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Relatives of minors imprisoned in Venezuela ask UNICEF ​​to support their release

Of the 142 minors who, according to the document, were captured, 70 remain in detention centers

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U.N. denounces 700 cases of sexual violence against women and girls in Congo

The United Nations human rights chief offered a review of the situation in that country, shaken by decades of confrontations between the authorities and different armed groups

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Meryl Streep at the United Nations: "A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan"

During a debate forum, it was also noted that at least 1.4 million girls were banned from secondary education in 2024 in the Middle Eastern country

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Hero: Cuban activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara given 2024 Rafto Prize for human rights

The institution's ruling highlights that the 36 year-old Cuban, currently in prison, “has been arrested countless times for his activism”

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Assembly of the Cuban Resistance calls upon European democracies to end economic aid to Castro military dictatorship

“We are in Spain raising our voices for a free Cuba and to ask for the end of the European Community subsidy to the Castro dictatorship,” Dr. Gutiérrez-Boronat told ADN Cuba

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U.S. lawmakers push bill to reimburse American vets supporting abandoned Afghan allies and their families

The vets are using their own money out of a sense of compassion and moral duty to help the Afghans who once helped them—and are struggling financially as a result

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United Nations and EU condemn new Taliban laws as women's rights evaporate in America's absence

The new law requires that they cover and clothe their entire body and bans on their voices from being heard in public, while restricting their movement without a male relative

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Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba releases list of alleged Castro regime repressors now living in U.S.

The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC), based in Miami, has created an online database that is compiling complaints about individuals who, allegedly, have acted as repressive agents for the Castro military dictatorship

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Three years after U.S. withdrawal Taliban ban women's voices in public and make it illegal to bare their faces

According to the new regulations, a woman's voice “is considered an intimate attribute that should not be heard in public, prohibiting them from singing, reciting or reading aloud”

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Trump calls for death penalty for sex traffickers of minors and women

The magnate advocated for new laws that protect minors and women in the face of growing sex trafficking