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People hold up signs in celebration of human rights.

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July 11, 2023

Six months of human rights successes

A partially destroyed block in Izyum City in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine

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July 7, 2023

Ukraine: US transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine undermines international efforts to safeguard civilians from indiscriminate weapons

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July 5, 2023

Sudan: Neighbouring countries must provide safe passage to those fleeing conflict

A family walks through destroyed buildings in the city of Jindires on February 28, 2023 near Aleppo, Syria. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. According to locals, almost 1,400 people died, and the city was badly damaged due to the earthquake. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and killed more than 40,000 people.

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July 5, 2023

Syria: UN Security Council must renew cross-border aid for at least one year to avert humanitarian catastrophe

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July 4, 2023

Russia: Investigate vicious attack on Elena Milashina and Aleksandr Nemov in Chechnya

Amnesty activists campaign in front of the House of Representatives, calling for the governments new legislation on non-consensual sex to be changed, Amnesty International states the new law will not offer more protection to victims.

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July 4, 2023

Netherlands: ‘Historic victory’ as law amended to recognize that sex without consent is rape 

A large fire blazes behind huts and trees, smoke billowing into the sky.

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July 4, 2023

Cameroon: Rampant atrocities amid Anglophone regions must be stopped and investigated

Impressions of the UNFCCC SB58 Bonn Climate Change Conference COP28 on June on June 8, 2023 in Bonn, Germany.

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July 2, 2023

UAE: Ahead of COP28, civil society actors sentenced in mass trial remain behind bars

Russian human rights defender Tatyana Kotlyar in a court room after conviction surrounded by lawyers and supporters.

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June 28, 2023

Russia: Migrants’ rights defender Tatyana Kotlyar convicted solely for her human rights work

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June 28, 2023

Malta: Lives put at risk as parliament waters down bill seeking to partially decriminalize abortion 

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June 28, 2023

Ireland: Draconian law to make data protection procedures confidential

Shadows of Tunisians reflect on a Tunisian flag.

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June 27, 2023

Tunisia: Human Rights Council should address rapidly growing rights crisis