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China, Russia seek greater control of Internet: U.S.

August 24, 2021 at 12:34 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - China and Russia are buying increasingly powerful surveillance technologies to intercept communications and try to take control of the Internet, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday....

North Korea blurs lines between prison camps, villages: Amnesty

August 24, 2021 at 12:33 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea has built a huge "security perimeter" around a camp for political prisoners, restricting movement in nearby villages as part of its "general repression" of its...

Syria risks “dissolution”, U.N. chief says

August 24, 2021 at 12:12 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria will fall apart if its government and rebels keep fighting instead of seeking a negotiated peace, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday. He said...

Sri Lanka film on war crimes makes debut at U.N

August 24, 2021 at 12:11 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - A documentary purporting to show the execution of civilians and other war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan army had its first public screening on Friday but...

Japan, U.S. seek U.N. inquiry into North Korea abuses

August 24, 2021 at 12:03 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Japan and the United States called on Tuesday for the main U.N. human rights forum to launch an inquiry into allegations of violations including the torture and...

Turkey, Qatar denounce Syria’s war on own people

August 23, 2021 at 11:53 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Turkey and Qatar accused Syria on Monday of attacking Syrian towns with bombs, shells and Scud missiles and called at the main U.N. human rights forum for...

Time to refer Syrian war crimes to ICC: U.N. inquiry

August 23, 2021 at 11:32 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations investigators said on Monday that Syrian leaders they had identified as suspected war criminals should face the International Criminal Court (ICC). The investigators urged the...

Time to refer Syrian war crimes to ICC: U.N. inquiry

June 23, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations investigators said on Monday that Syrian leaders they had identified as suspected war criminals should face the International Criminal Court (ICC). The investigators urged the...

Sri Lanka war investigation lags, abuses persist: U.N.

August 23, 2021 at 11:14 p.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is failing to investigate alleged atrocities committed by government forces in defeating a Tamil insurgency and activists and opposition politicians are still being killed or...

Sri Lanka war investigation lags, abuses persist: U.N.

August 22, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is failing to investigate alleged atrocities committed by government forces in defeating a Tamil insurgency and activists and opposition politicians are still being killed or...

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