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India minister derides Barack Obama for raising religious rights: ‘He bombed six Muslim countries’

‘More than 26,000 bombs were dropped – from Syria and Yemen to Saudi (Arabia) and Iraq’

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Fifty years after the Uruguay coup, why so few people have been brought to justice for dictatorship crimes

Uruguay marks 50 years from the beginning of its coup on June 27. On this day in 1973, President Juan Maria Bordaberry and the armed forces shut down parliament and inaugurated 12 years of state terror (1973-1985).

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023

Plastic pollution: campaigners around the world are using the courts to clean up – but manufacturers are fighting back

Plastic pollution has become such major problem that it’s threatening our human rights. That’s the view of two UN special rapporteurs (human rights advisers) who recently issued a joint statement, warning against the “overwhelming toxic tidal wave” of plastic endangering us and the environment “in a myriad of ways over…

The Conversation · Jun 26, 2023

A new era for US-India relations? Breaking down Modi's visit to the United States

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was once denied a visa to enter the US on human rights grounds, effectively banning him from the country for a decade. But this week, the red carpet was rolled out for India's most powerful leader in decades. With the US in open conflict with…

France 24 · Jun 23, 2023

West Bank violence could spiral ‘out of control’, UN rights chief says

The new outbreak of violence in the occupied West Bank risks spiralling ‘out of control’, UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned Friday.

France 24 · Jun 23, 2023

Chinese human rights lawyer chased out of 13 homes in 2 months as pressure rises on legal advocates

A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is further squeezing China’s battered civil rights community

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023

Modi receives raucous applause in Congress despite some progressives boycotting over human rights record

The prime minister receives multiple applause lines despite concerns about human rights in India

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Human rights in the air, millet and mushrooms on the plates at the White House dinner for India

Concerns about India's human rights record will be in the air, and millet and mushrooms will be on the plates at Thursday's White House state dinner for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Modi’s US visit prompts condemnation and protest from Muslim leaders

India’s prime minister ‘has a notorious and extensive record of human rights abuses’, said a statement from lawmakers

The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2023

Modi's speech draws mixed lawmaker response amid rights concerns - Roll Call

Prime Minister Modi drew strong applause from lawmakers when he spoke of close U.S.-Indian ties, but otherwise had a mixed reception.

Roll Call · Jun 22, 2023