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Manchester United fans and rights groups raise fears over Qatar-led ownership bid

The Gulf state bank’s offer to buy the English Premier League team has been criticised by humanitarian organisations, LGBTQ+ fan clubs and advocacy groups for football governance

The Guardian - UK

Detained activist fears for missing zero-Covid protesters in China

Ding Jiaxi also tells lawyer he is worried about health after being held for more than three years

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m tired and scared’: The ‘historically bad’ wave of anti-LGBT+ legislation impacting youth mental health

A record number of state-level bills targeting transgender young people and the inflammatory right-wing rhetoric surrounding them are having a damaging effect on LGBT+ youth, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

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‘A disease’: Caste discrimination in Australia is on the rise – but some are fighting back

As migration from south Asia booms, Australia’s human rights commission is looking at stronger measures against caste-based discrimination

The Guardian - AU

Ex-PMs of UK, Australia, Belgium urge tough action on China

Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium have called for a tougher international approach to China to reduce the possibility of war over Taiwan and respond to human rights violations

The Independent UK

Report: Syrian Govt Forces, Opposition Factions Clash in Quake-Hit Region

Syrian government forces and opposition factions have clashed overnight in northwest Syria for the first time since an earthquake devastated the region on Feb. 6, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday. The northwest, one of the region's most badly affected by the earthquake that hit Syria and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian government forces, rebels clash in quake-hit region-report

Syrian government forces and rebels have clashed overnight in northwest Syria for the first time since an earthquake devastated the region on Feb. 6, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.

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Scott Morrison says he ran out of time to impose sanctions on China over human rights

Australia’s former PM urges new government to apply sanctions amid questions why he stopped short of taking such action when in power

The Guardian - AU

China faces grilling in review of key rights by UN committee

China has come in for a grilling over its human rights record as a two-day hearing opened at the United Nations human rights office

The Independent UK

Morrison urges China pressure, praises own efforts

Scott Morrison will use a speech to spruik his efforts to call out "bullying" by the Chinese government and urge further pressure on human rights abuses.

AAP

Peru’s ‘racist bias’ drove lethal police response to protests, Amnesty says

In a damning report, human rights group says state permitted ‘excessive and lethal use of force’ against Indigenous groups

The Guardian - US

Uyghur groups call for U.N. action against China over rights abuses

Uyghur advocacy groups called on United Nations bodies to take action against China on Thursday over its abuses against the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, after U.N. experts this week reviewed Beijing's rights record.

Reuters

Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents of citizenship

President Daniel Ortega intensifies his political crackdown, stripping 94 of the most prominent Nicaraguan writers, journalists and human rights activists of citizenship. They lose all their rights.

WEKU

Taking over the Sri Lankan presidential palace was a high point for Wasantha. Then came six months of horror

This 29-year-old spearheaded a protest movement that toppled Sri Lanka's government. But after his triumphant moment, Wasantha was taken into a feared detention system where prisoners have been tortured and killed.

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Irish Mirror

Bohs reveal new away kit to support Palestinian children's charity

The League of Ireland side have teamed up with Palestine Sport for Life to raise awareness of human rights violations in Palestine

Manchester Evening News

UEFA urged to block any Qatar-led takeover of Manchester United

Man United have been linked with investment from Qatar but human rights group FairSquare have criticised a potential bid.

Al Jazeera

Where does your country stand on the Russia-Ukraine war?

Al Jazeera breaks down the political, military and economic positions of various countries around the world.

The Guardian - AU

Former Australian PM Scott Morrison likens west’s ‘appeasement’ of China to Munich agreement with Hitler

Speech in Tokyo draws parallel with pre-second world war agreement, and claims credit for urging others to stand up to Beijing ‘bullying’

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The Guardian - UK

Journalist held without trial in China said to need urgent medical attention

Advocates of Huang Xueqin accuse authorities of ‘trying to exert mental pressure and physical torture’

The Independent UK

Uefa urged to prohibit Qatari takeover of Manchester United

A non-profit human rights organisation have implored European football’s governing body to step in to ensure the integrity of Uefa competitions

ABC News

Federal Court releases documents detailing claims about controversial Defence torture-resistance training program

New details of a controversial military torture-resistance program are on the public record after ABC Investigations asked the Federal Court to overturn a suppression order on documents examining the techniques.

Al Jazeera

Cambodia placed on watchlist of ‘repressive’ states: CIVICUS

Cambodia’s longtime ruler Hun Sen has ‘overseen a systematic assault on fundamental freedoms’, report states.

Salon

Report: Women face "brutal violence"

A first-of-its-kind report looks "beyond the criminalization of same-sex conduct"

Reuters

Ethiopia commission accuses Oromiya rebels of killing 50 people

(This Feb. 15 story has been corrected to say the commission report indicated members of the Amhara ethnic group were targeted in the attack)

The Independent UK

Human Rights Watch condemns UK, US actions on Chagos Islands

A human rights group says Britain and the United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a U.S. Navy base

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