by rights
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Footage shared by rights groups on social media showed inmates sitting outside their cells chanting "no to execution".
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Criticised by rights groups, the new measures will notably allow nations to open centres outside the EU's borders to which migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected could be sent.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Those proposals have been criticised by rights groups as inhumane.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
As mayor he was criticised by rights groups for using the police against street vendors in a heavy-handed manner, as he worked to keep roads clear in the capital and crack down on unlicensed businesses.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
He was done with disobedience from his son, done with the wanderings and false boundaries of the girl who was his by rights.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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