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Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Vatican's top diplomat urged world leaders Tuesday to put a pause on lethal autonomous weapons systems for long enough negotiate an agreement on them, joining a series of U.N. General Assembly speakers who have expressed concern about various aspects of artificial...
A daughter of long-detained activist in Bahrain is blocked from traveling to the island kingdom
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain tried to return to the island kingdom on Friday to press for her father's release but was turned away from her flight in London. Maryam al-Khawaja was accompanied by a phalanx of...
Congo communities forcibly uprooted to make way for mines critical to EVs, Amnesty report says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The mining of minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies in Congo has led to human rights abuses, including forced evictions and physical assault, according to a new report from Amnesty International and another rights group. ...
An Iranian man detained in nationwide protests convulses and dies while awaiting a new sentence
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian man arrested last year during nationwide protests over the death of a 22-year-old woman detained over her headscarf has died after suffering a convulsion in prison, state media reported Thursday. Javad Rouhi, 35, suddenly fell ill...
Rights group reports war crimes in Sudan, including deliberate attacks on civilians, sexual assault
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's warring parties have committed extensive war crimes in the ongoing conflict, including deliberate killings of civilians and sexual assault, a leading rights group said Thursday. The east African country plunged into chaos in mid-April when monthslong tensions...
An Egyptian court hands down 3-year prison sentence to rights activist in case that echoed in Italy
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced a rights activist on Tuesday to three years in prison over an opinion article he wrote in 2019 in a case that renewed global attention to Egypt's intolerance of government critics. The case of Patrick George Zaki has also echoed in Italy,...
