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ILO Adopts Landmark Treaty on Gig Work
Click to expand Image Delegates of the Standard-Setting Committee on Decent Work in the Platform Economy celebrate the Committee’s approval of the text of ILO Convention No. 193 on June 11, 2026, in Geneva. T...
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Sweden Drops Plan to Jail 13-Year-Olds. It Should Stop There.
Click to expand Image The Anstalten Rosersberg prison facility in Rosersberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden, on March 4, 2026. © 2026 Jonathan Nasktrand/ AFP via Getty Images ...
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Azerbaijan Rearrests Journalist Forcibly Returned from Georgia
Click to expand Image Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov detained in Tbilisi, Georgia, 2024. © 2024 RFE/RL Azerbaijani authorities’ renewed detention of exiled journ...
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Pakistan’s Evictions Harming People in Poverty
Click to expand Image Homes in Mujahid Colony, Karachi after being demolished, 2022. © 2022 Karachi Bachao Tehrik In recent weeks, Islamabad’s Capital Development Aut...
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EU-Ukraine to Launch Accession Talks on Rights, Rule of Law
Ukraine and European Union member states are expected to launch negotiations in mid-June on the reforms Kyiv should implement to comply with EU rule of law and fundamental rights standards. Progress on these issues will not only determine the pace of Ukraine’s EU accession but is essential to ensure...
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Malawi: People with Albinism Face Discrimination, Barriers to Work
Play Video Read a text description of this video Soundbite: I cannot live without fear because discrimination is very widespread here in Malawi against us, people with albinism. Soundbite: We walk around in fear, e...
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Mexico: Authorities must guarantee the right to peaceful protest for families searchers for the disappeared
In the context of the opening of the FIFA World Cup 2026, and following the events that took place last night during the mobilization of relatives of disappeared people, Amnesty International calls on Mexico City and federal authorities to fully guarantee the right of collectives and families of dis...
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US Investments in DR Congo Should Address Corruption, Rights
Click to expand Image An open pit copper mine in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 6, 2016. © 2016 Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images The US government wants...
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World Cup: FIFA Sponsors Should Back an ICE Truce
Click to expand Image A man holds a ball with the message "ICE out of the Cup" during a press conference at a World Cup venue in Inglewood, California, June 9, 2026. © Frederic J. Brown / ...
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