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2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners have faced a year of battles

When the Nobel Peace Prize is announced on Friday, it could provide a boost for a grassroots activist or international group working for peace and human rights

The Independent UK

U.N. body rejects debate on China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in blow to West

The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid further scrutiny.

Reuters

UN rights body rejects Western bid to debate Xinjiang abuses

In a close diplomatic victory for China, the U.N.’s top human rights body has voted down a proposal from Britain, Turkey, the United States and other mostly Western countries to hold a debate on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region

The Independent UK

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U.N. extends Sri Lanka wartime violations monitoring, China opposes

The U.N. rights body on Thursday renewed the mandate of a U.N. office to collect and preserve evidence of alleged wartime human rights crimes in Sri Lanka, despite opposition from the government and allies including China.

Reuters

‘Greenwashing’, LGBTQ+ ‘torture’, and human rights abuses: why COP27 is proving controversial

With just one month to go, the climate summit is already set to be the most controversial yet

Evening Standard

Mum divides opinion for homework rules as daughter says it's 'against human rights'

A mum asked Mumsnet if two hours a night homework for a Year 10 pupil at a Grammar School was too much, with the post getting a mixed response, including one saying the daughter sounded like a "pain in the a**"

Daily Mirror

Facebook aided genocide in 2017 and fails to stop hate speech around the world: reports

A new human rights report accuses Facebook of aiding the 2017 genocide against Muslims in Myanmar, while other reports allege the company continues to allow its platform to spread dangerous disinformation and hate speech in other countries.

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Nicaragua charging exiled opponents' relatives

Exiled Nicaraguan economist Javier Álvarez received terrible news this week: his wife, daughter and son-in-law, jailed three weeks ago by the government of President Daniel Ortega, had been formally charged with serious crimes back in Nicaragua

The Independent UK

Jailed under Duterte, Philippine politician sends dire warnings on democracy

Supporters say Leila de Lima is a human rights defender still paying the price for speaking out against the abuses of the former president's drug war.

WEKU

Amnesty International raise new Saudi Arabia concerns – one year on from Newcastle deal

The Magpies celebrate a year under their new owners on Friday.

The Independent UK

David Beckham accused of ‘stamping out hope’ for Qatar’s LGBT+ community

Exclusive: The accusation comes from Dr Nas Mohamed, the first Qatari to come out publicly

The Independent UK

Is the Booking.com reversal on Palestine corporate hypocrisy?

Foreign companies working in illegal settlements implicate themselves in violations of Palestinians’ rights: Analysts.

Al Jazeera

Liz Truss to give government powers to override human rights court

Prime minister resurrects plan for ECHR override

The Independent UK

Amnesty: Creditors should provide debt relief to Sri Lanka

Amnesty International has appealed to international creditors to provide debt relief to Sri Lanka to alleviate suffering as its people endure hunger, worsening poverty and shortages of basic supplies

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Proxies Step up Movements in Syria’s Homs Countryside

Iran and its proxy militias have unprecedented influence in most areas under the control of the Syrian regime, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor. It seems that neither attacks by Israel and the US-led international coalition, nor…

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman sparks new government row after calling for UK to quit ECHR

Home secretary slapped down for ‘personal views’ on European Convention on Human Rights

Reuters

Soccer-Denmark will travel to Qatar without families in human rights protest - report

Denmark's players will travel to the 2022 World Cup without their families, local media reported on Tuesday, as the Danish FA (DBU) wants to minimise activity in Qatar as a protest against the country's human rights record.

Bangkok Post

Stepping stones for Asean's rights body

In 2009, Asean established a long-awaited regional human rights body in the form of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). This commission has now undertaken a self-assessment of its work in recent years, and it covers some of the innovative measures identified below. Complementary to AICHR, there also…

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The Independent UK

Braverman says UK should leave European Convention on Human Rights

Suella Braverman said it was her personal view and not government policy, which as Home Secretary she is bound by.

Reason

Law, Justice, and Russia's Attempted Annexation of Four Ukrainian Regions

Vladimir Putin's annexation plan is indefensible on both legal and moral grounds. Some of the reasons why have broader implications for normative theories of secession and self-determination.

France 24

French cities ditch World Cup festivities to protest Qatar’s record on human rights, environment

With a little over a month left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a string of French cities – including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Marseille – have announced they are boycotting the tournament and will not set up the customary fan zones with giant TV…

Reuters

Wife of Ukrainian fighter calls for Russia to release POWs

The wife of a Ukrainian fighter imprisoned by Russia called for his release on Tuesday as a U.N. rights official said monitors had documented cases of Ukrainian prisoners being tortured, in two cases to death.

Wales Online

Paris joins cities boycotting World Cup in human rights protest

'Fan zones' and public showings have been vetoed by local authorities across the country

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU to Target Iranian Officials with Travel Bans, Asset Freezes, Says France

France's foreign minister said on Tuesday that the European Union was looking to impose asset freezes and travel bans on a number of Iranian officials involved in the crackdown on protesters. "France's action at heart of EU ... (is) to target those responsible for the crackdown by holding them responsible…

The Independent UK

Amnesty hits out at BBC for ‘uncritical’ videos advertising Qatar ahead of World Cup

Corporation produced films fronted by Jodie Kidd which Amnesty International UK says risk ‘blurring the line between journalism and fundraising’

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