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Qatari ambassador faces LGBT-rights appeal before World Cup

Qatar’s ambassador to Germany has been urged to abolish his country’s death penalty for homosexuality at a human rights congress hosted by the German soccer federation two months before the Middle East country hosts the World Cup

The Independent UK

Editorial: Yeshiva University should let an LGBT club form on campus

Yeshiva University is an Orthodox Jewish institution of higher education in New York — a city with a human rights law intended to ensure that in all but truly private settings, people are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin and sexual orientation.

Tribune News Service

West weighs calling for China Uyghur abuses inquiry at UN

Battle over influence at Human Rights Council, with Beijing warning of ‘politicisation of human rights’

The Guardian - UK

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The ethics of mind-reading

Tapping into someone’s thoughts may soon be technologically possible. Our institutions are ill-equipped to deal with the resulting human rights violations.

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Saudi Crown Prince will no longer attend Queen’s funeral after human rights outcry

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is no longer expected to attend the Queen’s funeral on Monday, according to a Foreign Office source.

Evening Standard

Jordan steps up curbs on political dissent - HRW

Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to silence critical voices, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.Authorities used vague laws to detain, interrogate and harass journalists, political activists, members of political parties and independent…

Reuters

China values UN relationship despite human rights criticism

As world leaders gather in New York next week for the annual U.N. General Assembly, China is also focusing on another U.N.-related meeting in Geneva

The Independent UK

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Britain's heaviest man vows he'll call police if nurses won't let him have fizzy pop

Britain's heaviest man, who is on a liquid restriction diet, reportedly threatened to call the police after nurses took away his beloved fizzy drinks, and says this goes against his "human rights"

Daily Mirror

China’s Vice President Wang Qishan to Attend Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral at the invitation of the British government, the ministry of foreign affairs said on Saturday. The BBC reported on Friday that the Chinese delegation visiting London for the queen's Monday funeral would not be allowed to view her coffin at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Complaint To The Human Rights Commission’s Been Lodged About LGBTQI+ Inclusion In The Census

"Our national census should count every one of us properly."

Pedestrian.tv

Five Syrian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Strike on Damascus

An Israeli airstrike near Damascus airport killed five Syrian soldiers on Saturday, Syrian state media said. "The aggression led to the death of five soldiers and some material damage," Syria's official news agency Sana quoted a military source as saying. The strike carried out at approximately 00:45 am (2145 GMT…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Anna Sorokin calls immigration "broken"

"There’s no such thing in ICE as the United States Constitutional right to legal representation," Sorokin says

Salon

‘Fearless’ trans activist Brenda Appleton honoured by Liberty Victoria

Colleagues hail quiet but forceful style that allowed her to engage across political divide on birth certificate reform

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine says over 1,000 people tortured, killed in Russia-occupied areas -Interfax

The Ukraine parliament's human rights commissioner on Friday said more than 1,000 people had been tortured and killed in Russian-occupied areas of Kharkiv region, Interfax news agency said.

Reuters

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U.N. rights office calls for urgent halt to arms sales to Myanmar

Countries should do more to prevent revenues and arms from reaching a military in Myanmar that is ruling by repressing and terrorising its people, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

Reuters

UN rights team in Ukraine plans to visit collective grave site

A spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office said on Friday that it plans to send monitors to a Ukrainian city recaptured from Russian forces where authorities say they have found a mass grave containing 440 bodies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Independent Int’l Commission of Inquiry: Syria Still Unsafe for Return of Refugees

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria released its twenty-sixth report on Wednesday, with the commission submitting the report to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 22. The report documents serious violations of fundamental human rights and international humanitarian law across Syria. The Syrian Network for Human…

AAP

Human rights fight over census questions

The lack of a census question about sexual orientation and assumptions about family make-up breached human rights, a NSW parent claims.

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France 24

EU Parliament backs resolution criticising TotalEnergies project in Uganda

The EU raises serious questions about the actions of French energy giant TotalEnergies in Uganda, with MEPs saying the group's oil pipeline project has led to evictions and arrests. Also in this edition: the United Nations publishes a report shedding light on increased human rights violations in Burkina Faso. Finally,…

Tribune News Service

Mexico officials abused 47% of migrants awaiting US asylum, rights group says

Nearly half of asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” program to await a U.S. immigration court hearing said they’d been abused by local officials, according to a Human Rights First report released Thursday.

ABC News

Young people taking legal action against Queensland government after being held in watch houses

Children in Queensland are regularly being held in police watch houses, where serious adult offenders are kept after being arrested. Now, three young people who were held in watch houses are taking on the Queensland government in a legal case.

The Independent UK

US hits more Russians with sanctions over Ukraine

The Biden administration is slapping sanctions on dozens of Russian and Ukrainian officials and a number of Russian companies for human rights abuses and the theft of Ukrainian grain

Reuters

EU countries to ask U.N. for Russian human rights abuses expert

A group of European Union countries has agreed to ask the U.N. Human Rights Council to appoint a newly-created independent expert on alleged human rights abuses in Russia, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Thursday.

Daily Mirror

Gary Lineker backs call for FIFA to compensate Qatar migrant workers as World Cup looms

Majority of supporters surveyed on behalf of Amnesty back campaign to ensure remuneration for workers amid fresh calls for FA to step up ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup

The Conversation

'Not my king': do we have the right to protest the monarchy at a time of mourning?

During the present period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, public sensitivities in the United Kingdom and Australia are high. There’s strong sentiment in both countries in favour of showing respect for the queen’s death. Some people may wish to do this privately. Others will want to demonstrate their respect…

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