The Nigerian students caught in the Russia-Ukraine war
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
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Students scramble to leave Ukraine as the conflict intensifies, reaching new cities. Lolade Lawal’s life has been turned upside down in a...
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![The antisemitism animating Putin’s claim to ‘denazify’ Ukraine](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef73fe_e9744b744fae47afb42623790add707d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_588,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ef73fe_e9744b744fae47afb42623790add707d~mv2.webp)
The antisemitism animating Putin’s claim to ‘denazify’ Ukraine
The Russian leader’s pretext for invasion recasts Ukraine’s Jewish president as a Nazi and Russian Christians as true victims of the...
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HRC Applauds President Biden’s Historic Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson...to the SCOTUS
HRC celebrates first Black woman to be nominated to the nation’s highest court Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s...
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Human Rights Activists in Ukraine Call for Swift Response
Human rights activists in Ukraine are telling Human Rights First about the immediate impact on them of the Russian invasion, and what...
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!["You're on your own": African students stuck in Ukraine seek refuge or escape route](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef73fe_110c1678a57944508113bc25c36c396e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ef73fe_110c1678a57944508113bc25c36c396e~mv2.webp)
"You're on your own": African students stuck in Ukraine seek refuge or escape route
When Percy Ohene-Yeboah peered down from his high-rise apartment in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning, the...
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Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for...
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Thousands join anti-war protests in Russia after Ukraine invasion
Police make more than 1,700 arrests as protesters take to the streets in cities across country Vladimir Putin has said there is broad...
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Russia invades Ukraine on many fronts in ‘brutal act of war’
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops...
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NATO ‘more united and determined than ever’ after Russia’s ‘brutal act of war’ on Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Feb. 24 condemned Russia's “cold-blooded” attack on Ukraine “in the strongest possible terms.”...
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![Ukraine appeals for U.N. help, Russia says can't ignore 'genocide'](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef73fe_3b9ecade1e164edd87a5959245e6b06e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_715,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ef73fe_3b9ecade1e164edd87a5959245e6b06e~mv2.webp)
Ukraine appeals for U.N. help, Russia says can't ignore 'genocide'
Ukraine appealed to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday to stop Russia's "aggressive plans," while Russia said it could not ignore...
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