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Iranian man shot dead by state forces after celebrating Iran's World Cup elimination, human rights group says

Iranian authorities have shot and killed a man celebrating the country's elimination from the 2022 World Cup, according to a human rights group, as the Islamic Republic intensifies attempts to quash dissent in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death in September.

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Iran authorities kill man celebrating World Cup loss to US, activists say

Iranian police fatally shot a man celebrating the country’s World Cup elimination Tuesday, according to human rights groups.

Tribune News Service

ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in US

Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted the names, birth dates, nationalities and locations of more than 6,000 immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website this week.

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Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team’s World Cup exit

Mehran Samak was killed by security forces after honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat to US, human rights groups say

The Guardian - UK

Lexington scores high in national municipal equality index

Lexington ranks among the top four percent of municipalities nationally for L-G-B-T-Q-Plus equality. That’s according to the national civil rights organization, Human Rights Campaign.

WEKU

Twitter's chaos could make political violence worse outside of the U.S.

Under the chaotic changes unleashed by Elon Musk, Twitter users in the U.S. are confronting problems that have long plagued the social network in other parts of the world.

WEKU

Hebe de Bonafini obituary

Human rights activist who co-founded Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo to protest against abuses by the Argentinian military regime

The Guardian - UK

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Freed Japan-China friendship group head says charges false

The former head of a Japan-China friendship group who recently returned to Japan from six years in a Beijing prison for what he said were false spying charges says he still hopes to see China become a global leader but with better treatment of human rights

The Independent UK

US joins protests over arrest of Cambodian labor leader

The United States has joined local human rights groups in Cambodia in calling for the release of a labor union leader who was involved in a year-long protest at a casino and arrested last week upon her return from a trip abroad

The Independent UK

NGO asks Spain to halt possible return of Nigerian stowaways

A human rights organization is asking the Spanish government to halt the potential return to Nigeria of three men found traveling on an oil tanker’s rudder after an 11-day ocean voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands

The Independent UK

William and Kate fly to US to promote prince’s environmental prize

Days later, Harry and Meghan will head to New York for human rights award, with no plans for brothers to meet

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous groups welcome Northern Territory raising criminal age but say 12 still too young

NT first jurisdiction in Australia to lift age while Aboriginal advocates and human rights experts continue push for at least 14

The Guardian - AU

Inter-American Human Rights Court says Nicaragua in contempt

The Inter-American Human Rights Court has declared the government of Nicaragua in contempt of court for ignoring rulings on political prisoners

The Independent UK

Green energy, economy, equity are key

The challenge of climate change and environmental degradation is an existential threat which is increasingly recognised in all corners of the globe. Its urgency is all the more pressing because it harbours ill for our children and the next generations in terms of their survival and modus vivendi, unless comprehensive…

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The Independent UK

Vatican Swiss Guard slayings back in spotlight with new book

One of the most sensational crimes in recent Vatican history is back in the spotlight thanks to a book about the 1998 slayings of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife by a lower-ranking guard who then killed himself

The Conversation

Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade

Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canada’s approach to Asia for the past quarter-century.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Iran Expert Concerned about Death Sentences for Protesters

A UN-appointed independent expert on Iran voiced concern on Tuesday that the repression of protesters was intensifying, with authorities launching a "campaign" of sentencing them to death. The UN says more than 300 people have been killed so far and 14,000 arrested in protests which began after the Sept.

Reuters

Migrants in Morocco have no access to asylum in Melilla, Council of Europe says

Migrants in Morocco have no "genuine and effective" access to asylum in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, leaving migrants with little choice other than to seek to cross illegally, the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner said on Tuesday, calling on Spanish authorities to rectify the situation.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Qatar says ‘between 400 and 500’ worker deaths are related to World Cup

The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, threatened to reinvigorate criticism by human rights groups over the toll of hosting the Middle East’s first World Cup.

Reason

'The U.N. Is a Massive Club for Dictators'

The Human Rights Foundation is mobilizing a global band of activists to fight authoritarianism in China, Iran, Russia, and beyond.

France 24

Human rights defender Bianca Jagger asks Pope Francis to 'condemn' regime in Nicaragua

The human rights defender Bianca Jagger continues her battle against the political repression of the Ortega regime in Nicaragua, where she was born. Several bishops and priests are incarcerated in Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is suspected of supporting the opposition. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Jagger appealed directly…

The Guardian - AU

‘International embarrassment’: WA government taken to task over treatment of Aboriginal children in detention

Indigenous human rights expert says state is risking its reputation – ‘We’ve seen children assaulted, treated in highly abusive ways’

The Guardian - US

Canada won’t compromise values in relations with China, says foreign minister

Exclusive: as the two nations prepare to co-host Cop15, Mélanie Joly discusses Canada’s long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy

WEKU

The U.S.-Iran World Cup matchup puts a spotlight on Iran's protest movement

Iran's players have at times appeared to show solidarity with the protests, even as they say their focus is football. Thousands of protesters have been arrested and hundreds killed, rights groups say.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Rejects UN Investigation into Repression of Protests

Iran rejected cooperation with the newly-appointed independent UN committee to investigate the country's repression and crackdown on anti-government protests. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Iran would not cooperate with the political committee set up by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) He stressed that the hasty use of…

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