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Rights Group: Iran Executed more than 50 People so far this Year

Iranian authorities have executed 55 people in 2023, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Friday, adding that the surging use of the death penalty aims to create fear as protests shake the country. IHR said it has confirmed at least 55 executions in the first 26 days of this year.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Colombia makes scant progress on protecting right to protest - report

Colombia has made substantial progress on only three of 28 actions recommended by a regional human rights body to protect the right to protest after deaths during demonstrations in 2020 and 2021, the organization said on Friday.

Reuters

US charges 3 in plot to kill Iranian-American author

The Justice Department has charged three men in a plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses in Iran

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School slammed by parents for barricading toilets shut during lesson time

The decision taken by officials at Castle View School in Essex has caused fury among some parents, including one mum who said it was 'against their human rights'

Daily Mirror

Human Rights Watch urges Morocco not to extradite Saudi Shi'ite

A human rights watchdog called on Morocco on Friday not to extradite a Shi'ite Muslim to his homeland of Saudi Arabia, citing fears he could face torture and an unfair trial there.

Reuters

Prigozhin, Kremlin Dismiss US Sanctions on Russia’s Wagner Group

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday to new US sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington had been smearing Wagner without reason for years. The United States on Thursday designated Wagner, which is fighting on the Russian side in some of the most…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Toughens Sanctions Against Russia's Wagner

The United States on Thursday stepped up sanctions against the Wagner Group, labeling the Russian mercenary company fighting in Ukraine as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread human rights abuses. Wagner has been locked in a battle to take the towns of Bakhmut and Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Hundreds of children packed in El Salvador's overcrowded prisons -rights group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Salvadoran authorities on Friday of "mass due process violations" in the detention of tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of children, in over-crowded prisons, citing leaked government data.

Reuters

Two French women sentenced in Nicaragua to eight years in jail -rights group

A judge in Nicaragua's capital, Managua, on Thursday sentenced two French citizens to eight years in jail, according to a human rights group, on charges of conspiracy amid a wave of convictions against relatives of jailed or exiled opponents.

Reuters

Call for Section 35 U-turn wins international backing at Council of Europe

Hannah Bardell MP has taken the issue to the Council of Europe (CoE), the continent’s leading human rights organisation, with a written declaration

The National (Scotland)

US expands sanctions on Russia's 'brutal' Wagner Group

The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against Russia's Wagner Group and related companies and individuals for their role in the war in Ukraine and mercenary activities, including human rights abuses, in Africa

The Independent UK

House of Lords peer criticises "discourteous and unprofessional" Ben Sulayem

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been criticised by a House of Lords peer for being 'deeply discourteous and unprofessional' in failing to reply to human rights concerns.

Motorsport

Experts to advise Govt on autonomous sanctions regime

An independent group will look at how New Zealand can best punish human rights violators overseas, as the "complexities" of the Russia sanctions regime are outlined.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ukraine has a mixed record of treating its citizens fairly – that could make it harder for it to maintain peace, once the war ends

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the dominant Western media narrative has been clear – Russia is the “global villain,” and Ukraine a model country victimized by an unjust war. But while the war may be unjust, Ukraine had its share of problems before the conflict with Russia intensified…

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The Independent UK

Nobel laureate wants more to help probe Russian war crimes

A Ukrainian human rights lawyer who shared last year’s Nobel Peace Prize is calling for more international investigative and legal help to deal with the staggering amount of war crimes cases since Russia invaded its neighbor almost a year ago

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Two universities that tried to squelch academic freedom have backtracked. Here's hoping that's a trend

I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I first read that Kenneth Roth, who led Human Rights Watch for three decades, had been disinvited to a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights.

Reuters

Rights group says several Chinese 'white paper' protestors still in detention

Several demonstrators who were apprehended for publicly protesting China's then-ongoing zero-COVID policy remain in detention, face charges or have not been heard from, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

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EU toughens stance on non-EU countries taking back citizens denied right to stay

Campaigners say bloc’s plan to use development aid, trade policy and access to visas as ‘leverage’ fails to put human rights first

Reuters

Colombia must strengthen rule of law, state presence in areas hit by violence -UN

Colombia must strengthen the rule of law and the state's presence to tackle violence in areas affected by the country's internal armed conflict, Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead

Judges rule Russia eligible for trial for alleged war crimes in Ukraine because of its effective control over separatist-held areas

Al Jazeera

ECHR says it can hear case against Russia over MH17 downing

The Netherlands and Ukraine are pursuing Moscow over its pre-February 2022 actions in eastern Ukraine.

France 24

Moscow court orders closure of Russia's oldest human rights group

A court in Moscow on Wednesday ruled to shut down Russia's oldest human rights organization, in the latest move amid a months-long, relentless crackdown on independent media, rights groups and opposition activists.

The Independent UK

European court rules Ukraine cases against Russia admissible

Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that it can adjudicate cases brought by the Netherlands and Ukraine against Russia for alleged rights violations in eastern Ukraine in 2014, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

The Independent UK

Russian court shuts down country's oldest rights group

A court in Moscow has ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization

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