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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’

The Guardian - AU

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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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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.

ABC News

Cambodia placed on watchlist of ‘repressive’ states: CIVICUS

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

Al Jazeera

Report: Women face "brutal violence"

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

Salon

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)

Reuters

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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

The Independent UK

El Salvador vows gang crackdown will go on as citizens cheer safer streets

El Salvador's state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be maintained until all criminals are captured, the country's security minister told Reuters.

Reuters

The taboos are falling fast as the EU embraces the far-right racist approach to migration

Allowing controversial ‘fortress Europe’ policies to become mainstream puts the EU’s cohesion and world standing at risk, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs

The Guardian - UK

UK actions over Chagos Islands ‘crimes against humanity’, says rights group

Chagossians have spent decades fighting to return to the islands after being forced to leave in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for a military base.

The Independent UK

UN Condemns ‘Deepening Crackdown’ on Opposition in Tunisia

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced concern over the deepening crackdown in Tunisia against perceived political opponents, his Office, OHCHR, said Tuesday. “Türk expressed his concern over the deepening crackdown against perceived political opponents and civil society in Tunisia, including through measures taken by the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Starmer has ended Labour’s antisemitism shame, says watchdog

But leader says that fight goes on as he warns against complacency

The Independent UK

Chagos islanders must get full reparations for forced exile, says NGO

Human Rights Watch also demands trial for ‘appalling colonial crime’ of expulsion – and continuing ill treatment – of Chagossians

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - US

Biden drops candidate’s nomination to human rights post over Israel remarks

Professor says his selection was dropped for describing Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ and accusing Jeffries of being ‘bought’ by Aipac

Reuters

European court rules in favour of whistleblower in Luxembourg leaks case

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of a former employee of accounting firm PwC, saying his 2016 conviction for leaking data about Luxembourg's tax deals with large corporations violated his right to freedom of expression.

The Guardian - UK

Jean-Bart’s lifetime Fifa ban lifted amid claims of threats to alleged victims

Human Rights Watch has questioned the court of arbitration for sport’s decision to overturn Fifa’s ban on Yves Jean-Bart, a former president of the Haitian FA

The Guardian - UK

Manchester United fans, let’s fight takeover by Qatar

Letter: Kathryn Fletcher says United and City fans should pull together in protest against the sportswashing of human rights abuses in the UAE and Qatar

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The Guardian - AU

Human Rights Act could be critical in divisive Queensland youth bail case

Palaszczuk government’s 2019 laws to be weighed against underlying principles of human rights

Reuters

UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go

The UN rights office said on Tuesday it was in discussion with Uganda over how to continue its work in the country after the government said it had to leave, a move activists say highlights the country's deteriorating record on civil liberties.

WEKU

Despite Khamenei's amnesty, most protesters in Iran won't go free, advocate says

Iran has jailed up to 20,000 people in months of protests against the regime. The announcement that it's pardoning prisoners is an empty gesture, a human rights lawyer says.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Expands Arrests of Individuals Accused of ‘Conspiring against State Security’

A new wave of arrests in Tunisia has expanded to include businessmen, judges and security officials who have been accused of “conspiring against state security.” Tunisian human rights sources estimated the number of detainees at about 15 individuals. According to the sources, it is likely that the number of those…

France 24

Uganda's move to close UN rights office angers opposition

Tonight, Ugandan opposition leaders voice their anger at the government's move to effectively close the UN's human rights office in the country. In Togo, our team reports on an initiative that looks to curb the soaring number of teenage pregnancies. We'll also look at the World's toughest boat race, as…

Reuters

Panama rejects allegations it violated migrants' rights

Panama's government rejected accusations it violated the human rights of U.S.-bound migrants who cross into the country irregularly through the dangerous jungle of the Darien Gap, the country's security ministry said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84

Roslyn Pope has died aged 84

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