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United States skips UN review of its human rights record
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.

Rape survivors are being “systematically” failed as two-thirds of adult rape investigations are dropped
The results of a new probe found woefully low rape prosecution numbers could be the result of a flawed system for reporting and long delays for justice.

Spanish MPs approve investigation into sexual abuse within Catholic Church
Spanish MPs have voted to set up a commission of experts to conduct the country's first official investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

Threats, intimidation against doctors and health workers must end
The AMA has advocated against the culture of violence in America, including domestic violence, gun violence, racism, police brutality, and xenophobia—and violence against physicians and health professionals is no exception. While not a new occurrence...

Disabled people are struggling more than ever to access suitable housing
Disabled people are at the sharp end of the housing crisis, waiting longer than others to find suitable housing. Olivia Lindsay explains how a charity in Scotland has been evolving to try and meet this need.

UK Court Overturns Convictions of 39 Post Office Leaders
Britain's Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of 39 people who ran local post offices and were accused of theft, fraud and false accounting following the installation, more than 20 years ago, of what turned out to be a defective computer s...

Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Sues Canada Over Alleged Role in His Detention
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who wrote a best-selling book about his experiences in the military prison, poses on Oct. 18, 2016 after he was reunited with his family in Mauritania on Oct. 17 after 14 years of detention.

US detention of asylum seekers ‘inhumane and wasteful’: Report
Human Rights First says asylum seekers were jailed on average for 3.7 months after being allowed into the United States.

Swedish extremist disrupts societal serenity by insulting Muslims
Hundreds of millions of Muslims across the globe took umbrage at a leader of a far-right group in Sweden for violating the sanctity of the holy Quran.

Muslims suppressed on pretext of defending freedom of speech
Sweden's measures in emboldening a few insulting rightists and creating violence in Muslims' protests against desecration of Islamic sanctities indicate that Stockholm has not taken lessons from the past events.
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