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Delays at some polling stations as voting begins in Zimbabwe election

Voting begins amid rising tensions due to a currency crisis and high unemployment.

Al Jazeera

‘Absolute dog act’: Queensland Labor criticised for shock move to override state’s Human Rights Act

Proposed law changes include allowing children to be detained in adult watch houses for the next three years

The Guardian - AU

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

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Asylum seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say

A coalition of human rights groups says migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being set up for rejection at a privately run detention center in New Mexico

The Independent UK

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

3 keys to ensuring the U.S. maintains dollar primacy in the age of digital money

A digital dollar could serve Americans, and people the world over, who aspire to financial autonomy and inclusion consistent with basic human rights.

Fortune

More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

The Independent UK

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Reimagining time will help employers better support workers with disabilities

Despite the fact that people with disabilities are entitled to equality under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the provincial Human Rights Codes, they continue to face systemic barriers in accessing employment, education, transportation and housing.

The Conversation

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 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

Murder of Black community activist, 72, in Brazil prompts calls for action

Maria Bernadete Pacífico, whose son was shot dead in 2017, killed by gunmen at her home in Bahia

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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.

Evening Standard

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…

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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

Pakistan rights activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir, ex-lawmaker Ali Wazir arrested

Police in Islamabad say both were ‘wanted for investigation’, following overnight arrest.

The Guardian - UK

Ambushes and teargas: Zimbabwe opposition suffers as election arrives

Reports of growing repression cast doubt on credibility of polls in country struggling with corruption, inflation and poverty

The Guardian - UK

George Soros foundation’s retreat from Europe could ‘turn off the lights’ for human rights

Activists fear the billionaire’s legacy will be lost as his Open Society Foundations curbs its activities across the EU

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The Independent UK

Pakistani police want to arrest man over death of daughter in Surrey

Lawyers have said Pakistan’s government is ‘unlikely’ to block a UK extradition request in connection to Sara Sharif’s death.

The Independent UK

UN condemns recent gang attacks in Haiti as Kenya deploys recon mission to troubled nation

U.N. human rights officials are denouncing what they called the “extreme brutality” of gangs in Haiti as thousands flee several neighborhoods in the country’s capital this week amid a surge in violence

The Hindu

Yasin Malik’s wife’s appointment to Pakistan Cabinet is an indication of a sabotage plan in Kashmir: BJP leader

The Bharatiya Janata Party said that Pakistan’s decision to appoint Mushaal Hussein Mullick as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on human rights. was “an indication of a sabotage plan in Kashmir”. Ms. Mullick is the wife of jailed Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik.

The Independent UK

Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov

Russian courts have ordered the liquidation of a human rights organization that preserved the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov and have ordered the detention of a prominent election monitor

The Guardian - UK

‘Fighting a huge monster’: mine battle in Guatemala became a playbook for polluters

Indigenous defenders opposing the Marlin mine were criminalised by a corporation and its state allies

Fortune

H&M will stop operations in Myanmar following allegations of worker abuse

The Swedish retailer, which said it would "phase out" operations in Myanmar, has about 42,000 employees in the country across several factories.

Al Jazeera

UN says N Korea expanding military programmes while people suffer

First discussion of isolated country’s human rights in six years draws anger from Russia and China.

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