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US expands sanctions on Myanmar, NKorea aviation sectors

The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against the aviation sectors of North Korea and Myanmar as it continues to punish the two countries for weapons-related violations of U.S. and United Nations regulations and human rights abuses

The Independent UK

U.S. alarmed by actions against Guatemalan judges, prosecutors

The U.S. State Department said on Monday it is troubled by what it described as a pattern of actions against Guatemalan judges and prosecutors who handle corruption and human rights cases.

Reuters

USA's "Be The Change" campaign explained as players given Qatar human rights briefings

USA will head to the World Cup in Qatar fully aware of the human right violations in the country having spent the last 18 months getting weekly briefings and talks from experts

Daily Mirror

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Climate finance and human rights fears: what happened on day two of Cop27?

Deep chasm emerges between long-time polluting rich states and developing countries on second full day of summit

The Guardian - UK

COP27 app gives Egypt’s Sisi access to every move attendees make

Egyptian authorities have unveiled a COP27 application to "help" participants at the climate change summit in Sharm El Skeikh, which ends on November 18. But NGOs and cybersecurity experts warn that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime can very easily and effectively use the app to surveil attendees, including top diplomats…

France 24

The Uighur ‘influencers’ working for Beijing’s propaganda machine

If you watched some of the videos on YouTube featuring young Uighur influencers, then you would have no idea that a growing number of human rights organisations and the United Nations have documented China’s severe repression of this Muslim ethnic minority. In a study published mid-October, an Australian research centre…

France 24

U.N. experts call for release of Turkish medical association head

United Nations experts called on Ankara to release the head of Turkey's medical association, who was arrested after she called for an investigation into allegations of chemical weapons used by the Turkish army.

Reuters

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UK rolling back efforts to tackle modern slavery, charity says

Reclassifying modern slavery as immigration issue and rhetoric of ‘abusing the system’ are among concerns levelled at government

The Guardian - UK

'Teaching our children from books, not the sea': how climate change is eroding human rights in Vanuatu

There’s a lot at stake over the next fortnight as nations gather at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt. But the stakes are perhaps highest for the Pacific islands and their people.

The Conversation

Climate talks convene with US and world falling short of goals

For the first time since 1995, when the U.N. started holding its annual climate summits, the United States brought something big to the talks that began Sunday: a series of new laws that could take a big whack at its greenhouse gas emissions. But even that — and the steps…

Tribune News Service

UN slams Xinjiang rights abuses

A high-level UN panel on Oct 26 slammed Beijing's ongoing and egregious human rights abuses in the western Xinjiang regions of the People's Republic. China's human rights violations have been committed through the use of "severe and undue restrictions" that are "characterised by a discriminatory component, as the underlying acts…

Bangkok Post

UN hearings probing alleged Israeli rights abuses open in Geneva

The outlawing of Palestinian rights groups and killing of Al Jazeera journalist will be in focus during the hearings.

Al Jazeera

World Cup 2022: The powerful LGBT+ symbol Wales will adopt amid warning from Qatar's first openly gay national

The country has been accused of 'sportswashing' by the first openly-gay Qatari man

Wales Online

Craft brewery faces backlash over its own ‘culture of fear’ after launching ‘anti–World Cup’ campaign

BrewDog was publicly accused of fostering a “culture of fear” last year.

Fortune

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria Cholera Outbreak Worsened by Regime, Türkiye, Says HRW

Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Türkiye of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast. Syria has recorded 81 deaths and more than 24,000 suspected cases of the extremely virulent disease since September, according to the World Health…

France 24

‘I’m very worried’: Mother of jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike wants action

Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s decision to escalate a hunger strike in prison to a refusal to drink water has raised the stakes and shone a spotlight on human rights violations as Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit. For his mother, the time has come for the world to…

Roll Call

Climate talks convene with US and world falling short of goals - Roll Call

The latest U.N. climate talks convened in Egypt as the nations of the world continue to fall short of their greenhouse gas reduction goals.

Evening Standard

Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s illegal migration rhetoric ‘misleading’, expert says

Channel crossings are wrongfully being ‘misrepresented as illegitimate’, a human rights advocate says

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Daily Record

BrewDog announces it will be anti-sponsor of Qatar World Cup

The move will raise awareness and cash for charities involved in fighting human rights in Qatar.

Reuters

Palestinian rights group accuses Israel of 'mafia methods' as U.N. hearings open

A Palestinian human rights group told a U.N. panel on Monday it had been subject to threats and "mafia methods" during a campaign of harassment organised by Israel to silence groups documenting alleged Israeli rights violations.

The Conversation

Twitter and Elon Musk: why free speech absolutism threatens human rights

For a man who made a fortune from electric cars, the Twitter takeover has turned into a fairly bumpy ride so far. Soon after buying the social media company for US$44 billion (£38 billion), Elon Musk said he had “no choice” about laying off a large proportion of the company’s…

The Guardian - UK

Six out of 10 people in UK oppose Qatar hosting World Cup over anti-gay laws

Poll finds only 43% of people think England and Wales should take part, while 39% think they should not

Asharq Al-Awsat

Group Warns of Rampant Violence in Syria Camp of ISIS Families

A sprawling camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of women and children linked to the ISIS group is witnessing pervasive violence, exploitation and lawlessness, an international aids group said Monday. Doctors Without Borders also said that countries with citizens held in the detention center of al-Hol in Syria’s…

The National (Scotland)

'We're kicking off': BrewDog in new scheme to protest against Qatar World Cup

A SCOTTISH craft brewery is to donate a portion of its profits to human rights organisations throughout the entirety of the World Cup.

France 24

Iran's younger generation at the heart of the protest movement

Hadis Najafi, 22. Sarina Esmailzadeh, 16. Nika Shahkarami, 16. These young people have become martyrs of the anti-regime protests in Iran. Their names have become hashtags and rallying cries for the thousands taking to the streets. They are among the more than 300 people who have been killed in the…

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