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Russian police target Nobel Prize-winning group in mass raids

Russian security forces raided the homes of former employees of the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial on Tuesday and took some of them in for questioning, the group said, in a move denounced by one opposition party as an assault on dissent.

Reuters

The legacy of the Soviet Gulag with 'Varlam' author Michael Prazan

The Gulag is synonymous with some of the worst mass human rights abuses of the 20th century, and also some of the lesser known. As many as 24 million people were imprisoned and some 1.6 million killed in the Soviet prison system. But no one was ever held accountable for…

France 24

Rights Report Accuses Syria Regime Services of Killing Thousands of Civilians

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that it continues to monitor and track the arrests and killing under torture in Syrian regime prisons and security centers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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South Australian government faces fresh criticism for hosting Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour

Human rights campaigners argue there is no difference between thwarted Saudi bid to sponsor Women’s World Cup and its rebel golf funding

The Guardian - AU

Racism is 'everywhere', reveals report based on survey of children and young people in the ACT

A report from the ACT Human Rights Commission reveals racism is a pervasive problem for children and young people, outlining actions it says should be taken by the government, schools and sporting bodies.

ABC News

US report lists 'significant human rights' abuses in India

The annual U.S. report on human rights practices released on Monday listed "significant human rights issues" and abuses in India, including reported targeting of religious minorities, dissidents and journalists, the U.S. State Department said.

Reuters

U.S. report cites killings, torture in Ortega's Nicaragua

The U.S. State Department cited credible reports of killings, arrests and torture in Nicaragua, as well as harsh and life-threatening conditions in the country's prisons, in an annual human rights report released on Monday.

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Experts cast doubt on Braverman’s hopes of ECHR rule change on Rwanda

Home secretary’s claims of ‘constructive’ talks regarding Strasbourg’s injunctions disputed by legal scholars

The Guardian - UK

Iran rights violations amount to crime against humanity, says UN expert

Remarks by Javaid Rehman come as EU and UK impose fresh sanctions on Iranian individuals

The Guardian - UK

ECHR says it is 'reflecting' on injunction rules amid UK hopes on migrant flights

The European Court of Human Rights said on Monday "reflections" were ongoing as to its use of urgent interim measures but denied this was related to an injunction it imposed last year which stopped Britain's proposed scheme to send migrants to Rwanda.

Reuters

Watch as Antony Blinken delivers remarks on 2022 human rights report

Watch as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the release of the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

The Independent UK

U.N. expert calls for coordinated action against Myanmar junta

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Monday called on the international community to coordinate sanctions to counter the abuses perpetrated by the southeast Asian country's military.

Reuters

Iran violations may amount to crimes against humanity - UN expert

Iran's authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a U.N.-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing cases of murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, sexual violence and persecution.

Reuters

LGBTQ+ rights: African Union watchdog goes back on its own word

The primary human rights watchdog in Africa recently made a decision that departed from its existing practice. The African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights, an independent expert body within the African Union (AU) framework, used sexual or gender identity as the reason it rejected applications for observer status from…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Violations May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity, Says UN Expert

Iran's authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing cases of murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, sexual violence and persecution. Iran has been swept by protests since the death of a young…

Reuters

EU imposes further sanctions on Iran for human rights violations

The European Union on Monday imposed a new package of sanctions against Iran, its sixth, in response to human rights violations, adding eight individuals and one entity to its list.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand foreign minister to visit counterpart in China

Nanaia Mahuta says she will raise concerns over Ukraine and human rights issues as well as ways the two countries can cooperate

Al Jazeera

From murder to stadium crush: Can Indonesia’s police reform?

Indonesian police have found themselves in the dock in some high-profile cases amid hopes of greater accountability.

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Fresh sanctions levelled at Iran for human rights abuse

Multiple Iranian individuals and entities have been slapped with new sanctions for human rights abuses and for support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

ABC News

Australia issues new sanctions on Iran over human rights abuses, supply of drones to Russia

The Australian government says it is imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on 14 Iranian individuals and 14 entities over "egregious human rights abuses and violations in Iran".

AAP

Sanctions against Iran not enough, opposition says

The opposition wants to list the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation in addition to sanctions against Iran for human rights abuses.

France 24

Saudi Arabia bets on cinema: A smokescreen for human rights violations?

FRANCE 24 brings you a special full-length report on how the conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is investing in home-grown cinema. Making films in stunning Saudi locations is also a way of attracting foreign tourists to the country. Young people are now rushing to see films at multiplex cinemas and…

Al Jazeera

UK’s Braverman to discuss controversial migration deal in Rwanda

Several lawsuits have been filed to stop the conservative government from acting on a deportation agreement with Rwanda.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rights Groups: Iran Executes 7 Kurds, Including 'Political Prisoner'

Iran on Friday hanged a Kurdish man viewed as a political prisoner by activists, rights groups said, amplifying alarm over the soaring number of executions in the country this year. Mohayyedin Ebrahimi, 43, was hanged at dawn at Urmia prison in northwestern Iran, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and…

The Independent UK

West spotlights North Korea rights abuses; China opposes

The United States, its Western allies and experts shone a spotlight on the dire human rights situation and increasing repression in North Korea at a U.N. meeting

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