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Darfur victims await justice at ICC as Sudan war rages on

Activists seek justice against former Sudanese Arab militia leader as new crimes are committed in the war-torn region.

Al Jazeera

Saudi Sentenced to Death for Tweets Criticizing Government

From a Thursday article by CNN (Hande Atay Alam & Celine Alkhaldi): Muhammad al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old retired Saudi teacher, was sentenced "following 5 tweets criticizing corruption and human rights violations," his brother Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi tweeted last week. According to Human Rights Watch, Muhammad al-Ghamdi was arrested last year…

Reason

Germany says it ended training of Saudi border forces after abuses reported

Statement comes amid concern about allegations Saudi forces have killed hundreds of migrants

The Guardian - UK

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The Congolese military is accused of a deadly crackdown on a religious sect, killing at least 43

Congo's communications ministry says at least 43 people have died in a clash between armed forces and members of a religious sect protesting Western organizations operating in the country

The Independent UK

Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics

A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.

WEKU

Germany and US trained Saudi forces accused of killing Yemen migrants

Training given despite growing concern over scale of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Lebanon LGBTQ+ activists say attacks are distraction from country’s problems

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisis

The Guardian - UK

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Xi urges more work to ‘control illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang on surprise visit

Visit was Chinese president’s second to the region since crackdown on Uyghurs began almost a decade ago

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border

The Ethiopian government said it will investigate a report of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. A Saudi government official rejected the Human Rights Watch report.

WEKU

Ethiopia unveils joint Saudi probe into alleged migrant killings

Ethiopia will launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants ‘killed by Saudi border guards’, says human rights group

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants have been killed by Saudi border guards in what may constitute a crime against humanity, a leading human rights group has claimed.

The Week

Saudi Arabia rejects accusations of killing Ethiopians at Yemen border

The kingdom has refuted a report that alleged possible crimes against humanity at the country’s southern borders.

Al Jazeera

Saudi security forces accused of killing of Ethiopian migrants on Yemen border

Saudi border guards reportedly "fired like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, according to an NGO report.

Radio France Internationale

‘Possibly thousands’ of unarmed migrants slaughtered with machine guns by Saudi border guards – report

‘They fired on us like rain. When I remember, I cry,’ says a young Ethiopian woman

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Saudi Arabia border guards ‘regularly open fire on migrants and have killed hundreds’ - report

Border guards in Saudi Arabia fired machine guns and launched mortars at Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, likely killing hundreds of the unarmed migrants in recent years, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday.

France 24

Crimes ‘beyond imagination’: Saudi border guards killed hundreds of migrants, HRW report says

Between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen into the oil-rich kingdom, according to a new Human Rights Watch report released on Monday. The report comes as Saudi Arabia implements an anti-migrant policy at home and a…

The Guardian - UK

‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians

Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border

Al Jazeera

HRW, UN raise alarm over rape accusations against Sudan’s RSF

New York-based Human Rights Watch says it documented 78 victims of rape between April 24 and June 26.

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The Independent UK

Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence

Sudan's powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United Nations experts with accusations of rape and sexual violence against women

Al Jazeera

China urged to tackle online racism targeting Black people

Human Rights Watch says racist tropes ‘common’ across Chinese social media, and that platforms and government must act.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese social media filled with anti-black racist content, says watchdog

Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racism

The Independent UK

What are cluster bombs and why are they banned in some countries?

The US has sent the weapons to Ukraine – even as human rights groups oppose their use

The Guardian - US

‘There’s no police or state’: Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars

Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

France 24

Human Rights Watch urges international intervention to end surging gang violence in Haiti

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.

The Independent UK

Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti

A human rights group has urged the international community to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti

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