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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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Europe Recent World 

UN Women to Bring Gender Equality to Newsrooms

March 28, 2016March 29, 2016 RMN News Equality, Gender, Newsrooms, UN, Women

The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality has launched a partnership with leading media houses to galvanize attention

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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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Asia Pacific Political Issues Politics Recent 

China Urged to Reform Rights-Abusing Laws

March 6, 2016March 10, 2016 RMN News China, Communist, Congress, Human Rights, Laws, Rights

China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) should reject or revise laws that undermine domestic and international human rights protections, Human Rights

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Turkey Government Steamrolls Press Freedom: Amnesty

March 5, 2016March 10, 2016 RMN News Amnesty, Freedom, Government, Human Rights, Press, Turkey

The government takeover of Zaman newspaper is the latest deeply troubling episode in the Turkish authorities’ ongoing onslaught on dissenting

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Hindu Groups Attacking Human Rights in India: Amnesty

February 29, 2016March 2, 2016 RMN News Amnesty, BJP, Hindu, Human Rights, India, Narendra Modi

Human rights organization Amnesty International has released its 2015-16 report that documents the state of the world’s human rights during

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