| 9 Egyptians go on trial in Greece over deadly shipwreck, as rights groups question process 2024-05-21 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say 2024-05-21 [abcnews.com] Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution Details >
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| Trump receives NRA endorsement as he vows to protect gun rights 2024-05-19 [abcnews.com] Former President Donald Trump has urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas Details >
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| Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home 2024-05-16 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| House signs off on FAA bill that addresses aircraft safety and and refund rights of passengers 2024-05-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Germany enters top 10 in European queer rights ranking, Malta first 2024-05-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| An Islamist group used child soldiers in Mozambique attacks, says Human Rights Watch 2024-05-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Transgender employee rights targeted: GOP-led states sue to block legal protections 2024-05-14 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes 2024-05-13 [abcnews.com] Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot Details >
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| How Enes Kanter Freedom went from NBA athlete to human rights activist 2024-05-10 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Civil rights leader Daisy Bates honored with statue at U.S. Capitol 2024-05-09 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Missouri abortion-rights campaign turns in more than double the needed signatures to get on ballot 2024-05-03 [abcnews.com] Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot Details >
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| Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights 2024-05-01 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| US says Israeli army units violated human rights 2024-04-30 [bbci.co.uk] But all five units remain eligible for US military aid after Israel took action, the state department says. Details >
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| 185 Human Rights Groups Demand Universities End Crackdowns on Gaza Protests 2024-04-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Over 100 Human Rights Groups Blast Biden And Congress For Suspending Critical Aid To Palestinians 2024-04-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Burkina Faso bans more foreign media over Human Rights Watch massacre report 2024-04-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Rights group: China imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang 2024-04-27 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| European Parliament votes to screw repair rights in consumer toolkits 2024-04-24 [theregister.co.uk] Directive places requirements on gizmo vendors, but still needs formal approval
The European Parliament has adopted the right-to-repair directive with 584 votes in favor and three against, making repairing goods more accessible and cost-effective. Details >
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| Kyle Rittenhouse, deadly shooter, college speaker? A campus gun-rights tour sparks outrage 2024-04-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies 2024-04-23 [abcnews.com] Mississippi legislators advanced bills Monday to give voting rights back to 32 people convicted of felonies Details >
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| Idaho group says it is exploring a ballot initiative for abortion rights and reproductive care 2024-04-20 [abcnews.com] A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying the strict abortion bans Details >
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| UN rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations 2024-04-19 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Canada slaps more sanctions on Belarus, citing human rights violations 2024-04-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| M&S chairman warns Labour over employment rights reforms 2024-04-13 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Majority of Catholics support abortion rights, says new study 2024-04-13 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Nebraska lawmakers pass a bill to restore voting rights to newly released felons 2024-04-11 [abcnews.com] Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill to restore of voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time Details >
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| EXPLAINER-How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation 2024-04-09 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction 2024-04-09 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| EXPLAINER-How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation 2024-04-09 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| US legislators propose American Privacy Rights Act - and it looks quite good 2024-04-09 [theregister.co.uk] After two decades of calls for national protections, something may actually happen
Americans may soon live under a federal privacy law Details >
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| Let individual states decide abortion rights, Trump says 2024-04-09 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Let states decide abortion rights, Trump says 2024-04-08 [bbci.co.uk] His statement on the contentious election issue was criticised by both conservatives and liberals. Details >
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| Explainer-How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation 2024-04-08 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| EXPLAINER-How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation 2024-04-08 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Top Europe rights court to issue landmark climate verdicts 2024-04-07 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Israel says its strike that killed aid workers was a mistake. Rights groups say it was no anomaly 2024-04-06 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Tennessee bill untangling gun and voting rights restoration advances, but faces uncertain odds 2024-04-05 [abcnews.com] Tennessee is advancing a bipartisan bill to allow people convicted of felonies to apply to vote again without getting gun rights restored Details >
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| UN Human Rights Council calls for end to arms exports to Israel 2024-04-05 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime 2024-04-04 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| UN human rights body backs measures against Myanmar and investigations in Iran 2024-04-04 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Florida voters will decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize pot in November 2024-04-01 [abcnews.com] The Florida Supreme Court will allow the state’s voters in November to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana Details >
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| States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards 2024-04-01 [abcnews.com] A ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts opened in the landmark federal law Details >
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| US says imposing new visa curbs on Hong Kong officials over rights crackdown 2024-03-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Nebraska approves Malcolm X Day, honoring civil rights leader born in Omaha 99 years ago 2024-03-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| How a single buck bought bragging rights in the battle to port Windows 95 to NT 2024-03-28 [theregister.co.uk] It reached the desktop and then ...
A former Microsoft engineer has waxed lyrical about how he and a colleague made a sporting bet over how far a new build of Windows would get before crashing. Details >
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| In Mali, Russian Wagner mercenaries are helping the army kill civilians, rights groups say 2024-03-28 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN human rights chief tells BBC 2024-03-28 [bbci.co.uk] Volker Türk tells Jeremy Bowen there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. Details >
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| Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, says UN human rights chief 2024-03-28 [bbci.co.uk] Volker Türk tells BBC there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. Details >
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| Democrat Marilyn Lands flips Alabama state House seat after running on abortion rights 2024-03-27 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House 2024-03-27 [abcnews.com] A Democrat who made reproductive rights a centerpiece of her campaign in deeply conservative Alabama has won a special election to the Alabama Legislature Details >
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| UN rights expert accuses Israel of acts of genocide 2024-03-26 [bbci.co.uk] Francesca Albanese says Israel seeks to destroy Palestinians, in a report Israel calls "outrageous". Details >
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| UN rights expert report to call for Israel arms embargo over 2024-03-25 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Protecting abortion rights in states hangs in the balance of national election strategies 2024-03-18 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| A 70-year-old Russian activist was asked to sign a form saying he was willing to fight in Ukraine, rights group says 2024-03-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia 2024-03-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys reach settlement over law which critics dubbed 2024-03-11 [abcnews.com] Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys reach settlement over law which critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” Details >
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| Vietnam eyes crackdown on workers rights, foreign aid, report says 2024-03-08 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies 2024-03-08 [abcnews.com] Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 92 Details >
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| Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., dies 2024-03-08 [abcnews.com] Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died at age 92 Details >
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| Biden swipes at Trump and defends abortion rights in key speech 2024-03-08 [bbci.co.uk] The president, who arrived to cheers in the House chamber from Democrats, is making his case for re-election to the American people. Details >
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| Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups 2024-03-05 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Why Macron hopes abortion rights are a political winner 2024-03-04 [bbci.co.uk] French president is to enshrine right to abortion in the constitution. Critics question his motives. Details >
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| Know your employment rights 2024-03-03 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Gov. J.B. Pritzker is backing abortion rights ballot measures across nation, but little on the horizon in Illinois 2024-03-01 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Sunak says the UK is descending into mob rule. Critics accuse him of undermining protest rights 2024-02-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Israeli assault on Rafah would flout international court: UN rights chief 2024-02-29 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Where do Trump and Haley stand on abortion and reproductive rights? 2024-02-28 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| The co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group in Russia gets 30 months in jail for criticizing war 2024-02-27 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| A Russian court sentences the co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group to 30 months in prison 2024-02-27 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Baerbock again urges Israel to ensure human rights in Gaza offensive 2024-02-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of Blocking Aid to Gaza 2024-02-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Russia wants to imprison the co-chair of Nobel-winning rights group over criticism of war in Ukraine 2024-02-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Russian prosecutor seeks nearly 3 years in jail for rights campaigner Orlov 2024-02-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Russia seeks to imprison veteran rights advocate for nearly 3 years over Ukraine war criticism 2024-02-26 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Meituan, Didi Chuxing in the spotlight as China stresses rights of delivery, ride-hailing gig workers 2024-02-25 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Illinois agrees to tougher oversight of polluters in low-income communities, resolving civil rights complaint about Chicago scrap shredder 2024-02-24 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers 2024-02-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| UN Human Rights Office calls for major Israel and Palestinian probe 2024-02-23 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Gay rights advocates in Kentucky say expansion to religious freedom law would hurt LGBTQ+ safeguards 2024-02-21 [abcnews.com] Gay rights advocates are pushing back against a measure to broaden Kentucky’s religious freedom law Details >
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| More than 350 arrested in Russia while paying tribute to Navalny, rights group says 2024-02-19 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Abortion rights opponents and supporters seize on report that Trump privately pushes 16-week ban 2024-02-17 [abcnews.com] A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy — though his campaign denied the report and said Trump plans to “negotiate a deal”... Details >
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| Over 110 people detained across Russia at rallies in memory of Navalny -rights group 2024-02-17 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Venezuela suspends UN rights office, expels staff 2024-02-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| New Hampshire Senate rejects enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution 2024-02-15 [abcnews.com] Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution has failed Details >
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| Venezuela orders UN office on human rights to close and its staff to leave in 3 days 2024-02-15 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal 2024-02-15 [theregister.co.uk] Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that laws requiring crippled encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights Details >
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| Mental health emerges as a dividing line in abortion rights initiatives planned for state ballots 2024-02-13 [abcnews.com] Abortion rights advocates are trying to get initiatives to protect reproductive health on the ballot in several states this year Details >
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| Rocío San Miguel: Venezuelan rights activist detained over alleged plot 2024-02-12 [bbci.co.uk] The Maduro government accuses Rocío San Miguel of conspiring to kill the president. Details >
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| Donald Trump begins S.C. phase of campaign by talking gun rights and attacking Joe Biden 2024-02-10 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Faced with wave of hostile bills, transgender rights leaders are playing "a defense game" 2024-02-09 [abcnews.com] For decades, the plotline for LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S. was one of advances — often slow but moving forward Details >
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| More than 8,000 killed during 2022 Mariupol siege - Human Rights Watch 2024-02-08 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Florida asks state Supreme Court to keep abortion rights amendment off the November ballot 2024-02-07 [abcnews.com] Lawyers trying to keep an abortion-rights measure off the Florida ballot told the state Supreme Court that the proposed amendment is deceptive Details >
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| Mexico Goodyear workers win $4.2 million back pay in US labor rights challenge 2024-02-06 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Atos talks to banks over refinancing after rights issue falls through 2024-02-05 [theregister.co.uk] Shares in French IT giant plummet 25%
Ailing tech integrator Atos is in talks with creditors on refinancing options for debt following the cancellation of its Details >
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| Labour pledges full equal pay rights for ethnic minorities 2024-02-05 [bbci.co.uk] The party says it would strengthen protections for ethnic minorities and disabled people if it wins power. Details >
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| US strikes targets in Iraq and Syria: Human rights group says dozens dead 2024-02-03 [news.yahoo.com] Details >
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| Ohio Attorney General given until Monday to explain rejection of voting rights amendment to court 2024-02-02 [abcnews.com] The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of the coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of proposed voter protections they are work... Details >
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| New Hampshire House refuses to either further restrict or protect abortion rights 2024-02-01 [abcnews.com] The Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House rejected three abortion bills Thursday, refusing to either further restrict or protect reproductive rights Details >
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| Edenfield Centre: Vulnerable patients denied human rights - review 2024-01-31 [bbci.co.uk] A report finds failings at Edenfield mental health unit after BBC Panorama exposed patient mistreatment. Details >
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