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The United States vows to keep promoting human rights in Turkey, while also calling for cooperation, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expel the ambassador over his advocacy. "We will continue to promote the rule of law and respect for human rights globally," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters during a briefing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
The UN rights chief warns that the world needs to change paths to avoid a future filled with military escalation, repression, disinformation, deepening inequality and rampant climate change. "We are at a fork in the road: We can either continue on our current path — a treacherous ‘new normal’ — and sleepwalk into a dystopian future, or we can wake up and turn things around for the better, for humanity and the planet," Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE
UN spokesperson Liz Throssell denounces the passage of a bill in Peru that bars prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, saying it ran contrary to international law. "The law contravenes the country's obligations under international law and is a troubling development, amid a broader backlash against human rights and the rule of law in Peru," she says. SOUNDBITE
Images inside a Russian court buidling where the US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set to appear for the second hearing of his trial for espionage, a charge that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham. IMAGES
Thousands of people gather on Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma avenue for the Mexican capital's annual pride parade. IMAGES
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