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Okinawa governor demands tougher discipline, review of US-Japan military pact after 20-year-old Marine arrested over killing of local woman | Anadolu

Okinawa governor demands tougher discipline, review of US-Japan military pact after 20-year-old Marine arrested over killing of local woman | Anadolu

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, a South Africa-born human rights lawyer, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and judge on the International Court of Justice, was awarded the Nobel Peace...

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Paris, The Hague, 9 October. From her fight against apartheid in South Africa to serving as a judge at international courts, and as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay has played a leading role in advancing justice for victims of grave human rights violations. Her career reflects an unwavering commitment to equality, the rule of law, and the fight against impunity. As an anti-apartheid lawyer, Pillay defended Nelson Mandela and other opponents of apartheid, becoming the first woman to establish a law practice in Natal in 1967. Following the end of apartheid, she became the first woman of colour to serve on South Africa’s High Court and contributed to the equality clause of the country’s post-apartheid Constitution. In 1992, she co-founded Equality Now, an international organisation dedicated to advancing women’s rights and challenging discriminatory laws. Her contribution to international justice has been equally significant. As a judge and later President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), she served on the Trial Chamber that delivered the landmark 1998 Akayesu judgment, which established that rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute acts of genocide. She was later elected as one of the inaugural judges at the International...

via Human Rights Watch News — Click to expand Image A woman holds a sign reading "We demand due process for the innocent. No to injustice" during a protest against the state of emergency imposed by the government since March 2022, in San Salvador, El Salvador, on March 24, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – Since early 2026, Salvadoran courts have begun convicting people in mass trials of hundreds of defendants at a time, relying on weak evidence and giving them no real chance to defend themselves, Human Ri

After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...

Lawyers for Good's family say US officials created "an unprecedented environment for state sponsored violence" in Minneapolis.

Lawyers for Good's family say US officials created "an unprecedented environment for state sponsored violence" in Minneapolis.

Lawyers for Good's family say US officials created "an unprecedented environment for state sponsored violence" in Minneapolis.

İstanbul police on Tuesday detained a Uyghur woman with a valid residence permit and transported her to a removal center, raising concerns that she could be deported to China, the Uygur Haber news…

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