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FILE - A gay rights activist stands with a rainbow flag, in front of journalists, during a protesting picket at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Several gay rights activists stood protesting against gay rights violation at Palace square where paratroopers celebrated Paratroopers' Day. (AP Photo, File)
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred i…
FILE - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaks about the activities of his office and recent human rights developments around the globe, during the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 7, 2023. The U.N. human rights chief used a special debate on burnings of the Quran in Sweden and other European countries to tread the fine line between freedom of expression and respect for religious belief. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP File)
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey made a surprise pledge to drop its opposition to Sweden joining NATO, paving the way for the Nordic country to become a…
A former guard at a federal prison in Massachusetts who prosecutors say caused serious head injuries to a handcuffed inmate with severe mental health disorders has been sentenced to a year in prison. Federal prosecutors in Boston say Seth Bourget, of Woodstock, Connecticut, was also sentenced Monday to two years of probation He was convicted by a jury in December of deprivation of civil rights under color of law. Prosecutors say Bourget used a protective shield to strike the inmate in the chin area, snapping his head back and causing him to injure his head on the concrete floor.
LONDON (AP) — The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people's personal information that gets pinged acros…
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of …
Police detain a Georgian opponent of gay rights who was shouting anti-LGBT festival slogans and tried to interfere a pride party in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event's bar. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Police detain a Georgian opponent of gay rights who was shouting anti-LGBT festival slogans and tried to interfere a pride party in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event's bar. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
Police detain a Georgian opponent of gay rights who was shouting anti-LGBT festival slogans and tried to interfere a pride party in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Hundreds of opponents of gay rights on Saturday swarmed the site of an LGBT festival in the capital of the country of Georgia, vandalizing the stage, setting fires and looting the event's bar. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)