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North Korea executes teens for watching Squid Game and listening to K-Pop

Shocking testimony reveals North Koreans, including students, face execution for watching South Korean shows like Squid Game and listening to K-pop. Amnesty International reports severe punishments, including death, for consuming foreign media. New laws mandate harsh penalties, with executions serving as 'ideological education' to deter citizens from foreign cultural influences.

The Times of India

North Korean teenagers ‘executed for watching Squid Game’ as regime wages war on TV and pop music

‘They took us to executions and showed us everything,’ said one former student

The Independent UK

Kim Jong Un ‘executes schoolchildren for watching Squid Game’

The harshest punishments are typically imposed on poorer citizens, while wealthy individuals can often avoid executions by bribing officials

Evening Standard

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North Korea Publicly Executes Citizens Caught Watching ‘Squid Game’

A new report featuring testimonies from North Korean defectors reveals that the country executes those caught consuming South Korean media, including K-Dramas and BTS songs.

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How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win

A series of shootings by federal immigration agents, including two deaths in Minneapolis, have galvanized intense local and national protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Federal immigration agents killed Renee Nicole Good, 37 – a mother of three – and Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, weeks apart in…

The Conversation

Iran protests death toll could surpass 30,000, reports claim

Casualty estimates from Iran's protest crackdown range from 3,100 to over 30,000, with verification hampered by an internet shutdown. Human rights groups report thousands killed, including children.

Euronews

Myanmar uses 'ghost ships' to import aviation fuel for deadly air attacks, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is using evasive tactics to import aviation fuel for air attacks in its civil war

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Scale of Iran's nationwide protests and bloody crackdown come into focus even as internet is out

The scale of nationwide protests in Iran and the bloody crackdown that has followed is slowly coming into focus, even though authorities have cut off the country from the internet

The Independent UK

Thousands of workers flee Cambodia scam centres, officials say

Amnesty International deeply concerned for scores of people ‘walking around in search of assistance’

The Guardian - AU

Trump Orders Americans to Leave Iran as Security Raids Blackout Homes Nationwide

Trump orders Americans to leave Iran as security raids and internet blackout deepen nationwide unrest.

International Business Times

Trump’s Venezuela incursion has nothing to do with its freedom

Trump’s actions at home tell a different story – and they parallel many of Maduro’s own repressive moves

The Guardian - US

Handwritten letters are still a powerful force for good

Letters: Frankie Meehan on the decline of letter writing and Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign

The Guardian - UK

Macron in United Arab Emirates for bilateral talks, Christmas with French troops

France will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost its ‍capacities as a maritime power, President Emmanuel Macron has told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in Abu Dhabi, where he will also discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state, notably co-operation on combatting drug trafficking. The UAE is…

Radio France Internationale

Tanzania police accused of ‘unlawful lethal force’ after protests left 700 dead

Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future of civic freedoms in the country.

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The Guardian - UK

Iranian boxing champion at imminent risk of execution as retrial request rejected

Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, 30, was arrested in 2020 for taking part in nationwide democracy protests, and has been tortured in prison

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Burton obituary

Other lives: Legal and environmental activist who held senior roles at Greenpeace UK, Greenpeace International and Amnesty International

The Conversation

Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict

Sudan’s brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions and killing in excess of 150,000 people – making it among the most deadly conflicts in the world today.

The Independent UK

Appeal to European Court being considered after ruling over Troubles disclosures

It comes after Government won an appeal which prevents a coroner in Northern Ireland disclosing certain sensitive material at a Troubles inquest.

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Evening Standard

Jimmy Carr explains why he was 26 when he lost his virginity

‘I think it’s very good to be open and say not everyone develops at the same time,’ Carr said on Louis Theroux’s podcast

The Independent UK

Jimmy Carr ‘loved’ Saudi Arabia comedy gig despite human rights criticism

The 53-year old performed at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival in October

Radio France Internationale

Trial of NGO workers accused of assisting 'illegal' migration opens in Tunisia

Aid workers accused of assisting irregular migration to Tunisia went on trial on Monday, as Amnesty International criticised what it called "the relentless criminalisation of civil society" in the country.

Euronews

Hamas attacks and hostage treatment in Gaza crimes against humanity, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says Palestinian armed groups committed crimes against humanity in the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel, with Hamas bearing primary responsibility for war crimes including murder and torture.

Radio France Internationale

Amnesty accuses Hamas of 'crimes against humanity' over 7 October attacks

Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity during and after the 7 October, 2023 attack on Israel that led to the war in Gaza.

The Independent UK

In post-Assad Syria's chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence

A woman from Syria's Alawite minority has spoken about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and raped by gunmen

The Independent UK

Nigerian soldiers open fire on protesters in the northeast, killing 9, witnesses say

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa state

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