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Mum stuck in Iran jail for 13 years shares letter from inside 'hell-like' prison

As she enters her 14th year in jail in Iran, Maryam Akbari Monfared has shared a letter while also celebrating the protests that have spread throughout Iran while she has been incarcerated

Daily Mirror

Welsh first minister criticised for ‘lavish’ World Cup hotel stay paid by Qatar

Mark Drakeford and economy minister Vaughan Gething were guests of host nation at five-star Ritz-Carlton

The Guardian - UK

Many women's rights were taken away in 2022, but global feminist solidarity is on the rise

Looking back on 2022, women's rights regressed in many areas, but experts and advocates remain hopeful as a wave of feminist solidarity sweeps the globe and young people risk their lives to say, "Enough is enough."

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Iran Protests: Regime Challenged by Push for Change

More than 100 days of protests in Iran have shattered taboos and shaken the ideological pillars of the Iranian republic in a push for change that has defied a fierce crackdown. The demonstrations, which erupted in mid-September following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, are a reflection of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is there a 'right to disobey’? From the Vietnam War to today's climate protests

One of the first moves of the newly elected Whitlam Labour government in December 1972 was to free seven men imprisoned for their beliefs. Their crime had been refusal to comply with the National Service Act, a so-called “lottery of death” that sent some 15,300 young Australians to fight in…

The Conversation

Iranian rapper wins appeal against protests-linked death sentence

Court accepts Saman Seyyedi’s appeal, but 22-year-old Mohammad Ghobadlou’s bid is rejected and could be executed soon.

Al Jazeera

‘The junta is heartless’: Landmine victims blame Myanmar military

Myanmar’s military accused of deliberately planting landmines to target civilians as armed resistance movement grows.

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Zimbabwean activist who alleges harrowing torture by suspected state security now living in terror in Europe

Exclusive: ‘Even now where I live, I don’t open my curtains. It has been a rollercoaster every day,’ Netsai Marova says in first media interview since alleged torture

The Independent UK

Timeline: Half a century of oil spills in Nigeria’s Ogoniland

Since oil was discovered in commercial quantities in Nigeria in 1958, thousands of oil spill incidents have happened.

Al Jazeera

FIFA 23 mod honours World Cup’s migrant workers with their own football kit

The bright yellow kit is a ‘guerilla’ marketing stunt by Amnesty International to draw attention to Qatar’s treatment of foreign labourers

Evening Standard

‘I have to control the flashbacks’: Anoosheh Ashoori on life after being freed from an Iranian jail

The British Iranian was released from prison after five years in March. The 68-year-old is cherishing time with family and has run the London marathon - but his ordeal still haunts him

The Guardian - UK

‘Dark days in Qatar’: Nepali workers face bitter legacy of World Cup debts

For thousands of low-paid workers, this year’s games brought back only memories of abuse and exploitation

The Guardian - UK

A $1.6 billion lawsuit alleges Facebook's inaction fueled violence in Ethiopia

One of the plaintiffs says he contacted Facebook several times about posts threatening violence against his father, who was murdered by members of a militant group.

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As Qatar’s World Cup ends it is time for truth: Fifa chose death and suffering

Fifa had options in 2010 and from the moment it made its bid decision, there was only one route from there to here

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Iranian government accused of 'sham trials' and 'torture' as protestors face executions

Iran has conducted the first known execution in relation to the anti-government protests, hanging a man for "waging war against God". Now there are fears many more could face execution under these "sham trials".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prominent Iranian Cleric Urges Release of Protest Detainees

A prominent dissident Sunni Muslim cleric urged Iranian authorities on Friday to free thousands of detained protesters and stop executions as the three-month-old unrest churned on with street marches in a restive southeastern province. Amnesty International said 26 people faced possible execution after Tehran hanged two people arrested over the…

Reuters

Prominent Iranian Sunni cleric urges release of protest detainees

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Explainer-When are attacks on civilian infrastructure war crimes?

Russia's attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities, have been described as possible war crimes by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Amnesty International.

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The Guardian - UK

New app offers Qatar’s migrant workers first definitive World Cup 2022 legacy

Users of the new digital platform can access information on rights and legal assistance in ‘only initiative made by and for migrant workers’

Dublin Live

East Wall protesters plan Amiens Street blockade for 'maximum disruption' today

The protesters have now decided to move their traffic blockades from the Port Tunnel to the iconic Five Lamps in Amiens Street - one of the busiest commuter routes in the city centre

Irish Mirror

East Wall protesters plan 'maximum traffic disruption' with plan to block Amiens Street today

The blockade is to take place at 5pm with “maximum disruption planned until the Government houses the asylum seekers in better accommodation"

Radio France Internationale

Amnesty urges Senegal to take strong action over abuse in Koranic schools

An Amnesty International report published on Monday found that many children in Senegal's Koranic schools continue to face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging. The human rights organisation is calling on the government to enforce existing conventions to better protect children.

The Independent UK

Amnesty Int’l slams Spain, Morocco over migrant deaths

Amnesty International says a failure by Morocco and Spain to properly investigate the deaths of more than 20 migrants at the border of Spanish enclave city of Melilla in North Africa in June “smacks of a cover-up.”

Reuters

Amnesty condemns Spain, Morocco over Melilla border tragedy

Moroccan and Spanish authorities used "unlawful and lethal force" during a mass border crossing by migrants in June in which at least 23 people died, and their response "smacks of a cover-up," Amnesty International said on Tuesday in a report based on eyewitness testimony, video footage and satellite imagery.

The Guardian - UK

Fifa accused of failing to adhere to its own human rights commitments

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch criticise Fifa after it failed to create a remedy fund for migrant workers injured or killed in Qatar

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