European nations set to recognise Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s leader
UK among countries set to back Guaidó as interim president unless Nicolas Maduro calls election
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Pakistan criticises China over treatment of ethnic Muslims
Minister urges Beijing to soften restrictions on minorities in Xinjiang after reports of abuses
Read moreEU concerned over detention of human rights lawyer in Iran
Cliff Richard and freedom of the press
Readers respond after Cliff Richard wins £210,000 in damages over BBC privacy case Read more
‘A better life’: India moves a step closer to legalising gay sex
Australia condemns Syria at UN and pushes back against Russia
Myanmar government ‘bulldozing Rohingya mass grave to hide evidence’
Rights group says site of massacre in Rakhine state is being flattened on government orders after exposés of two other mass graves
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Read morePhilippines: Rodrigo Duterte orders soldiers to shoot female rebels ‘in the vagina’
President branded a misogynist and macho-facist after saying mutilating women fighters would make them “useless”
Read moreHundreds of millions of children in school but not learning
Poor countries urged to increase domestic spending on education as World Bank sounds alarm bell over ‘learning crisis’
Read moreAmnesty workers tried as terrorists? This is the repressive new Turkey
My colleagues face a sham trial at the hands of a draconian government. Such scare tactics threaten Turkey’s future Read more
SGI President Issues 2018 Peace Proposal
SGI President Daisaku Ikeda issues 2018 Peace Proposal Tokyo: Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), issued his annual peace proposal titled “Toward an Era of Human... Read more
Ebola survivors sue government of Sierra Leone over missing Ebola millions
Stewardship of $15m in foreign support for deadly outbreak under scrutiny as officials are accused of failing to honour promises
Read moreWorld’s awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings
With no appetite for humanitarian intervention and no support for a powerful ICC, there is unlikely to be justice in Myanmar or elsewhere
Read moreMyanmar military accused of executing dozens of fleeing Rohingya villagers
‘Horrors’ condemned by human rights group as witnesses claim soldiers abused, stabbed and shot dozens of people at residential compound in Rakhine state
Read moreDeath of Liu Xiaobo: activists scorn Trump for hailing ‘terrific’ Xi
The US president’s praise for China’s leader was ‘shameful’ coming after the death of the Nobel-winning political prisoner
Read moreDying dissident Liu Xiaobo must be allowed to travel, UK and EU urge China
Beijing asked to lift restrictions on medical treatment and location as Nobel laureate suffers from late-stage cancer in hospital
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