Coal fired power station in South Africa .
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The court ruling that it’s a constitutional right to have clean air highlights the fact that South Africa needs to improve air quality urgently.
South Africa has an extensive social security network, but poverty levels remain obstinately high.
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Social security reforms are needed that include support for the long-term and chronically unemployed and informal workers.
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New research shows a large percentage of Australians value “freedom” as the most important human right – but politicians need to offer a more sophisticated version of that ideal.
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Nigeria needs a new constitution to address its multi-faceted problems.
Displaced Ukrainians try to leave the country at the Lviv train station.
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Instead of providing safe and legal routes to protection to people in grave danger, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced a minor loosening of visa rules.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Annual Meeting 2016 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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These women have helped people in their communities and far beyond.
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As Ukraine scrambles to defend itself from Russia’s illegal invasion, men aged 18 to 60 have been banned from leaving the country.
Voting at the United Nations General Assembly special session on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Namibia’s refusal to condemn Russia undermines the credibility of its claims to support sovereignty, territorial integrity, and self-determination of all nations.
A deserted Lagos road during the pandemic lockdown in April 2020.
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Lockdown and stay-at-home orders may not benefit societies dominated by informal economies.
Sergei Magnitsky’s legacy lives on through sanctions in his name.
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Named after a tax expert who died in police custody after uncovering fraud by Russian officials, Magnitsky sanctions target individuals accused of human rights violations.
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Strip-searching prisoners has been found to breach human rights. Will the Victorian government implement changes to strip-searching policies in places of detention?
Actors cheer as President of the China, Xi Jinping, arrives for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 4 in Beijing.
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Few nations know how to politicize the Olympics as effectively as China does.
Children at Syria’s al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group.
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There are almost 8,000 foreign children living in squalid conditions in prisons and camps in Syria.
Judge Mandisa Maya, South Africa’s Chief Justice-elect.
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Her values of integrity, impartiality, professional ethics, and court decorum make her the ideal person to head the country’s judiciary.
Sudanese protesters clash with security forces during an anti-coup protest in Khartoum, Sudan in December 2021.
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When the military leaders have responded so harshly and have not given in on any demands, why do the protests still continue?
A member of the Yansakai vigilante group poses with a gun in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria.
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Aside from human rights abuses, vigilantes may be unreliable, poorly skilled, and lacking transparency and accountability.
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Religious discrimination is set to be debated in parliament this week - more than three years after Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised a bill.
Women wearing burqas wait for free bread outside a bakery in Kabul on Jan. 24, 2022.
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The Taliban’s recent abduction of 40 people, and gang rape of eight women, has not captured Western media attention. But activists inside Afghanistan point to worrying levels of violence.
The International Olympic Committee has a demonstrated history of controlling athletes’ public statements, despite claiming that athletes are free to express their opinions in press conferences, in media interviews and on social media.
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Can the Olympic industry survive the damage that calls for a Winter Olympics boycott are doing to its brand?
A man gets vaccinated at the recent launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa of a vaccination campaign.
in Katlehong, Gauteng Province.
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Most adults were prepared to sacrifice their rights to ensure the safety and health of all during the pandemic, averaging 74%.