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United States' surprising removal of Zimbabwean firms and individuals from sanctions list
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Myanmar: 4 human rights panel members resign after public outrage over child abuse case
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Duterte lashes out at Obama again, telling him 'go to hell' amid criticism of war on drugs
Duterte also told the EU to "choose purgatory, hell is filled up."
DRC: Presidential coalition expresses 'concerns' after UN places country under surveillance
The UN Human Rights Council decision comes after violence left up to 50 people dead during protest.
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The new proposal would make all abortions illegal, even in cases of rape or when the woman's life is at risk.
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Missing journalist Salvador Nahimana arrested and 'detained by intelligence services'
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Burundi: UN resolution on human rights situation 'an important step for ICC probe'
ICC opened preliminary examination into abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity.
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Opposition leader Kizza Besigye arrested as he returns to Uganda
Police claims Besigye was arrested as a 'preventive measure' - his supporters say he was 'brutally abducted'.
Kenyan police wield 'power of life and death' over civilians through extrajudicial killings
Kenya's first database reveals 262 police killings since the beginning of 2015.
Tesco car wash franchise investigated in modern slavery raids
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'At least 50' killed in Ethiopian festival stampede
Police fired tear gas at the crowd to break up protesters.
Egyptian MP says women should prove they're virgins before attending university
Elhamy Agina previously said women should have FGM because men were too weak to resist them.
Hitler 'label' rejected by Philippine president who is 'happy to slaughter drug dealers'
Comparison to Hitler did not come from the president, despite statements made during speech says aide.
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Edgar Matobato said he had killed more than 50 people as part of Duterte's anti-crime squad.
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International NGO alleges police brutality and efforts to 'clean up' streets of poor children.
Filipinos say no to slut-shaming of senator with Everywoman campaign
Writers, politicians and netizens are banding together to reject showing the alleged video of Leila de Lima.
Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping urges 'active resistance' against President Ali Bongo
Call for a general strike as part of plan to 'massively reject' the legitimacy of Bongo's re-election.
Bangladeshi leader's son snatched from home as state crackdown on Jamaat-e-Islami gathers pace
Amaan Azmi is the third son of a prominent former Islamist leader to be detained since August.
UN declines independent inquiry into rights abuse in Yemen civil war, but calls for greater monitoring
UN investigators will work with the existing Yemen national commission inquiry into human rights abuses.
Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao admits prior drug use as he backs president's 'pusher' war
Elected as a senator in May, he supports Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
Saudi princess 'ordered decorator to kiss her feet' for taking photographs of luxury Paris home
The royal reportedly told bodyguards: 'Kill this dog, he doesn't deserve to live'.
Injected with an unknown substance during torture, Zimbabwe's alleged state-sponsored kidnap victims speak out
Injected with an unknown substance during torture, activists speak of fears to IBTimes UK.
DRC sanctions show US 'does not tolerate strongmen who hold on to power through violence'
Rights groups welcome US sanctions on Congolese security officials accused repressing freedoms of DRC people.
Protests over California police shooting dead Ugandan refugee who pointed an e-cigarette
Inquiry into death of father-of-two, who survived refugee camps and prison, shot by police in San Diego.
Former DRC warlord and vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba files appeal against ICC conviction
Bemba received an 18-year jail term for atrocities committed by troops which included murder, rape and pillaging.
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