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Human Rights Watch warns against Mexico's 'regressive' electoral overhaul

A leading rights group on Monday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could seriously undermine electoral authorities' independence, putting free and fair elections at risk.

Reuters

Premier ‘pleased’ with jail term for bridge protester

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has welcomed the stiff jail term for a climate protester who blocked a lane on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The New Daily

UN official ‘alarmed’ by jailing of climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Human rights groups around the world express outrage over ‘disproportionate’ punishment of Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco

The Guardian - AU

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Influential Iraqi cleric launches anti-LGBTQ campaign

An influential Iraqi cleric who announced his withdrawal from politics four months ago has broken a period of relative silence to launch an anti-LGBTQ campaign

The Independent UK

Chaining of people with mental illness in Ghana is ‘torture’: HRW

Rights body says government failing to ensure people with psychosocial disabilities aren’t kept in inhumane conditions.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: The child welfare system needs an overhaul

When I graduated from nursing school five years ago, I worked for an agency in New York City’s foster care system. I believed I was helping families. But what I saw there was not a system working for children’s best interests, but one that was quick to separate children from…

Tribune News Service

Activist jailed for Harbour Bridge protest

A climate activist has been jailed for using a truck to block the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a sentence criticised by human rights observers.

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Climate Protestor Violet Coco Granted Bail After She Was Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison

She was sentenced under wild new NSW protest laws.

Pedestrian.tv

‘Every second felt like eternity’: Inside the torture chambers of Ukraine’s occupied northeast

Detention, rape, beatings and executions. Ordinary Ukrainians endured unimaginable horror in areas captured by Russian troops. Bel Trew in Balakiya, Izium, Pisky-Radkivski speaks to those who survived as they try to pick up their shattered lives

The Independent UK

Male guardianship rules in Qatar throttle gender equality, experts say

The World Cup is being hosted in Qatar this year and while thousands of revellers, and WAGS, descend on the country the event is mired in controversy as some focus on equality issues

Daily Mirror

As Afghans flee, Turkey is accused of deporting them without a fair hearing

As elections approach and politicians play to fears over the number of refugees in Turkey, a new report by Human Rights Watch accuses Turkish authorities of indiscriminately deporting Afghans regardless of the dangers awaiting them in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Radio France Internationale

Thai authorities seeking suspect in southern car bombing

Police are trying to identify the suspect in a bombing of police housing that killed one officer and wounded 45 other people in southern Thailand

The Independent UK

Lawyers explain 'horrific' reason female fans reporting sexual assault in Qatar could be jailed

As female football fans flock to watch the Three Lions in the World Cup, human rights campaigners and lawyers expose the reality of being a woman in Qatar

Daily Mirror

HRW: More must be done to help ISIL camp repatriates reintegrate

New Human Rights Watch report shows repatriated children facing reintegration issues while thousands remain detained.

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The Independent UK

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

LGBTQ people fight for their rights across the world

Reuters

Gay people living under radar in Qatar prepare warily for World Cup

A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up over cocktails and snacks last week, exchanging opinions as they flicked through profiles of gay men on dating apps Tinder and Grindr.

The Independent UK

Google and Apple’s role in Qatari app that lets men stop women from leaving the country

Exclusive: Tech giants under fire for making available Metrash2 app, which can be used to stop unmarried Qatari women aged under 25 from leaving the Gulf state

WEKU

Why Qatar is a controversial host for the World Cup

FIFA's choice of Qatar to host the World Cup has long been marred by criticism over human rights abuses, the safety of migrant workers and the logistics of holding a soccer tournament in desert heat.

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Al Jazeera

New homes spark joy, caution for hundreds of Boko Haram survivors

Boko Haram activity has displaced thousands in northeast Nigeria, but some are being resettled in their old villages.

Reuters

Vietnam jails dissident for eight years over Facebook posts

A Vietnamese court on Friday jailed a dissident for eight years for anti-state activities after he posted on social media commentary critical of the Communist Party and its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Qatar facing renewed calls to compensate migrant workers over uninvestigated deaths

Bereaved families of workers and rights groups want World Cup organisers to make £372m payout

The Independent UK

World Cup draws attention to equal rights, including attire

Official-looking flyers have circulated on social media describing cultural expectations for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar

The Independent UK

Everything wrong with the Qatar World Cup

From the deaths of migrant workers and discriminative LGBTQ laws to exploitation and corruption, Miguel Delaney reports on the true cost of the World Cup

Al Jazeera

‘Excessive’: North Korea’s COVID curbs blamed for food crisis

Pyongyang has substantially ramped up border security since January 2020, according to satellite images.

The Guardian - UK

The Egyptian human rights activists unable to attend Cop27

Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh follows decade-long crackdown on civil society in Egypt

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