UN hearings probing alleged Israeli rights abuses open in Geneva The outlawing of Palestinian rights groups and killing of Al Jazeera journalist will be in focus during the hearings. Al Jazeera · Nov 7, 2022
World Cup 2022: The powerful LGBT+ symbol Wales will adopt amid warning from Qatar's first openly gay national The country has been accused of 'sportswashing' by the first openly-gay Qatari man Wales Online · Nov 7, 2022
Craft brewery faces backlash over its own ‘culture of fear’ after launching ‘anti–World Cup’ campaign BrewDog was publicly accused of fostering a “culture of fear” last year. Fortune · Nov 7, 2022
Syria Cholera Outbreak Worsened by Regime, Türkiye, Says HRW Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Türkiye of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast. Syria has recorded 81 deaths and more than 24,000 suspected cases of the extremely virulent disease since September, according to the World Health… Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 7, 2022
‘I’m very worried’: Mother of jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike wants action Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s decision to escalate a hunger strike in prison to a refusal to drink water has raised the stakes and shone a spotlight on human rights violations as Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit. For his mother, the time has come for the world to… France 24 · Nov 7, 2022
Climate talks convene with US and world falling short of goals - Roll Call The latest U.N. climate talks convened in Egypt as the nations of the world continue to fall short of their greenhouse gas reduction goals. Roll Call · Nov 7, 2022
Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s illegal migration rhetoric ‘misleading’, expert says Channel crossings are wrongfully being ‘misrepresented as illegitimate’, a human rights advocate says Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022
BrewDog announces it will be anti-sponsor of Qatar World Cup The move will raise awareness and cash for charities involved in fighting human rights in Qatar. Daily Record · Nov 7, 2022
Palestinian rights group accuses Israel of 'mafia methods' as U.N. hearings open A Palestinian human rights group told a U.N. panel on Monday it had been subject to threats and "mafia methods" during a campaign of harassment organised by Israel to silence groups documenting alleged Israeli rights violations. Reuters · Nov 7, 2022
Twitter and Elon Musk: why free speech absolutism threatens human rights For a man who made a fortune from electric cars, the Twitter takeover has turned into a fairly bumpy ride so far. Soon after buying the social media company for US$44 billion (£38 billion), Elon Musk said he had “no choice” about laying off a large proportion of the company’s… The Conversation · Nov 7, 2022
Six out of 10 people in UK oppose Qatar hosting World Cup over anti-gay laws Poll finds only 43% of people think England and Wales should take part, while 39% think they should not The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022
Group Warns of Rampant Violence in Syria Camp of ISIS Families A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the ISIS group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s… Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 7, 2022
'We're kicking off': BrewDog in new scheme to protest against Qatar World Cup A SCOTTISH craft brewery is to donate a portion of its profits to human rights organisations throughout the entirety of the World Cup. The National (Scotland) · Nov 7, 2022
Iran's younger generation at the heart of the protest movement Hadis Najafi, 22. Sarina Esmailzadeh, 16. Nika Shahkarami, 16. These young people have become martyrs of the anti-regime protests in Iran. Their names have become hashtags and rallying cries for the thousands taking to the streets. They are among the more than 300 people who have been killed in the… France 24 · Nov 7, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022 Cop27 wifi in Egypt blocks human rights and key news websites Attendees say they are unable to visit Human Rights Watch and other sites needed during climate talks
Reuters · Nov 7, 2022 Qatar minister accuses Germany of 'double standards' in World Cup criticism Qatar's foreign minister has accused Germany of "double standards" over its criticism of the World Cup host's human rights record and has defended its summoning of the German ambassador, in a newspaper interview published on Monday.
Daily Mirror · Nov 7, 2022 Egypt has days to save jailed Brit citizen's life as world leaders decamp to COP27 Rishi Sunak said he would raise Alaa Abdel Fattah's imprisonment with the Egyptian government and reply again by the end of COP27, but human rights organisations and his family say it will be too late then
The New Daily · Nov 7, 2022 New South Wales approved a UN jail visit before backflipping NSW agreed to let human rights inspectors visit its jails before going back on its decision, a federal budget estimates hearing revealed.
France 24 · Nov 7, 2022 Egypt has days to save jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's life, Amnesty chief warns Amnesty International's head on Sunday warned that the proceedings of COP27 in Egypt could be stained by the death of one of the country's leading rights activists from a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days.
Wales Online · Nov 7, 2022 Qatar World Cup: criticism intensifies amid migrant deaths and LGBTQ+ rights Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has branded criticism as an 'unprecedented campaign of fabrication and double standards'
Daily Mirror · Nov 6, 2022 Gigi Hadid deletes 'cesspool' Twitter after $44 billion takeover by Elon Musk Supermodel Gigi Hadid has sensationally quit Twitter after branding it a 'cesspool of hatred' following the multi-billion dollar takeover of the firm by tech mogul Elon Musk
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022 English FA and other European nations tell Fifa ‘human rights are universal’ ahead of Qatar World Cup The host nation for this winter’s tournament have come under continual scrutiny for their treatment of migrant workers, among other issues
Daily Mirror · Nov 6, 2022 Gay man 'hunted' by Qatar Police and gang-raped in hotel room ahead of World Cup The World Cup will start in just two weeks' time, despite grave concerns over Qatar's record on human rights, with the Middle East country continuing to persecute the LGBT+ community
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022 Pope in Bahrain: Treatment of prisoners a measure of society Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain by encouraging priests and nuns to keep ministering to the Gulf kingdom’s tiny Catholic flock
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 6, 2022 UN Urges Musk to Ensure Twitter Respects Human Rights UN rights chief Volker Turk on Saturday urged Twitter's new owner Elon Musk to make respect for human rights central to the social network after he sacked around half the company's employees. Reports of Musk laying off the platform's entire human rights team were "not, from my perspective, an encouraging…