' hotline is taking about 80 calls a day.

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-09

  One year on, Ukrainians weather chaos of Russian invasion

  Since the beginning of the war more than 8 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their homes and the country, while more than 5.3 million have been internally displaced.

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-08

  New UN chief pushes China to address 'grave concerns' on human rights in Xinjiang

  Reports, investigations and revelations have detailed widespread torture, arbitrary detention and violations of religious and reproductive rights of Muslims in China's troubled western region.

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  Human Rights

  2023-03-07

  Recent protests point to 'sense of deprivation' gripping China

  The Chinese people, who had been afraid to speak out since the 1989 crackdown, have become increasingly accustomed to expressing their dissatisfaction publicly.

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  Human Rights

  2023-02-17

  Exporting oppression: Iranian proxies emulate Tehran's tactics of control

  Iran's proxies have been emulating the Iranian regime's violent means of imposing control on populations in the region by instilling fear through kidnappings, torture and executions.