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05/10/2018

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5 Highlights from the Human Rights Council Session

03/10/2018

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Egypt must stop prosecuting Human Rights Defenders and drop the charges against Mozn Hassan

01/10/2018

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2018 Right Livelihood Award Laureates Announced

24/09/2018

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Fundación Myrna Mack brings the situation of human rights in Guatemala to the Human Rights Council in Geneva

14/09/2018

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Laureates of the 2018 Right Livelihood Award to be announced 24 September

13/09/2018

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The Right Livelihood Award Foundation joins 750 organisations in welcoming the new High Commissioner for Human Rights

10/09/2018

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Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet hijacked by Erdoğan loyalists

09/09/2018

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Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery has passed away

20/08/2018

Emergency responders help an elderly woman following a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on the Shaar neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on June 21, 2014. Syria's war has killed more than 162,000 people and forced nearly half the population to flee their homes. AFP PHOTO/AMC/ZEIN AL-RIFAI

After a successful evacuation process, hundreds of White Helmets volunteers remain in Syria under growing danger

27/07/2018

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