Tag: Human Rights Day

'Wasteful spending': Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's Colombia tour cost revealed
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‘Wasteful spending’: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s Colombia tour cost revealed

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s four-day visit to Colombia amounted to a cost of nearly £45,000 for the country, as per official figures released by…

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House panel OKs motion to put India on UK’s ‘safe list’
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House panel OKs motion to put India on UK’s ‘safe list’

LONDON: A motion to add India to the UK’s “safe states list” was cleared by a parliamentary committee on Wednesday despite objections from some opposition…

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UK orders China to shut 'secret police stations' on British soil
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UK orders China to shut ‘secret police stations’ on British soil

LONDON: The UK government has ordered China to shut unofficial police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat told parliament on Tuesday.The Foreign…

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Protestors arrested at DeSantis' Florida Capitol office
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Protestors arrested at DeSantis’ Florida Capitol office

TALLAHASSEE: About a dozen people were arrested Wednesday night while protesting in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida Capitol Office, officials said. The 14 arrested were…

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Singapore hangs Indian-origin man over 1 kg of cannabis
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Singapore hangs Indian-origin man over 1 kg of cannabis

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Indian-origin drug trafficker, ignoring pleas for clemency from his family, human rights activists and the UN.Tangaraju Suppiah was…

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EU sanctions more individuals, telecom firm over rights violations in Iran
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EU sanctions more individuals, telecom firm over rights violations in Iran

PARIS: The European Council said in a statement on Monday it had decided to impose restrictive measures on eight additional individuals and one entity responsible…

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EU sanctions more individuals, telecom firm over rights violations in Iran
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EU sanctions more individuals, telecom firm over rights violations in Iran

PARIS: The European Council said in a statement on Monday it had decided to impose restrictive measures on eight additional individuals and one entity responsible…

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Saddam: Once everywhere, Saddam's image scrubbed from Baghdad
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Saddam: Once everywhere, Saddam’s image scrubbed from Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April…

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Amnesty: Amnesty: West's 'double standards' fuel Mideast repression
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Amnesty: Amnesty: West’s ‘double standards’ fuel Mideast repression

BEIRUT: A leading international rights group on Tuesday decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response”…

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Libya: UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya
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Libya: UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya

Geneva: UN backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity – including sexual slavery – have been committed against…

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