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U.N. rights chief says full-fledged crisis underway in Iran

The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday made a strong appeal to Iranian authorities to stop their "unnecessary and disproportionate" use of force against protesters in Iran in a speech to the Human Rights Council on the ongoing crisis.

Reuters

Turkish Drones Target Security Guards at Al-Hol Camp, ISIS Families Try to Escape

Two Turkish strikes Wednesday targeted forces guarding the exterior of Syria's Al-Hol detention camp, amid a state of chaos and fear among ISIS families and attempts by some of them to flee, a war monitor said. The camp is home to over 50,000 people including relatives of suspected ISIS militants.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Uyghurs urge Albanese government not to ignore human rights amid diplomatic thaw with China

Prisons in Xinjiang region ‘are not re-education centres … these are death camps’, says delegate

The Guardian - AU

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Coalition calls for sanctions on Chinese officials over Uyghur human rights abuses in Xinjiang

The president of the World Uyghur Congress says he appreciates Australia's work to increase pressure on China over human rights abuses in Xinjiang, but worries Australia will soften its stance as it tries to slowly rebuild ties with Beijing.

ABC News

Germany Urges UN Rights Council to 'Raise Voice' for Iranians

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged the UN Human Rights Council to "raise its voice" for Iranians, during a special session Thursday about the deadly crackdown on protests in the country. "The Iranian demonstrators have no seat at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, they have no voice at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

El Salvador's Bukele scales up anti-gang push with new deployments

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele promised on Wednesday to tighten security around major cities, the latest escalation of an eight-month-old war against gang violence which human rights groups say is marred by unjustified detentions.

Reuters

Uyghurs urge sanctions from Australia

Australia must keep human rights at the centre of its relationship reset with China, the Uyghur community says, as pressure mounts over the forced detentions.

AAP

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Australian among 40 foreign nationals held in Iran’s jails amid escalating protests

Regime refuses to provide consular access as it does not recognise dual nationality, Dfat says

The Guardian - AU

Report provides more detailed account of a Myanmar junta helicopter attack on school that left at least six children dead

A report from a Myanmar human rights group claims to shed new light on an air strike and attack on a school and Buddhist monastery earlier this year that left at least 11 people dead, including six children. Warning: This story contains descriptions of graphic violence that may distress some…

ABC News

World Cup: German players protest FIFA rainbow ban, call human rights nonnegotiable

AL RAYYAN, Qatar — German players placed their hands over the mouths during their pregame photo and wore rainbow-colored stripes on their warmup shirts and cleats before Wednesday's game with Japan, the most dramatic protest yet against FIFA's efforts to keep World Cup teams from protesting Qatar's dismal human rights…

Los Angeles Times

US sanctions Iranian officials amid crackdown on protests

US has accused three Iranian security officials of complicity in human rights violations in largely Kurdish regions.

Al Jazeera

Mel C risks Spice Girls feud as she slams Qatar after David Beckham's controversial £10m deal

The star, who recently won the honorary gay award at the Attitude Awards, has long been an LGBT ally and spoke out against Qatar.

Daily Record

Human rights charity accuses Iran of ‘state hostage-taking’

The report estimates that since 2015 there have been at least 50 cases of dual and foreign nationals being arbitrarily detained by Iran.

The Independent UK

Outrage after French court censors media investigation into mayor

The gag order against Mediapart violates French press law and the European Convention on Human Rights, critics say.

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Birmingham Post

We need to raise human rights issues in Qatar but we shouldn't boycott the World Cup

Wales fan and founder and partner of Cardiff legal firm Capital Law, Chris Nott, says that while not every country shares our values on human rights events like the World Cup provide a vital platform for discussion

Manchester Evening News

Football fans praise Germany for ‘powerful gesture’ as players protest ahead of World Cup game

The World Cup has been marred by controversy around host Qatar’s human rights stance

The Guardian - UK

Biden administration ‘dragged feet’ on Mohammed bin Salman immunity ruling

Legal experts raise questions about run-up to granting immunity in civil case involving murder of journalist

The Conversation

The World Cup puts the spotlight on Qatar, but also brings attention to its human rights record and politics – 4 things to know

With the start of the World Cup on Nov. 20, 2022, soccer teams from 32 countries and tens of thousands of fans have converged on Qatar, a tiny Arab country on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf. But search “Qatar 2022” online, and the first nonsport results are about the…

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Haitians deported from Dominican Republic in 'cage-like' trucks

Authorities in the Dominican Republic deported 15,000 Haitians in October 2022 alone, despite the call of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to halt these forced removals because of the precarious health and security situation in Haiti. One group in Haiti that provides help to deportees says that Dominican…

Bangkok Post

Philippine police officer jailed in rare drug war torture conviction

A Philippine police officer has been jailed for torturing two teenagers killed at the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents show, in a rare conviction of an enforcer of the crackdown.

Daily Mirror

Love Island's Adam Collard slams celebs 'making money' from controversial Qatar World Cup

Love Island bombshell Adam Collard reveals he turned down a chance to go to the World Cup in Qatar amid the country's controversial stance on human rights

The Conversation

Reading the room: with NZ's hate speech laws postponed, where are the limits for comedy?

After a long and at times divisive public consultation process, the government has opted to make a single change to the Human Rights Act and push the “wider and more complex” issues around hate speech legislation to the Law Commission for review.

Daily Mirror

'I refuse to watch the World Cup and feel complicit in Qatar's human rights abuses'

Polly Hudson explains why she's banished her husband to the pub to watch the World Cup, as she muses how tuning in to any television coverage of the tournament in Qatar would make her feel 'personally, feel complicit'

ABC News

Australian Sports Minister Anika Wells meets with Qatar government official ahead of Socceroos clash with France

Anika Wells, who has met with Qatar's deputy foreign minister, says Australia's own human rights record will come under the spotlight ahead of the nation hosting major sports event.

The Guardian - UK

Owen Paterson taking UK to human rights court after lobbying scandal

Former MP, who once argued UK should break free from Strasbourg court, is challenging finding he repeatedly broke rules

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