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Freedom of expression 'threatened across the globe'

The UN says freedom of expression is under threat around the world with journalists being murdered and facing threats, intimidation and violence for trying to report the truth.

EuroNews

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Ethnic riots rock India

Thousands of security personnel are on high alert in the northeast Indian state of Manipur. At least 60 people were killed and 35,000 others displaced in riots and ethnic violence last week. Authorities say the situation is under control...

Al Jazeera

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Pro-democracy surges as Thailand heads to the polls

A pro-democracy movement is surging in Thailand as voters head to the polls, but democracy advocates worry it may not be enough to shift power from the conservative military establishment that’s gripped the country for nearly a decade.

CBC News

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Iranian protesters evolve amid crackdown

Eight months after the death of Mahsa Amini, a war of attrition has begun. Street protests are waning due to police crackdowns but Iranians continue to resist.

EuroNews

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The impossible task of journalists in Russia

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had devastating consequences for press freedom in the country. New laws forbid journalists from criticizing the Kremlin's so-called "special military operation." There are very few independent media outle...

DW News

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Afghan women demand the Taliban be punished

“Recognition of Taliban — violation of women’s rights,” the women chanted during the march, which lasted no longer than 10 minutes in the capital.

EuroNews

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Families with transgender children flee Texas

Jasper, 16, relocated from Texas to Minnesota with their parents to escape from the alarming increase in bills targeting transgender youth. Many US families with transgender children are fleeing to this northern state bordering Canada. M...

France 24

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South Africa: Deep issues mark Freedom Day

As South Africa marks Freedom Day, the date of its first democratic election in 1994, many people in the country's largest city say there is little to celebrate. Most of Johannesburg's residents have no access to clean water, refuse remo...

Al Jazeera

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Singapore executes man over cannabis conviction

Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence.

EuroNews

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Climate of terror for LGBT Ugandans

At a refuge for lesbian Ugandans, residents describe a climate of fear as a new bill looms. It's one of the world's strictest LGBTQ laws, imposing the death penalty for certain acts.

Reuters

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U.S Supreme Court blocks abortion changes

Americans for now will have access to mifepristone, a widely-used abortion pill, as the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions on the drug set by lower courts, amid a series of fierce legal battles surrounding reproductive...

Reuters

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Female quota implemented to boost firefighter ranks

Catalonia has introduced a quota to attract more women to jobs in the fire department. But it's proved to be a very controversial decision. It's a tough job and applicants must be highly qualified.

DW News

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Florida expands controversial ‘Don’t say gay’ ban

The Board of Education has voted to ban instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all ages, expanding the statute some call the ‘Don’t say gay’ law. The move comes as the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is believe...

CBC News

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U.S court grants limited access to abortion pill

The U.S. government will take an appeals court decision tightening nationwide access to a widely used abortion medication to the Supreme Court. In another sign the abortion debate is heating up in the U.S., Florida approves a six-week ab...

CBC News

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U.S court maintains abortion pill's approval, for now

A U.S. appeals court ruled that abortion pill mifepristone will remain accessible in the market for now, but with significant restrictions, as anti-abortion groups mount legal challenge in a bid to ban the drug entirely.

Reuters

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Women in Iran refusing to wear headscarves

More and more women are refusing to cover their hair with a headscarf, following mass anti-government protests that began last year. Now Iranian authorities are proposing harsher penalties for women caught without a hijab.

EuroNews

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Amsterdam’s Red Light District move opposed

Sex Workers and Amsterdam residents are teaming up against the city's plan to create a suburban "erotic centre".

EuroNews

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Pakistan: Female bike-riders breaking stereotypes

For a woman to drive a motorbike is an act of defiance in Pakistan's deeply patriarchal society. But more women are taking that step, as Emmy Sasipornkarn reports from Karachi.

DW News

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India's shrinking female workforce

India is on the cusp of surpassing China to become the world’s most populous country, and its economy is among the fastest-growing in the world. But the number of Indian women in the workforce, already among the 20 lowest in the world, h...

Al Jazeera

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Dalai Lama apologizes for videotaped incident

The Dalai Lama is facing criticism for an interaction in February where he asked a young boy to kiss him on the lips and suck his tongue. The Dalai Lama has apologized and said it was all part of a joke.

CBC News

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Iran installs cameras to ID unveiled women

In a further attempt to rein in the increasing number of women defying Iran's compulsory dress code, authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalize unveiled women, according to police.

Reuters

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Abortions in limbo after competing rulings in U.S

Abortion in the U.S. is facing another legal battle after a Texas judge ruled mifepristone, known as the abortion pill, should be taken off the market and a Washington state judge ruled it should stay available.

CBC News

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Iran to use cameras to identify unveiled women

Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police has announced in a new attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code. Af...

Al Jazeera

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U.S abortion access in doubt after rival rulings

Two competing court rulings have raised confusion about the future of a widely used abortion pill. On Friday, a judge in Texas ordered drug regulators to put a hold on mifepristone. Soon after, another judge in Washington State ruled tha...

Al Jazeera

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Access to abortion pill in limbo after U.S ruling

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the US has been plunged into uncertainty after conflicting court rulings on Friday over the legality of the medication Mifepristone, which has been widely available for more than 20 ...

EuroNews

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EU countries fight Hungarian anti-LGBTQ bill

The lawsuit was launched last year by the European Commission, which says the Hungarian bill violates fundamental rights.

EuroNews

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Partying without harassment in Marseille

For the past year in the southern French city of Marseille, the monthly 'Cagole Nomade Party' has been providing women with a place to enjoy a night of music and dancing without fear of harassment, with attendees asked to sign a 'wall of...

France 24

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NASA announces lunar mission firsts

NASA named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the four-member team of the Artemis II - to fly as early as next year on what would be the first crewed...

France 24

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Iran President backs public attacks on women

Iranian women condemned a recent attack of a man dumping yogurt on an unveiled mother and daughter in a shop believed to be in Shandiz, near the northeastern city of Mashhad. But after the attack, President Ebrahim Raisi re-iterated that...

Reuters

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Male college basketball players earn twice as much

For a second year, college athletes can profit from playing ball and using their name, image and likeness. But those opportunities haven't come equally. Men still make twice as much money and take in roughly 60% of the compensation from ...

Bloomberg