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Qatar accused of beatings and abuse of LGBT+ people weeks ahead of World Cup

The World Cup starts next month

The Independent UK

Rights group: Turkey forces hundreds to return to Syria

A leading human rights group says hundreds of Syrian men and boys have been detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish authorities over a six-month period

The Independent UK

Failure to allow full UN prison inspections risks Australia’s international standing, experts say

Australia joins Azerbaijan, Rwanda and Ukraine among nations to fail to provide full access after ratifying agreement

The Guardian - AU

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HRW report: LGBTQ people detained in Qatar faced "repeated beatings" ahead of World Cup

Police "forced them to sign pledges indicating that they would 'cease immoral activity,'" rights group says.

Axios

UN torture prevention body suspends Australia trip citing 'clear breach' of OPCAT obligations

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture said it had no option but to suspend its visit, saying lack of access to detention facilities in NSW was "a clear breach by Australia of its obligations".

ABC News

LGBTQ people beaten in jail before Qatar World Cup: Human Rights Watch

BEIRUT: Police in Qatar have arbitrarily detained and abused members of the LGBTQ community ahead of the World Cup next month, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday.

Bangkok Post

HRW says Qatar has detained and mistreated LGBT people ahead of World Cup

Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday, in the run-up to hosting soccer's World Cup which has put a spotlight on human rights issues in the Gulf Arab state.

Reuters

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World faces tension with China under Xi Jinping's third term

The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping awarded himself another five-year term as leader of the ruling Communist Party and called for self-reliance in technology, a stronger military and protection of “core interests” abroad

The Independent UK

UN assembly picks rights guardians

The UN General Assembly on Oct 11 concluded its election for 14 new members in the Human Rights Council.

Bangkok Post

UN accuses Australia of ‘clear breach’ of human rights obligations as it suspends tour of detention facilities

New South Wales and Queensland have blocked access to some facilities with NSW corrections minister saying people can’t just ‘wander through at their leisure’

The Guardian - AU

Iran's Prisons 'Torturing Families': Husband of Jailed Activist

Prize-winning Iranian human rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, currently jailed in Tehran's Evin prison as protests grip the country, has not seen her 16-year-old twins for seven years. She has not met her husband Taghi Rahmani, himself a veteran of Iranian jails but now living in exile in Paris, for the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia's working-class youth demonstrate against police violence

Young people from a working class neighbourhood of Tunisia protested for a week against police violence after one of their own died on October 14, in clashes that saw around 30 people arrested. In recent years, the Tunisian Human Rights League has recorded nearly 20 cases of young people who…

France 24

Fans' anger as Robbie Williams set to perform in Qatar during World Cup

Some have said it's not the right thing to do

Wales Online

Syria Says it Intercepted Israeli Strikes

Syria intercepted Israeli missiles over the capital Damascus and its southern suburbs Friday, the defense ministry said, the first such attack in more than a month. "The Israeli enemy carried out airstrikes from the northeastern direction of Lake Tiberias, targeting some points near Damascus," said a ministry statement, adding that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Irish Mirror

Ireland's chief justice warns of 'aggressive nationalism' spreading across Europe

'It’s a real and existential challenge to some of the values that we hold dear'

Bangkok Post

Activists decry 'repression' as UN chief visits Vietnam

HANOI: A “new wave of repression” in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Friday as he began a visit to Hanoi.

The Guardian - UK

Almost 12,500 people arrested in Iran protest crackdown, says rights group

Families struggle to contact relatives as opposition calls for movement to focus on plight of thousands in jail

Newslaundry

Bombay archbishop among 3 pastors booked in POCSO case

After several police complaints, a family’s months-long ordeal, and intervention by the country’s top human rights panel, three priests have finally been booked in a case filed in Pune under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The main accused remains absconding while two prominent priests have been accused…

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s decision not to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is welcome – but hardly enough

Australia should start holding Israel accountable for its violations of international law and actively support Palestinian human rights

ABC News

Psychiatric restraints may breach human rights. But in some parts of Australia, they're being used more

The rate at which patients in public hospital mental health wards are being either held down or tied down has increased sharply outside of the major cities over the past five years.

Reuters

Jeweller refuses gold medal in protest at Iran's treatment of women

An Iranian woman has turned down the gold medal she won for jewellery-making at a global vocational skills contest in protest at the oppression of women at home, a human rights activist said on Thursday and raised concerns about her safety.

Radio France Internationale

DRC army backed rebel groups that abused civilians, says rights group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has credible evidence that army units in the Democratic Republic of Congo backed armed groups that were implicated in serious abuses during fighting with rebels in the east of the country.

The Guardian - UK

China using influencers to whitewash human rights abuses, report finds

Social media videos by people from the Uyghur community are part of a sophisticated propaganda campaign, thinktank says

The Independent UK

Human Rights Watch condemns Fifa and Qatar over World Cup migrant workers’ recruitment fees

HRW interviewed more than 45 migrant workers who said they paid huge recruitment fees, which involved borrowing at high interest rates, selling assets and using savings

The Independent UK

France repatriates 55 citizens including 40 children from Syrian camps in major operation

Repatriation comes after France was condemned for violating Isis fighter’s families’ right to return

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