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          The Special Representative for the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad. EPA

          'Pervasive corruption' cause of Iraq's dysfunctionality, says UN envoy

          USFebruary 03, 2023
          Russian mercenaries in northern Mali are among those accused of atrocities in the country. AP

          UN experts call for probe into alleged Wagner Group crimes in Mali

          AfricaJanuary 31, 2023
          Israeli soldiers stand guard in the village of Halhul, north of the city of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. AFP

          Israel deports Italian human rights activist

          MENAJanuary 18, 2023
          Evin prison in Tehran. Reuters

          Iran arrests German citizen over suspected espionage

          WorldJanuary 17, 2023
          The UN Security Council urged Myanmar's military junta to release all political prisoners. AP

          Myanmar faces mounting pressure at UN Security Council

          AsiaDecember 22, 2022
          The entrance to Evin prison in Tehran. Reuters

          'Don't tell mum I'm being executed' Iranian protester tells father

          WorldDecember 13, 2022
          A campaign poster highlighting the issue of gender-based violence in Abu Dhabi. The National

          Domestic abuse victim speaks up as campaign to end gender violence begins

          UAEDecember 05, 2022
          Police stand guard as they wait for more protests against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters

          Death sentences handed down by secret Myanmar courts shock UN rights chief

          USDecember 02, 2022
          A group of Russian prisoners of war (POW) walk home after a prisoners swap with Ukraine. Russian Defence Ministry Press Service / EPA

          UN: video of Ukrainians executing Russian POWs 'highly likely to be authentic'

          USNovember 25, 2022
          'I have a lot of work to do,' Nada Al Ahdal says. 'Girls need me to save their lives so that’s my focus. I don’t want to be a housewife now or in the future. I want to be a change-maker.' Photo: Nada Al Ahdal

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          Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Kherson after it was liberated from Russia. AP

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          EuropeNovember 14, 2022
          Iranian champion wrestler Navid Afkari was executed in 2020. EPA

          Iran arrests sister and toddler niece of executed wrestler

          IranNovember 10, 2022
          An unveiled woman stands on top of a vehicle during a protest in Iran. AFP

          UN expert on Iran calls for co-ordinated human rights investigation

          USOctober 27, 2022
          A woman stands on top of a vehicle as thousands make their way to Aichi cemetery in Saqqez, Mahsa Amini's home town, in Iran's Kurdistan province. AFP

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          IranOctober 27, 2022
          Iranians in Tehran protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was detained by the country's morality police. AP

          Iran charges more than 300 over protests and four could face death penalty

          IranOctober 24, 2022
          Demonstrators at the National Mall protest against the Iranian regime in Washington on October 22, following the death of Mahsa Amini. AP Photo

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