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Qatar workers want World Cup to go ahead, Gareth Southgate claims

The host nation have been heavily criticised for its human rights record and the conditions in which thousands of migrant workers have been subjected to

The Independent UK

England boss Gareth Southgate says Qatar workers want World Cup to go ahead

Qatar has been strongly criticised for its human rights record and the conditions in which thousands of migrant workers have been subjected to.

The Independent UK

UN members condemn China over abuse of Uighurs in Xinjiang

Fifty countries urge China to uphold international human rights obligations in its treatment of the Uighur minority.

Al Jazeera

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‘International Children's Peace Prize’ Approves Nomination of Syrian Child

The International Children's Peace Prize approved the nomination of Kurdish-Syrian child Sirin Mazlum Nasan for the year 2022, in recognition for her extraordinary efforts in supporting children amid the ongoing armed conflict in Syria. A total of 170 children in the world have been nominated for the prize. The nomination…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bahrain's Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit

Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week

The Independent UK

Ukraine Football Body Asks FIFA to Remove Iran from World Cup

The Ukrainian football federation urged FIFA on Monday to remove Iran from the World Cup next month, alleging human rights violations and supplying the Russian military with weapons. The call was made three weeks before Iran is due to face England in the first Group B game in Qatar. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

OHCHR hails push to end abductions

The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) has praised the enactment of Thailand's Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, 2022, but noted that more could've been done to meet international standards.

Bangkok Post

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Iran letter urges states to skip U.S. meeting on protests at U.N.

Iran on Monday urged countries not to attend a U.S.-organized meeting at the United Nations on protests in Iran sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody, according to a letter seen by Reuters that accused Washington of politicizing human rights.

Reuters

Legacy Bill ‘biggest abuse of human rights in UK history’, says victims’ group

The Government’s draft legislation would see a form of immunity offered to those suspected of killings during the Troubles.

The Independent UK

Canada Imposes Fresh Iran Sanctions over Human Rights Violations

Canada on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, marking the fourth package of sanctions it has implemented for alleged human rights violations in that country, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The latest sanctions target four individuals and two entities, including senior officials and Iran's Law Enforcement Forces, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope urged to talk of human rights, political prisoners, in Bahrain visit

Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis on Monday to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during his trip to the Gulf state this week.

Reuters

Canada imposes fresh Iran sanctions over human rights violations

Reuters

HRW report says laws are marginalising Bahrain opposition

Group says laws used to keep the opposition from running for office or even serving on boards of civic organisations.

Al Jazeera

Mahsa Amini: Activists to rally outside Iranian Embassy in central London

Participants take part in a demonstration in Trafalgar Square over the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini (PA)

Evening Standard

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Irish Mirror

Sister of man on Saudi death row makes plea to LIV boss Greg Norman in letter

The LIV Golf chief previously claimed golf was a 'force for good' in Saudi Arabia and has been challenged to help drive change in a country with an appalling human rights record

Evening Standard

Tottenham urged to ditch Chinese main sponsor AIA and ‘show support for human rights and freedom’

A group of politicians have called on Tottenham to cut ties with their main sponsor AIA and accused the club of “collaborating with supporters of human rights abuses in Hong Kong”.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve had hundreds of death threats, hundreds of violent assaults’: Peter Tatchell on homophobia, hope and Qatar

The veteran LGBT+ and human rights activist took a stand in Qatar last week - and was swiftly told to leave the country. He talks about his many critics, his evangelical Christian mother and what drives him to keep putting himself in danger

Al Jazeera

Wall Street accused of whitewashing China crackdown in Hong Kong

Activists and US legislators say banking summit being used to legitimise the dismantling of city’s freedoms.

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The Conversation

40 years ago, protesters were celebrated for saving the Franklin River. Today they could be jailed for months

The 1982 campaign to stop the building of Tasmania’s Franklin River dam was a defining moment in the history of Australia’s social movements. Those events are now being recounted in the documentary Franklin, screening throughout the country.

Reuters

New Zealand suspends bilateral human rights dialogue with Iran

The New Zealand government said on Monday it has suspended its official bilateral human rights dialogue with Iran, saying bilateral approaches were "no longer tenable" with basic human rights being denied in the country.

Reuters

Greta Thunberg: COP27 an opportunity for "greenwashing, lying and cheating"

Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday called out next month's United Nations climate summit in Egypt for being "held in a tourist paradise in a country that violates many basic human rights."

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ backs climate rights of future generations

New Zealand is formally supporting Vanuatu's quest to clarify international legal obligations of countries to preserve human rights in the face of climate change.

Daily Mirror

Tiger Woods urged to copy Lewis Hamilton and condemn Saudi Arabia human rights issues

Tiger Woods has been a big critic of LIV for golfing reasons, but now a Saudi citizen has written to the 15-time Major winner asking him to condemn the country's regime

The Guardian - US

Greenpeace accused of greenwashing Egypt’s image ahead of Cop27

Criticism of group comes as advocates warn environmentalists should not downplay concerns about Egypt’s human rights record

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on why we’re paying a high price to host the World Cup

There is little evidence to back up claims that international sporting events do anything to discourage human rights abuses

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