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John Williams Ntwali, rare Rwandan journalist critical of govt, dies

John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda's few journalists who published stories critical of the government, has died, his newspaper The Chronicles reported.

Reuters

Uyghur group loses legal challenge over cotton imports from Chinese labour camps

The World Uyghur Congress brought a claim against the Home Secretary, HMRC and the National Crime Agency.

The Independent UK

A year after Kazakhstan's deadly riots, questions persist

A year after deadly rioting in Kazakhstan that was the worst unrest in the Central Asian country’s three decades of independence, human rights activists say many government promises of accountability and democratization remain unfulfilled

The Independent UK

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Zionist group uses US anti-terrorism laws to sue Palestinian activists

Jewish National Fund seeks to fight US Campaign for Palestinian Rights’ support of boycott movement

The Guardian - US

"Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel"

From the New York Times (Jennifer Schuessler & Marc Tracy): The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday and said it would offer a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate it had previously rejected, after news of the decision touched off a public outcry over academic freedom, donor influence…

Reason

Khurram Pervez: Jailed Kashmir activist awarded top rights prize

Three campaigners from Kashmir, Chad, and Venezuela win the Martin Ennals Award with the jury hailing their ‘courage’.

Al Jazeera

Harvard reverses course, will offer former HRW chief a fellowship

Kenneth Roth, ex-head of Human Rights Watch, welcomes move but says problems and penalties remain for critics of Israel.

Al Jazeera

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Harvard reverses decision on role for Israel critic after outcry

Kennedy School dean initially refused ex-Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth a fellowship over criticisms of Israel

The Guardian - US

Australia misses another deadline to implement international anti-torture treaty

Australia misses another deadline to implement an international anti-torture agreement, with the country's three largest states accused of dragging their feet and bickering with the Commonwealth over funding.

ABC News

Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo game is sportswashing at ‘full throttle’, Amnesty say

Ronaldo will feature in a Saudi All-Star XI taking on Messi’s PSG in a match in Riyadh on Thursday

The Independent UK

ECHR asks Britain to respond to election interference legal claim

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday requested a response from the British government to a legal claim brought by three lawmakers who accuse it of failing to properly investigate alleged Russian interference in elections.

Reuters

From executions to torture: The dire state of human rights in Cristiano Ronaldo's new home

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to make his debut in Saudi Arabia, but questions have been raised about the human rights violations committed by the regime of his new home

Daily Mirror

UN Experts Say Arrest of Belgian Citizen in Iran Violates Int’l Law

UN rights experts have condemned Iran’s “arbitrary” detention of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele and demanded his immediate release. “We believe Mr. Vandecasteele has been arbitrarily deprived of his liberty and is a victim of enforced disappearance for periods of detention,” the independent UN human rights experts said in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine a ‘special case’: Is the WEF ‘hypocritical’ on Palestine?

WEF head Klaus Schwab said the letter comparing Ukraine with Palestine was ‘deeply insulting’ and ‘offensive’.

Al Jazeera

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Wales Online

Manston asylum seeker's 'worst days of life' were at UK processing centre

'I wished I would have had some rights when arriving here in the UK, but I didn’t have these basic human rights'

The Conversation

Canada is stuck with tipping — and we’re worse off for it

Imagine a local business where employees are compensated by age, gender, attractiveness and with some extra dollars if they flirt with customers. It would end up before the human rights commission and lead the local newscasts.

Al Jazeera

Deportation punishment for activism against Israel, Hammouri says

Palestinian Salah Hammouri, whom Israel deported to France, plans to make his return to Jerusalem his life’s work.

The Guardian - UK

Cash for influence inquiry homes in on Brussels meeting days before World Cup

Ex-MEP allegedly called on friends to ask questions at meeting to lead Qatari minister ‘on a known path’

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Salon

Israel official ties to justify violence

Top official tries to recast part of American history to make his anti-Palestinian movement seem less extremist

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saved from Death at Sea, Syrian Refugees Face Deportation

On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, broke down and began to sink after setting sail from the northern coast of Lebanon. Since the collapse of Lebanon's economy in 2019, an increasing number of people — mostly Syrian and Palestinian…

The Guardian - UK

Labour to force Commons vote on plans to ‘sunset’ 4,000 EU laws

Exclusive: Party fears basic rights such as maternity protections and holiday entitlement could be swept away

The Independent UK

Saved from death at sea, Syrian refugees face deportation

A boat carrying more than 200 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, sank off the coast of Lebanon on New Year’s Eve

Belfast Live

Policing Board report raises questions over all PSNI officers getting guns

Suggestion made that PSNI moves in line with Irish and UK forces with only specialist officers being armed

The Guardian - US

Fears mount over safety of two missing Mexican environmental activists

Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca and Antonio Díaz Valencia’s bullet hole-riddled vehicle was found after an anti-mining meeting

Reuters

Russia's commissioner denies talks on large prisoner exchange with Ukraine

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Tuesday that she did not talk to her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets in Turkey last week about a possible prisoner exchange.

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