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Azerbaijan Releases Human Rights Lawyer Intigam Aliyev

March 28, 2016March 30, 2016 RMN News Amnesty, Azerbaijan, Human Rights, Intigam Aliyev, Lawyer

The Azerbaijani authorities today released prominent human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev in what Amnesty International billed an overdue step towards

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Asia Pacific Political Issues Politics Recent World 

JNU Students Approach Human Rights Commission

March 28, 2016March 29, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, India, JNU, Kanhaiya Kumar, Narendra Modi, NHRC, Students

Student leaders have written a letter to the National Human Rights Commission, which many believe is a toothless department that

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Middle East and Africa Recent World 

Amnesty Seeks Human Rights Access in Morocco

March 18, 2016March 20, 2016 RMN News Amnesty, Human Rights, Morocco, Salil Shetty

Salil Shetty, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, is visiting Rabat on 17-18 March to meet Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane

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Asia Pacific Political Issues Politics Recent World 

UN to Assess Rights of Women in Cambodia

March 18, 2016March 19, 2016 RMN News Cambodia, Rights, UN, Women

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia announced Thursday she will be visiting the

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Crime Middle East and Africa Politics Recent World 

South Sudan: UN Report on Killings and Rapes

March 13, 2016March 15, 2016 RMN News Rapes, South Sudan, UN

A new report on South Sudan published Friday by the UN Human Rights Office describes “in searing detail” a multitude

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Europe Recent 

Human Rights Defenders Attacked in Russia

March 11, 2016March 15, 2016 RMN News Chechnya, Human Rights, Ingushetia, Russia

The violent assault on human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is further evidence of

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