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Billions still lack access to safe drinking water – this is a global human rights catastrophe

Leaders and authorities recently gathered in New York for the first UN water conference in decades. The hope was that there would be some landmark breakthroughs to ensure that everyone had access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

The Conversation

Hikvision internal review found Xinjiang contracts targeted Uyghurs

"We're not going to absolve the company," the team conducting the review told Hikvision, per a recording of a private meeting.

Axios

Chile takes on ‘moral duty’ of finding the disappeared of Pinochet regime

As the 50th anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s bloody coup nears, Chile’s government launches a new plan to find and identify those who went missing

The Guardian - US

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Home Office’s Windrush payout scheme needs urgent reform, study finds

Human Rights Watch says claimants’ rights are being violated, with high obstacles to making claims and low awards

The Guardian - UK

Calls to ‘strip’ Home Office of Windrush compensation administration

A report from a humans rights organisation said the administration of the compensation scheme should be handed to an independent body.

The Independent UK

Criminalising suicide only makes it worse

If the aim of criminalising suicide attempts is to deter people from ending their lives and protect the vulnerable, it's failed.

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Nigeria's policies have come a long way but not far enough

Nigeria missed the unique opportunity to address its anti-suicide laws in the new mental health bill.

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How one man went from China’s Communist party golden child to enemy of the state

Experts say Xu Zhiyong’s fate symbolises the rise and fall of China’s ill-fated rights movement

The Guardian - UK

Calls for changes to migration laws as families shown the door due to high medical costs

Kayban was born in Australia with a disability. His parents want to extend their working visa but have been told his care costs too much.

ABC News

SDF Commander Killed in Turkish Drone Attack

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed, and his escort was injured in an attack by a Turkish drone near Nusaybeen crossing on the border with Türkiye in al-Qamishli. The Observatory pointed out that the attack came a week…

Asharq Al-Awsat

National finalises candidate selections, including two Māori seats

The race is on in Wellington Central for the National Party candidate selection where a well-known pub owner will battle it out against a human rights expert on Sunday.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ugandan activists brace for ratification of harsh anti-homosexuality bill

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, recently called on Africa to "save the world from homosexuality", suggesting he would sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament last month. In Uganda and abroad, activists are mounting last-ditch efforts to try and stop the legislation.

Radio France Internationale

Two Rights Groups: Iran Executions Surge in Bid to 'Spread Fear'

Two rights groups revealed on Thursday that Iran is using death penalty as an “execution machine” aimed at spreading fear as protests shook the country in 2022. According to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and France's Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), Iran hanged 75 percent more people in 2022…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Exposed: The links between Indonesia’s deforestation and Xinjiang

Chinese demand for Indonesian wood pulp is propping up industry ostracised elsewhere over sustainability concerns.

Al Jazeera

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Reuters

Hours before Blinken visit, US condemns Vietnam's jailing of activist

Hours ahead of a visit to Hanoi by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States on Thursday condemned Vietnam's jailing of a prominent political activist and said ties could only reach their full potential if the country improved its human rights record.

France 24

Macron government under fire for criticising one of France’s oldest human rights NGOs

Amid the tense political atmosphere gripping France as the pension reform crisis continues, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Wednesday became the latest member of the Macron government to criticise the Human Rights League, one of France’s oldest NGOs, even accusing it of taking an “ambiguous” stance on Islamism in recent…

AAP

Inquiry told heart of voice 'let's our mob speak'

The joint select committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice referendum is holding a public hearing in Canberra as part of its inquiry.

Newsroom.co.nz

Kiwi police work with Hong Kong force accused of brutality

Hong Kong police have provided lessons to their Kiwi counterparts on riot control, despite allegations of brutality and misconduct after a crackdown on protesting residents.

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The Conversation

Overcoming racism depends on respect for every person's dignity

I teach a course on race, racialization, racism and human rights. In my classes and some of my research, I highlight empathy, personhood and respect for human dignity as fundamental to overcoming racism.

The Independent UK

UN rights chief seeks help for surge in central Med migrants

The U.N. human rights chief is calling for an expansion in regular migration channels and search-and-rescue operations after a “steep increase” in the number of migrants and asylum-seekers making risky attempts to cross the central Mediterranean to Europe

Miami Herald

United Nations names independent expert on human rights for Haiti. He’s a familiar face

MIAMI — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday designated William O’Neill as an expert on human rights in Haiti.

The Independent UK

US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace

The United States is warning Mali’s military government that it would be “irresponsible” for the United Nations to continue deploying its more than 15,000 peacekeepers unless it ends restrictions including on operating reconnaissance drones

Sports Illustrated

Mailbag: Saudi Arabia’s Complicated Potential Future in Tennis

The Middle Eastern nation is likely to play a role in the sport going forward. The WTA and ATP will have to decide how large that role is.

The Independent UK

OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights

The Inter American Commission on Human Rights is urging the government of El Salvador to restore all the rights suspended under an “emergency” anti-gang decree that is now entering its second year

The Independent UK

Father of girl who drew anti-war art extradited to Russia

A human rights group says the father of a a Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been extradited from Belarus back to Russia

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