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Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already…
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Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again to Port Sudan, as war tore through the country around her. Higher education, she had decided, was a luxury she could no longer afford to want.
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The government describes the program as a way to support low-income families and promote social stability. Among those married were people who lost family members in violent attacks.
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Kosovo has held three elections in over two years. Albin Kurti’s ruling Vetevendosje is struggling to garner the two-thirds majority required to elect a president.
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Sarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again to Port Sudan, as war tore…
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The government describes the program as a way to support low-income families and promote social stability. Among those married were people who lost family members in violent attacks.
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Kosovo has held three elections in over two years. Albin Kurti’s ruling Vetevendosje is struggling to garner the two-thirds majority required to elect a president.
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Reports from Jerusalem suggest that Israeli authorities are taking over one of Islam’s holiest sites, the Al-Aqsa Mosque. If they do, experts say anything could happen, from war to terrorism…
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A typhoon is lashing Japan’s south, causing injuries and blackouts. It is now headed for China, where ports have been closed in preparation.
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Ebola risk ‘very high’ in eastern DR Congo as UN intensifies response
The UN is rushing emergency personnel, funding and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreading through conflict-ravaged provinces.
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Gaza: Life-saving medicines blocked as killing continues, disease gains ground
Dire conditions in Gaza marked by continuing violence, rodent infestations and the spread of infectious disease is being made worse by blockages of essential medical supplies, UN agencies warned on Friday.
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Right to strike protected under key labour treaty, says UN World Court
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that the right to strike is protected under a core International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, in a landmark advisory opinion settling a long-running dispute between workers and employers worldwide.
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Haitian children ‘paying the highest price’ amid surge in gang recruitment
As gangs continue to “terrorise” communities in Haiti, children are the ones paying the highest price, the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict warned on Thursday.
New data shows rich nations likely missed 2025 goal to double adaptation finance
New data on international climate finance for 2023 and 2024 suggests that wealthy countries are highly unlikely to have met their pledge to double funding for adaptation in developing nations to around $40 billion a year by 2025 amid cuts to their overseas aid budgets. At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, all […]
UN General Assembly backs “climate obligations” set by world’s top court
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a “historic” resolution calling on countries to comply with their climate obligations, as outlined in a landmark advisory opinion issued last year by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Last July, in the opinion first requested by the Pacific island state of Vanuatu, the world’s top court ruled […]
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Bangladesh: Authorities must immediately drop ICT charges against journalists for carrying out their work
Responding to the charges brought against detained Ekattor Television journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Haque by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), reportedly in relation to a ‘misleading’ report on the deadly crackdown on protesters at the Shapla Square in May 2013, Smriti Singh, South Asia Regional Director of Amnesty International said: “Freedom of expression extends […]
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‘My only “crime” was being a doctor’: Dr. Ahmad Mhanna on his 22 months in Israeli detention
In the occupied Gaza Strip, Palestinian healthcare workers have been facing unprecedented dangers, with many detained under conditions that violate international humanitarian law. Amnesty International continues to document these systemic abuses, including Israel’s widespread use of torture and other ill-treatment against Palestinian detainees, while demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all those arbitrarily detained. […]
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Netherlands: Amnesty International supports strategic lawsuit against alleged illegal tracking software in games and apps
Amnesty International supports a class action lawsuit filed today by The Privacy Collective on behalf of Dutch internet users against the American tech company AppLovin. The case focuses on the alleged unlawful collection and trading of personal data of millions of Dutch people via tracking software in popular mobile games and apps. This is what’s happening Through software built into countless popular games and apps, AppLovin is […]
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Saudi Arabia: 1.5 million join Hajj pilgrimage despite war
Saudi Arabia has been directly hit by missiles and drones during the Iran war, but the country is hosting the all-important Muslim pilgrimage anyway.