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Spyware use on separatists in Spain "extensive," group says

A cybersecurity rights group says the phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments

The Independent UK

'We are on our way to death': In Saudi Arabia, four Uighurs risk extradition to China

Several NGOs have accused Saudi Arabia of having arbitrarily arrested four Uighurs and of trying to extradite them to China, where their fate is extremely uncertain. The detainees include two men who had travelled to the country to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in November 2020, as well as a…

France 24

The Leader podcast: Rwanda migration plans “Human rights calamity”

The UK government’s plans to send refugees to Rwanda have been described as a ‘human rights calamity’ by Amnesty International.

Evening Standard

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Rwanda's human rights record from genocide to torture - as UK plan to send asylum seekers

The UK government is set to unveil its controversial plans to tackle channel crossings by 'offshoring' migrants to Rwanda. Labour called the plans 'unworkable and unethical'

Daily Mirror

Floods kill more than 300 people in South Africa as search for missing continues

At least 306 people have been killed in flooding around Durban in South Africa. On a visit to the stricken city, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the devastation as a "catastrophe of enormous proportions". Also, Amnesty International accuses Mali of stalling war crimes and abuse investigations. And after the French city…

France 24

Amnesty Accuses Iran of 'Deliberate' Denial of Healthcare to Prisoners

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Iran of deliberately denying life-saving medical care to prisoners, saying it had confirmed 96 cases since 2010 of detainees dying after a lack of treatment, AFP reported. The report by Amnesty comes after several high profile cases this year alone of prisoners who…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bodies of 132 civilians are found with bullet wounds in new Ukrainian war crime site

The mayor of Makariv in Kyiv Oblast said the bodies were found with bullet wounds as reports say about 40% of the town has been destroyed

Daily Mirror

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Russia expels international human rights groups

It’s the latest step Russia has taken to undermine international watchdog organizations amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Axios

Russia kicks out Amnesty International

MOSCOW: Russia says it is shutting down the local offices of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that have been working in the country for the past 30 years.

Bangkok Post

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: UK’s Johnson meets Zelenskyy

Ukrainian and British leaders discuss a new package of financial and military aid, the UK government says.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia war updates: White House says train station attack was 'another horrific atrocity' by Russia

A spokesperson for US President Joe Biden stops short of calling the deaths of dozens of people a war crime, but says the US will support "efforts to investigate exactly what happened".

ABC News

Russia revokes registration of Amnesty and Human Rights Watch

Russia's justice ministry said on Friday it had revoked the registration of 15 foreign organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Reuters

Proof of Russian war crimes exposed in damning report - including mum raped as son hid

Amnesty International has obtained evidence that civilians were killed in indiscriminate attacks in Kharkiv and Sumy Oblast, and documented an airstrike that killed civilians queueing for food in Chernihiv

Daily Mirror

Qatar World Cup: Security workers subject to ‘forced labour’ reveals damning report from Amnesty International

Amnesty International have criticised Fifa for “failing to put in place adequate processes” to prevent the abuse

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

FIFA urged to do more to end abusive practices in Qatari private security sector

Interviewees reported being made to work 84-hour weeks in the notoriously perilous sector.

The Independent UK

Qatar World Cup organizers admit workers were exploited

Qatar World Cup organizers have admitted that workers were exploited while contracted for FIFA preparation tournaments

The Independent UK

Fifa criticised after damning new report of labour abuses in Qatar ahead of World Cup

A new Amnesty International report has hit out at Fifa for failing ‘to put in place adequate processes’ to prevent the problems

Al Jazeera

Rights defenders slam Spain’s deportation of Algerian dissident

Spain rejects Algerian whistleblower’s asylum application and hastily deports him despite concerns raised for his life.

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Aakar Patel: Amnesty official barred from leaving India

Aakar Patel says immigration authorities stopped him from flying to the US after he was placed on a ‘look-out circular’.

The Independent UK

Rights groups charge 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK

Tigray has been the scene of ‘ethnic cleansing’, say human rights groups

Human Rights Watch-Amnesty report accuses Ethiopian paramilitaries of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The Guardian - US

Victim’s iPhone hacked by Pegasus spyware weeks after Apple sued NSO

Quartet targeted by clients – thought to be Jordanian government agencies – of Israeli company even after Apple sued in November

The Independent UK

Stay and be killed or leave and be killed? One family’s impossible decision to escape the besieged city of Chernihiv

Exclusive: Since the war began, Russia has bombarded the city of Chernihiv, leaving thousands of civilians with no way to escape and supplies dwindling. One mother whose family survived their home being bombed and then fled to safety shares their story with Rachel Sharp

The Guardian - US

US unions condemn ‘unacceptable’ Oregon pension fund link with NSO

AFL-CIO in Oregon calls for urgent divestment from fund that owns Israeli spyware company alleged to have targeted union members

The Independent UK

Qatar 2022 is here – a tainted World Cup barely worthy of the name

We’re here for Friday’s group stage draw but we’re here because of off-field decisions with far-reaching consequences. So as the draw makes Qatar 2022 ‘real’, is this a real World Cup?

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