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Glitz, glamour and women’s rights at Pakistan Fashion week
As well as the glitz and glamour of labels such as Saira Rizwan and the design duo Deepak n Fahad, Pakistan Fashion Week took a stand for women’s rights. Fashionista Rozina Munib invited Mukhtaran Mai onto the runway. Mai was gang raped...
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Talking China
John McCallum, Canada's new ambassador to China, on calls to increase trade with the world's largest market
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MEPs unveil shortlist for EU rights prize
MEPs have approved their final shortlist for the EU’s human rights award, the Sakharov Prize. They include Turkish reporter Can Dündar, Nadia Murad Basee, who survived ISIS atrocities in Iraq, and Mustafa Dzemilev, a Crimean Tartar...
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Ian McEwan | "Nutshell," Safe Spaces and Identity
Ian McEwan's novel "Nutshell" features an opinionated fetus, which seems to channel McEwan's skeptical views of safe spaces and trigger warnings.
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Sunday Scrum: Canadian diplomacy tested
Political panel discusses the release of 2 Canadians from overseas prisons in the last month
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Spain: Ai Weiwei and ‘The Poetry of Freedom’
Cuenca, a fortified medieval city in central Spain is hosting an exhibition entitled ‘The Poetry of Freedom’ as part of a nationwide celebration of the 400th anniversary of the death of ‘Don Quixote’ author Miguel de Cervantes....
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‘Too little understanding’ from Europe after Turkey coup
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland has said that there is “too little understanding” of the challenges faced by Turkey after last month’s coup attempt. The head of Europe’s top human rights organisation –...
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Turkey: Is it a democracy today?
CBC News speaks with Lama Fakih, a senior crisis adviser with Amnesty International
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Joe Schlesinger inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame
CBC News senior correspondent Adrienne Arsenault talks to Joe Schlesinger about his own story
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Mexican President meets with Justin Trudeau in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a number of measures intended to reset Canada's relationship with Mexico during a state visit by President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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Grand marshal on 2016 Toronto Pride
This year's parade is dedicated to Orlando victims and gay rights around the world says activist Salah Bachir
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Sunday Scrum: Senate makeover leans to Independents
Political panel discusses Senate reform and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's appointment of nine new Independent senators
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Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows
The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as China’s most high-profile artist, was speaking at a news conference in Bern on 27 April...
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Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize
Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for their talent and commitment to freedom of expression, was presented at a ceremony in...
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Human rights film festival shines a light on human wrongs
The idea behind the “International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights”: http://www.fifdh.org/site/fr/le- is to provoke debate and to shine a light on the unsavoury aspects of abuses going on in the world around us. The festival...
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Refugee convention “must be applied” in Turkey says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
EU leaders are set to meet on Thursday and Friday. They are going to be discussing and, they hope, finalising a migration deal with Turkey. Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth has described it as “a stark repudiation of international law...
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Obama and Castro official meeting in Havana
Leaders discuss range of topics from sovereignty to human rights
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Spain hits out at Turkey migration ‘deal’
Spain hit out on Monday at a German-brokered migration deal with Turkey that will be debated by EU leaders later this week. Chancellor Angela Merkel hammered out the outlines of an accord last week that would see Turkey take back...
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Australia's refugee camps
A look at the dismal state of Australia's refugee camps through the eyes of a family with a one-of-a-kind story.
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Chinese takeover of B.C. tech firm raises concerns | Sunday Scrum
Why did the federal government allow a Chinese communications company to acquire a B.C. tech firm without a formal national security review?
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Sunday Scrum: Calls for Canada to act on Chechnya
LGBT support groups are calling for the Canadian government to do more to help gay and bisexual people in Chechnya
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Wife of jailed Saudi blogger hopes Sakharov Prize will be ‘gateway to freedom’
Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi is being officially awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday. But the human rights activist and author of the “Free Saudi Liberals” website will not be in Strasbourg to receive it....
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Sakharov Prize an ‘historic moment’ for jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
Jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi has been officially awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Collecting the European Parliament accolade on his behalf in Strasbourg, Raif’s wife said it marked an “historic moment.”...