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UN rights chief warns of 'serious deterioration' in Ukraine if strikes continue

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday that further strikes on Ukraine's infrastructure could lead to a serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation and spark further displacement.

Reuters

Cameroonian families torn apart by Anglophone crisis detentions

Six years into a crisis between Cameroon’s Francophone gov’t and its two anglophone regions, families bear the brunt.

Al Jazeera

First Nations get conservation

Guardian programs offer one example of how governments can work with Indigenous peoples

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All those in favour say Ai

For much of his life, Ai Weiwei has fought the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party. As he signs sheets of A4 in invisible ink at Speakers’ Corner — a reference to the protests currently going on in his home country — Kate Wills heads down to meet him

Evening Standard

Human Rights Groups Accuse Iran’s Regime of Using Capital Punishment to Spread Fear

Iranian authorities are using capital punishment to intimidate and suppress protesters who have been demonstrating since mid-September, according to prominent human rights groups. There are about 20 Iranians facing the threat of death row.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian investigators uncover children’s cell in Russian ‘torture chamber’

Ukrainian parliament commissioner for human rights says they found ‘10 torture chambers in Kherson region’

The Independent UK

Women ‘acting like men’ face jail in Malaysian state

A recent move by a Malaysian state to punish Muslim women for out-of-wedlock pregnancies and donning men’s clothing has drawn the ire of human rights activists.

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UN votes to eject Iran from women’s rights panel in ‘historic’ move

Move to expel Iran from United Nations Commission on the Status of Women hailed by activists

The Independent UK

Iran ousted from UN commission backing women over human rights violations

The UN Economic and Social Council voted Wednesday to immediately oust Iran from the UN’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality because of its systematic violation of the rights of women and girls, a decision the United States hailed as “historic” and Iran claimed was based on “fabricated allegations.”

France 24

Russians mistreated Kherson youngsters in 'children's cell,' says Ukraine official

Ukrainian investigators in an area recaptured from Russian troops have uncovered a cell where children were detained and mistreated, a senior Ukrainian human rights advocate said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Advisors appointed by pension fund to develop human rights policy

Councillors have called for a clear policy on human rights investments after no agreement was reached earlier this year

Liverpool Echo

Colombian government calls on rebel group to suspend planned armed strike

Colombia's government on Wednesday called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group to suspend a so-called armed strike planned for the northwest of the country, after advocacy group Human Rights Watch warned the ELN may conduct a strike later this week.

Reuters

Charm offensive: Biden courts continent at US-Africa summit

We've seen African summits in Paris, Brussels, Beijing and Ankara. For the second time ever, after 2014, Washington is hosting an African leaders' summit. With superpower rivalries heating up, no long lectures are planned on human rights and corruption. Instead, the Biden administration is bowing to the African Union’s own…

France 24

UN expels Iran from women’s rights body for protest crackdowns

A US-drafted resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women passed over objections from Iran.

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The Independent UK

Club Q mass shooting survivors testify to Congress against anti-LGBT+ violence: ‘We are being slaughtered’

Survivors of the Colorado Springs massacre urge lawmakers to condemn anti-LGBT+ rhetoric that advocates argue has fuelled the attack and a wave of harassment

The Independent UK

Raab insists Bill of Rights still has Prime Minister’s backing

Dominic Raab was being grilled by the Joint Human Rights Committee on the controversial Bill, which he introduced during his first stint in office.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak rejects Tory calls to ignore human rights court rulings over Rwanda deportations

No 10 opposes bill that would allow removal of asylum seekers from UK even if it went against European court judgment

Daily Mirror

Tory human rights crackdown on migrants is crushed - all 69 MPs who voted for it

Boris Johnson had been among MPs who backed Jonathan Gullis' Bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, even if a court rules it is against human rights. But the bid was blocked at its first hurdle

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Revealed: MEP in prisoner resolution row made undeclared Bahrain visit

European parliament due to vote on Thursday on resolution calling for release of Bahraini activist

Fortune

Qatar offered EU lawmakers free World Cup tickets and other lavish gifts to try to improve human rights image

One politician said she had “little doubt that Qatar was buying up European influence.”

The Independent UK

People of Ukraine handed EU's top human rights prize

The people of Ukraine and their representatives have been handed the European Union’s top human rights prize for their resistance to Russia’s invasion and defiance during the ongoing war

The Independent UK

‘Hostile’ refugee policies behind migrant deaths, human rights groups say

Refugee Action said the deaths were ‘predictable and avoidable’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Says Committed to Building Partnership with Sudan

The European Union delegation to Sudan said it is committed to building a partnership with Sudan based on the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the principles of equality and solidarity. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2022, the…

Reuters

South Sudan violence has killed 166 civilians, displaced over 20,000 - U.N

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed 166 civilians and displaced more than 20,000 since August amid an escalation in clashes between armed groups, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Tories and Boris Johnson launch bid to ignore human rights laws for migrants

The Bill could pose a Tory revolt for Rishi Sunak - and in painful timing, it is being debated hours after people were feared to have died when a boat got into difficulty off the Kent coast

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