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Human rights in focus

  • A migrant waiting for a train to Serbia at Gevgelija, on the Macedonian-Greek border.

    Nearly 17 child migrants a day vanished in Europe since 2018

    Investigation finds one in six were solo and under 15, as experts say cross-border cooperation ‘nonexistent’
  • COVID-19; SANITATION; BRAZIL; Favela residents come together to clean up the community. - 02 Jul 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ellan Lustosa/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock (10700078t) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, July 2, 2020 HYGIENIZATION With the increase in the number of covid-19 deaths in the city, residents of the Santa Marta favela, Botafogo, south zone, increase the number of sanitizations in the community this Thursday, COVID-19; SANITATION; BRAZIL; Favela residents come together to clean up the community. - 02 Jul 2020

    Police killing hundreds in Rio de Janeiro despite court ban on favela raids

    The Brazilian state has seen nearly 800 police-caused deaths in nine months, with poor city communities raided almost daily
  • Herlín Odicio, president of the Cacataibo native communities’ federation Fenacoca, who is in hiding after death threats from drug-trafficking gangs.

    'Narcos are looking for me': deadly threats to Peru's indigenous leaders

    Communities call for protection after string of killings linked to rush for land to grow coca, under cover of the pandemic
  • Amlo in Mexico City last week. He said of the state department’s report: ‘Why is the US government opining on questions that are purely Mexican matters?’

    Mexican press freedom dispute erupts as Amlo attacks US and domestic critics

    President hits back over critical US human rights report but also singles out Mexican press freedom group Article 19 for censure
  • A Hungarian police officer at Serbia’s border with Hungary

    ‘They can see us in the dark’: migrants grapple with hi-tech fortress EU

    A formidable battery of drones, thermal cameras and heartbeat detectors are being deployed to exclude asylum seekers
  • Mustafa and his family were found in an inflatable life raft by the Turkish coast guard.

    'We were left in the sea': asylum seekers forced off Lesbos

    One refugee’s terrifying story illustrates how ‘pushbacks’ are creating a crisis for the right to asylum at Europe’s borders
  • People demonstrate against the ‘false positives’ executions at the hands of the Colombian military.

    Colombia tribunal reveals at least 6,402 people were killed by army to boost body count

    The killings, which took place between 2002 and 2008, were declared combat kills in order to boost statistics in war with rebel groups
  • A group of migrants at the temporary refugee camp at Mavrovouni, Lesbos

    Athens accused of ‘downplaying’ risks of lead contamination at Lesbos camp

    Campaign group calls for more testing at Mavrovouni, a temporary facility housing thousands of refugees on the Greek island
  •  Stacey Hyde, Sally Challen and Farieissia Martin.

    Lawyers seek justice for women jailed for killing abusive partners

    A failure to account for previous violence has led to at least 20 unsafe murder convictions, campaigners claim
  • Ivory Coast produces about 45% of the world’s cocoa

    Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US

    Chocolate companies are among the defendants named in a lawsuit brought by former child workers in Ivory Coast
  • An indigenous woman shows a portrait of Cristina Bautista Taquinas, an indigenous leader killed by illegal armed groups, during a march in Cali, Colombia, last June.

    At least 331 human rights defenders were murdered in 2020, report finds

    Two-thirds of those killed worked to protect environmental, land and indigenous peoples’ rights, while those providing Covid relief also faced reprisals
  • Protesters march to commemorate international human rights day on 10 December 2020 in Manila, Philippines.

    UK failing to protect human rights defenders abroad, says Amnesty

    New report finds lawyers, journalists and health workers at risk during pandemic have struggled to get help from embassies
  • Midsection of female blogger using laptop and smart phone while lying on floor in bedroom

    Rise in child abuse online threatens to overwhelm UK police, officers warn

    Exclusive: Sheer quantity of abusive material hindering detection while Facebook move to greater encryption is a further blow
  • Inside India’s First A Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB Store As It Opens To The Public<br>A pedestrian walks past a Hennes &amp; Mauritz AB (H&amp;M) logo displayed in the window of the clothing retailer’s store in Select Citywalk mall in the Saket area of New Delhi, India, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The Swedish retailer, which has more than 3,600 outlets worldwide, opened its first store in India today. Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Worker at H&M supply factory was killed after months of harassment, claims family

    Fashion brand to investigate the death of 20-year-old Jeyasre Kathiravel reportedly killed by supervisor at Natchi Apparels
  • Davida with her two sons outside Denby Court

    Don't make us move in a pandemic, plead tenants in 'dire' council housing

    Families say plans to relocate them miles from support networks is adding to virus stress
  • Rally marks death anniversary of Mapuche leader killed by police, in Chile<br>epa07998590 A demonstrator holds a banner picturing a portrait of late Mapuche community member Camilo Catrillanca as protesters take to the streets for the commemoration of the first anniversary of his murder, in Santiago, Chile, 14 November 2019 (issued 15 November 2019). Catrillanca was shot dead by police on 14 November 2018 under circumstances that are still being investigated. EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA

    Chile police officer sentenced for killing of Mapuche farmer on 'historic day'

  • Marie and son hold hands

    Slavery survivors moved ‘without notice, without reason’ in London lockdown

  • FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, April 8, 2019, a sign reading: “State Border” is attached to a fence at Hungary’s border with Serbia near the village Asotthalom, Hungary. The European Union’s border control agency Frontex, said Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021, it is suspending operations in Hungary after the government in Budapest did not comply with a ruling by Europe’s highest court on the rights of asylum-seekers. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, FILE)

    Refugee rights 'under attack' at Europe's borders, UN warns

  • The wastewater basin at Glencore UK’s operations in Badila, southern Chad

    Mining giant Glencore faces human rights complaint over toxic spill in Chad

  • Judge Richard Scarratt

    Judge's remarks made mother 'fearful' for herself and her child, hearing told

    Barrister urges landmark appeal hearing for courts in England and Wales to set aside decision that father should be allowed contact with child
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