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Rights groups urge Sri Lanka not to use force on protesters

Human Rights Watch says government crackdown ‘sends a dangerous message to people’ while Amnesty calls it ‘shameful’.

Al Jazeera

Australian activist detained in London over alleged bomb threat email sent to Chinese embassy

Drew Pavlou says he was kept in custody overnight by British police and held incommunicado over allegations he had emailed a bomb threat to the Chinese embassy before a protest in London.

ABC News

India, six others vote against resolution to grant UN accreditation to six rights groups

At the meeting of the 54-member Economic and Social Council, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations recommended 203 groups for special consultative status.

The Hindu

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Rights Groups Urge Sri Lanka Not to Use Unlawful Force

International human rights groups are urging Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease all unlawful use of force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the government — for months — over the country’s economic meltdown.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sri Lankan president urged not to use force on protesters

An international human rights group is urging Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease all unlawful use of force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the government — for months — over the country’s economic meltdown

The Independent UK

Vegan protester Tash Peterson is banned from every WA pub via liquor laws. Legal experts are concerned

The use of the Liquor Control Act to ban controversial activist Tash Peterson from every bar and restaurant in the state has been described by legal experts as "overreach" and a "misuse" of the law.

ABC News

'Spywaregate' needs answers

The National Human Rights Commission and other related agencies must step in to examine allegations that the government has routinely used phone spyware to surveil dozens of politicians and pro-democracy activists known for playing active roles in demanding the reform of major institutions.

Bangkok Post

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UN Court Rejects Myanmar Claims, Will Hear Rohingya Case

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice's jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kenyan police officers found guilty of murder of three including human rights lawyer

Four found guilty by a Nairobi court six years after murders of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri prompted protests in Kenya

The Guardian - UK

Met Police ‘banned man from Shoreditch’ after he filmed officer’s stop and search

Human rights group Liberty said Met dropped ‘illegitimate’ order after legal challenge

Evening Standard

Rights group hails murder conviction against police in Kenya

Three police officers and their civilian informant were found guilty of the 2016 murder of a human rights lawyer by a Kenyan court on Friday, a victory for campaigners struggling to hold police accountable for extrajudicial killings.

Reuters

Human rights panel asks for reports on unsafe footbridge in Idukki

Bridge across the Chinnar river in Idukki precariously positioned

The Hindu

Amnesty: UK-Israel Trade Should Not Incentivize Israeli Apartheid against Palestinians

Amnesty International United Kingdom warned that the new trade deal between Britain and Israel could allow the latter to consolidate its settler-colonialism and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories. It stressed in a statement on Thursday that the new UK trade deal with Israel “must not be a betrayal of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli raid kills three soldiers: Syrian defence ministry

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says three non-Syrians were also killed in the Israeli attack.

Al Jazeera

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Foreign Affairs

Why the Human Rights Movement Is Losing

And How It Can Start Winning Again

ABC News

At least 18 killed in gang-related police raid in Rio de Janeiro

Tactical teams from civil and military police raid a complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro to take down an alleged criminal organisation, but public defenders say there are signs of human rights violations carried out during the operation.

Al Jazeera

ICJ to rule on Myanmar objections to Rohingya genocide case

If the objections are dismissed, the court can begin to discuss the evidence for the alleged atrocities.

The Independent UK

Human rights of people in care at risk due to slow progress on visiting – report

Restrictions introduced during the pandemic are still keeping loved ones away from some care homes in England, MPs and peers said.

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The Independent UK

World Cup 2022: Expert panel to explore how the world can hold Qatar to account on human rights

Join labour rights defender Malcolm Bidali, FairSquare’s James Lynch, BHRRC’s Isobel Archer and The Independent’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney, hosted by international editor David Harding

The Guardian - UK

Taliban presiding over extensive rights abuses in Afghanistan, says UN

Allegations include 160 killings of ex-government officials and security forces, torture and punishments

The Independent UK

Martial-law era remembered under a new Marcos presidency

Activists have opened a campaign in the Philippines to prevent a repeat of the abuses and plunder of the martial-law era that began 50 years ago under the father of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr_ Pro-Marcos propaganda has portrayed the late president’s reign as a “golden era.”

Radio France Internationale

French TotalEnergies group completes planned withdrawal from Myanmar

French oil and gas company TotalEnergies said on Wednesday that its planned withdrawal from Myanmar, announced six months ago, has now come into effect.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Administration Comes under Pressure to Reject Israel’s Stance from Palestinian Civil Society

More than 140 organizations have supported a letter by 22 members of the US House of Representatives demanding action by the Biden administration on behalf of six prominent Palestinian human rights and civil society groups designated as “terrorist” by the Israeli authorities, according to a press release by Defense for…

The Conversation

3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees

As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.

ABC News

Australian embassy spends $750,000 at luxury hotel linked to Myanmar's military junta

Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used.

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