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Thursday briefing: Vice took millions from Saudi Arabia – but has its deal backfired?

In today’s newsletter: As the upstart media company faces bankruptcy, it has developed strong ties with the country, leaving some to question what compromises companies are willing to make to do business

The Guardian - UK

‘Slow progress’ in improving lives of disabled people, says human rights body

A report noted ‘gaps in meaningful engagement between governments and disabled people across many parts of the UK’

The Independent UK

China urged to tackle online racism targeting Black people

Human Rights Watch says racist tropes ‘common’ across Chinese social media, and that platforms and government must act.

Al Jazeera

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Slow progress on efforts to improve lives of disabled, says human rights body

A report noted ‘gaps in meaningful engagement between governments and disabled people across many parts of the UK’.

The Independent UK

Ministers’ failures mean disabled people in UK face growing poverty risk – report

Watchdog says little progress made on recommendations of 2016 report that said government violated disabled people’s rights

The Guardian - UK

H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies

A human rights group tracked 156 cases of alleged worker abuse in Myanmar garment factories at various brands.

Al Jazeera

World Bank freezes loans to Uganda because of anti-gay laws. But it doesn't mean it's becoming a human rights watchdog

Many people may be tempted to view the World Bank’s recent announcement that it will freeze new loans to Uganda because of the country’s vicious anti-LGBTIQ+ law as a harbinger of the Bank taking a more progressive approach to human rights issues.

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Chinese social media filled with anti-black racist content, says watchdog

Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racism

The Guardian - UK

Family of academic detained in Egypt accuse US of breaking pledge to help

Salah Soltan, a US green card holder and critic of Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, claims he faces death in Cairo jail and urges Biden to act

The Guardian - US

What are cluster bombs and why are they banned in some countries?

The US has sent the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use

The Independent UK

North Korea protests UN Security Council meeting on human rights record

The US says its plan to hold a meeting on rights abuses will move forward despite protests from North Korea and China.

Al Jazeera

Discrimination claim over Travellers' toilet 'ban' raised with EHRC

ALLEGATIONS of discrimination have been reported to the human rights watchdog after claims travellers were effectively banned from using public…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - How is it possible that we are going backwards on abortion?

I watched the repeal of Roe vs Wade last year in wide-eyed horror as a woman’s right to an abortion in the United States vanished overnight. My friends in the US were in pieces — there was heartbreak and disbelief as they watched the erosion of their human rights in…

Evening Standard

The UN and its partners ramp up their appeal for peace and aid at the 4-month mark of Sudan's war

Twenty U.N. and other international organizations have called for peace, access to humanitarian support and respect for human rights in Sudan at the four-month mark of its war

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The Independent UK

A rights group says it can't get access to detained officials in Niger

Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago

The Guardian - US

‘There’s no police or state’: Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars

Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

TechRadar

Free speech under siege in Jordan as king approves "draconian" new cybercrime law

The law "will strongly undermine digital rights," says human rights advocates. Here's what's at stake for people in Jordan as the new law will be soon enforced.

The Hindu

Internal inquiry against police officers for allowing ‘GROW’ Vasu to interact with media

Investigation underway in Kozhikode against police officers for violating security norms and allowing human rights activist GROW Vasu to interact with media while being taken to court. Show-cause notices issued to four officers, including Station House Officers of Kunnamangalam and Medical College stations.

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France 24

Human Rights Watch urges international intervention to end surging gang violence in Haiti

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.

The Hindu

SHRC recommends compensation of ₹1 lakh to bus conductor assaulted by police

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has recommended to the State government to pay a compensation of ₹1 lakh to a government bus conductor, who was assaulted by a policeman during a quarrel in Chennai in May 2022

The Hindu

Data | Claims of peace in Jammu and Kashmir, amid continuing terror-related deaths

in Kashmir four years since J&K's special status revoked, data shows high militant deaths & Internet shutdowns. Affidavit filed by Centre claims "unprecedented peace, progress & prosperity" post Article 370 dilution. SATP data shows high militant deaths & Internet shutdowns, Poonch & Rajouri districts recording 50% of all terrorism-related deaths.…

The Independent UK

Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti

A human rights group has urged the international community to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti

Al Jazeera

‘Turning point’: What happened during Egypt’s Rabaa massacre 10 years ago?

No official or entity was pursued for the killings, and the human rights situation in Egypt has only deteriorated since.

The Times of India

NHRC notice to Odisha govt on human sacrifice, sorcery, witchcraft

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought for an action taken report from Odisha’s chief secretary and director general of police (DGP) on alleged failure in acting on practice of human sacrifice, sorcery, black magic and witchcraft in the state.

Salon

Gitmo: The Forever War's endless legacy

New U.N. report praises Biden administration for transparency — but excoriates U.S. for crimes against humanity

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