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Who are the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize?

This year’s prestigious award was given to Ales Bialiatski, the Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties.

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UN resolution flags Sri Lanka rights abuses, economic crisis

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

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UN human rights report on China's torture of Uighurs: MEPs call for strong EU response

It was the report that China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published its long-overdue assessment of human rights in China's Xinjiang region. It contained damning findings of mass arbitrary…

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UN body votes to establish Russia human rights investigator

A U.N. human rights body comfortably passed a motion on Friday to appoint a new independent expert on alleged human rights abuses in Russia, accusing Moscow of creating a "climate of fear" through repression and violence.

Reuters

Factbox-Memorial: Chronicler of Soviet and recent crimes, banned by Putin

The banned Russian human rights organisation Memorial was awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday alongside the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties and the Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski.

Reuters

Nobel Prize awarded to Ukraine, Russia and Belurus campaigners

A jailed Belarusian human rights activist and human rights organisations from Russia and Ukraine have been announced as winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

Evening Standard

Belarus opposition hails Nobel prize for Byalyatski, hopes it leads to his release

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski is recognition for the whole Belarusian people in standing up to authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, opposition spokesman Franak Viacorka said on Friday.

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Nobel Peace Prize is for all Belarusian political prisoners, says opposition politician

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski is one for all political prisoners in Belarus, Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushko said on Friday.

Reuters

Activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO: Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, the Russian organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian group Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, highlighting the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.

Bangkok Post

Rebuke to Putin as Eastern European rights campaigners win Nobel Peace Prize

Russia’s Memorial, Ukraine’s Centre for Civil Liberties and Belarus’ Ales Bialiatski win coveted award

The Independent UK

In echo of Cold War, Nobel Peace Prize goes to Ukraine, Russia, Belarus rights campaigners

Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since World War Two.

Reuters

Human rights advocates in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties are awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

ABC News

Nobel Peace Prize goes to three ‘champions of human rights’ from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and two human rights NGOs: Russia’s Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties.

France 24

Belarus, Russia, Ukraine rights activists win Nobel Peace Prize

Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties named winners at Oslo ceremony.

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Türkiye Sends New Batch of Syrian Mercenaries to Libya

Türkiye has sent a new batch of Syrian mercenaries to Libya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday. The war monitor said a Turkish aircraft took off from the capital Ankara carrying Syrian mercenaries which Turkish intelligence recruits. They arrived in Misrata to take part in the…

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Countries vote down motion to discuss UN report into China's serious human rights violations in Xinjiang

After 19 countries voted down a motion to discuss a report that found China is responsible for serious human rights violations in Xinjiang, the Australian government also issued a forceful statement, saying the mistreatment of Uyghurs "cannot be ignored by the international community".

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UN Council Rejects Uyghur Resolution on China by Narrow Margin

This is the first time the council has considered a proposal to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang.

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Calls for broader investigation of Queensland Police Service after inquiry hears evidence of sexism and racism

A human rights activist calls for further probes of Queensland police culture and "a huge vacuum clean out" of the service.

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Online Safety Bill needs a ‘total rewrite’, human rights lawyer claims

The legislation would offer the worst of both worlds, threatening free speech and privacy, and failing to tackle the real drivers of online harm, she says

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Outrage as UN debate on China’s alleged Xinjiang abuses rejected

China claims ‘victory’ as UN Human Rights Council votes not to discuss allegations of abuses against minority Uighurs.

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The Human Rights Commission Will Investigate Pauline Hanson’s Racist Tweet To Mehreen Faruqi

Mehreen Faruqi’s racial discrimination complaint against Pauline Hanson's tweet has been accepted by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

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Human rights body to probe Hanson tweet

The Australian Human Rights Commission has accepted a complaint from a Greens senator regarding a tweet by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Bangkok Post

Sexual taboos confront Pakistan

Since early last month when Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami, a staunch religious party, proposed the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights amend the Transgender Protection Act of 2018, Pakistan's social and mainstream media swarmed with heated debate on the subject.

The Independent UK

A bump and a miss: Saudi oil cut slaps down Biden's outreach

President Joe Biden is effectively acknowledging the failure of one of his biggest foreign policy gambles: a fist-bump with the de-facto leader of Saudi Arabia, the crown prince associated with human rights abuses

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