Kyrgyzstan called to explain women’s protest arrests
Kyrgyzstan’s authorities have been accused of arresting approximately 70 activists – mostly women – last week, according to Human Rights…
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HRW: Russian police targeting domestic abuse NGOs
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the police in southern Russia have raided the homes and office of activists who helped…
French #MeToo movement founder loses court case
A French court has ordered the founder of France’s #MeToo movement to pay €15,000 in damages to a man she…
Spain child sex attack trial reopens rape law debate
Spanish prosecutors in the trial of six males accused of attacking a 14-year-old in the northeast Catalan town of Manresa…