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The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid

The second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is fast approaching. Since then, Afghan women have been denied the most basic human rights in what can only be described as gender apartheid.

The Conversation

‘Now the tyrant’s abuse will continue’: Uganda’s president under attack over closure of UN human rights office

Forced closure described as ‘a huge blow’ to human rights as country fosters hostile environment for activists, journalists and LGBTQ+ people

The Guardian - UK

U.S. has been raising human rights concerns with India, will continue to do so: official

U.S. regularly raises human rights concerns with India, incl. Christian persecution. India trashes allegations as based on "misinformation". Ahead of Biden's visit, U.S. State Dept. Spox. says they'll continue to have frank exchanges on issues of concern.

The Hindu

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Migrants kept off Bibby Stockholm barge after legal challenges – charity

Human rights campaigners have condemned using the barge to house asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Eritrean festival canceled by Toronto following outbreaks of violence

Clashes were latest in string of global skirmishes that have drawn scrutiny to human rights abuses in Eritrea

The Guardian - US

Sudanese shocked by video of man’s murder sent to his WhatsApp contacts

The friends and family of a missing man in Khartoum discovered he had been murdered when the murderers sent a gruesome video of his body to all of his WhatsApp contacts. The man’s family believe that the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces was behind the killing – as the…

France 24

Bangladesh to tone down ‘draconian’ digital security law

Law minister says law will be replaced by another legislation which will remove sections that were allegedly misused.

Al Jazeera

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New neurotechnology is blurring the lines around mental privacy – but are new human rights the answer?

Neurotechnologies – devices that interact directly with the brain or nervous system – were once dismissed as the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore.

The Conversation

Asylum seeker who escaped from Iran says Dorset barge will be another ‘jail’

Human rights lawyer says he has been unable to sleep in anticipation of move to Bibby Stockholm

The Guardian - UK

Project to tattoo human rights declaration on 6,773 people comes to UK

International art project will visit Manchester, where 30 people will be tattooed with one letter of 1948 UN document

The Guardian - UK

Kenya’s offer to send police to Haiti sparks human rights concerns

Groups say move could worsen country’s security crisis given police force’s poor human rights record

The Guardian - US

Kerala should be alert to attempts to trigger communal frenzy, says human rights movement

The State committee meeting of the Indian Human Rights Movement has accused the Sangh Parivar forces of engineering fascism across the country against the backdrop of the months-long communal violence in Manipur and the violence in Haryana over the past few days.

The Hindu

Catalan Politician’s Case Accepted By ECHR, Spain To Answer For Alleged Persecution

Spain to face European Court of Human Rights over alleged persecution of Catalan Parliament's Bureau

Zenger

U.N. group says people abused by late Japanese boy band producer deserve apologies and compensation

The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations

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The Independent UK

UN closes its human rights office in Uganda as government ends an agreement allowing it to operate

The United Nations' human rights chief says his office in Uganda will close this weekend after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement allowing it to operate

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power

Al Jazeera

2 bodies found in Rio Grande, spurs criticism of US-Mexico border policies

One of the bodies was found tangled in a series of giant buoys installed as a barrier, raising human rights concerns.

The Hindu

Rights panel orders DGP to probe octogenarian’s incrimination on mistaken identity

The State Human Rights Commission has ordered the State Police Chief to investigate an 84-year-old woman’s complaint about the harassment and ignominy she suffered for four years after being wrongly incriminated by the police

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The Guardian - UK

Rights groups call on Laos to release lawyer held after fleeing China

Sixty-eight organisations sign letter amid fears Lu Siwei could be deported at request of Chinese authorities

Sports Illustrated

The World Has Moved On, but They Say Qatar Injustices Remain

A group of World Cup security guards say they were unjustly detained and remain unpaid for their work.

The Conversation

Many global corporations will soon have to police up and down their supply chains as EU human rights 'due diligence' law nears enactment

The European Union will soon require thousands of large companies to actively look for and reduce human rights abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains. And although it’s an EU law, it will also cover foreign businesses – including American ones – that have operations in the region.

The Independent UK

India’s first openly gay prince reveals how his parents sought conversion therapy to change his sexuality

‘It was an absolute case of discrimination and violation of human rights’

The Conversation

Ukraine war: reports suggest the deaths of some journalists have been deliberate – which is a war crime

In a conflict like the war in Ukraine, many journalists risk their lives to report the truth and reveal war crimes committed by both sides. But when journalists themselves are targeted, these war crimes almost always go unpunished. Research from Human Rights Watch has found that a de facto impunity…

Reason

Brickbat: Religious Unfreedom

An Egyptian court has sentenced human rights activist Patrick Zaki to three years in prison after finding him guilty of "spreading false news" in an article he wrote about his life as a Coptic Christian. Zaki has already spent 22 months in prison, where his lawyers said he was tortured.

The Independent UK

'No good options': Sudan's warring sides have committed 'extensive war crimes,' Amnesty says

Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s warring factions of committing “extensive war crimes” including mass killing of civilians and rape and sexual slavery of women in their monthslong fighting to control the eastern African nation

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