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Anti-money laundering proposals ‘uninspired and insipid’, say MPs

Law Commission review of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales also criticised by campaigners

The Guardian - UK

FIA President Addresses Controversial Comments on Drivers’ Activism

Mohammed Ben Sulayem recently commented about Vettel’s LGBTQ+ activism, Hamilton focus on human rights issues and Norris’s push to talk about mental health.

Sports Illustrated

Sebastian Vettel Feels F1 Would Welcome An Openly Gay Driver

The four-time world champion also addressed Formula One racing in countries with questionable human rights records and laws.

Sports Illustrated

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El Salvador's Latest Gang Crackdown Includes Human Rights Violations

President Nayib Bukele is using brutal tools to solve a problem driven partly by U.S. immigration policy.

Reason

FIA president slams Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel for F1 human rights campaigning

The likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have been very outspoken on matters close to their hearts in recent times, and now FIA chief Mohammed ben Sulayem has spoken out on their campaigning

Daily Mirror

Rights Groups Ask British Govt to Stop Deportation of Iranian Dissident To Rwanda

Human rights activists called Wednesday on the British Home Secretary to halt next week’s planned deportation to Rwanda of an Iranian former police commander, saying they fear for his life following his testimony to the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s atrocities during the November 2019 protests. Justice for Iran, an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fury at UN human rights chief over ‘whitewash’ of Uyghur repression

Open letter signed by academics in wake of Michelle Bachelet’s China visit demands release of UN report on human rights abuses

The Guardian - AU

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Nicaraguan political prisoners held in 'horrific conditions,' says lawyer

Two former presidential candidates are among more than 180 political prisoners in Nicaragua undergoing "the worst kinds of human rights abuses," their lawyer said Wednesday.

Reuters

Iran hangs 12 inmates including woman in mass execution as NGO fears minorities targeted

Executions in 2021 rose by 28 per cent in Iran, totalling 314 for the year, with executions in women among the highest in the world

Daily Mirror

Greg Cote: Mickelson, Johnson, et al., are Saudi pawns pocketing blood money as LIV Golf Series begins

MIAMI — Dustin Johnson sat in front of a “LIV Golf” logo in England this week and, with a straight face, said, “I chose what’s best for me and my family.”

Miami Herald

Commentary: Climate change is a military problem for the US

The U.S. military has its hands full at the moment with a vicious war in Ukraine and U.S.-China tensions over issues from human rights to sovereignty over the South China Sea. But it cannot delay taking action to address climate change, the most persistent strategic threat we face.

Tribune News Service

Belarus jails Radio Liberty freelancer for six years for 'extremism'

A court in Belarus sentenced a freelance journalist for the Belarusian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to six years in jail on extremism charges, the broadcaster and the Spring-96 human rights organisation said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Phil Mickelson finally came out of hiding and spewed more empty nonsense about LIV Golf

Phil really cares, guys.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bangladesh scrapping rights group’s licence a ‘chilling message’

Bangladeshi and global rights defenders slam the government’s move to deregister top NGO Odhikar.

Al Jazeera

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Reuters

UK charities seek injunction to block migrant deportations to Rwanda

Human rights groups said their lawyers had submitted papers on Wednesday at the High Court in London to get an injunction to halt next week's planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, a scheme which has drawn wide criticism.

Tribune News Service

Kevin Sherrington: Without more star power, LIV Golf’s rebels could become sports’ next flash in the pan

DALLAS — Unlike LIV Golf — which tees off Thursday outside London — most upstart leagues aren’t backed by the Saudi government, which murdered/dismembered a journalist and executes people because of their sexual orientation at will. Phil Mickelson’s words, by the way, not mine. The numbers back him up, though.…

The Independent UK

Mickelson: I don’t condone human rights violations but LIV Golf is good for game

The American has signed up for the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series.

The Independent UK

Phil Mickelson insists he ‘doesn’t condone human rights violations’ after leading Saudi-backed LIV Golf breakaway

The six-time major winner heads up the field alongside Dustin Johnson at Centurion Club this weekend

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Israel wants “complete control” of Palestinian land, says UN report

Independent commission set up by UN says Israel needs to end occupation, cease violating Palestinians’ human rights.

The Guardian - UK

Met officers ‘feared Sarah Everard vigil had become anti-police protest’

Officers claimed they feared being violently attacked, say reports, but campaigners accuse force of ‘trampling all over human rights’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Mainly to Blame for Conflict, Says UN Report

Israel's occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said Tuesday, prompting angry Israeli protests. A high-level team of investigators, appointed last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe "all underlying root causes" in the decades-long conflict, pointed…

The Independent UK

Graeme McDowell ‘proud’ to participate in ‘polarising’ Saudi-backed LIV Golf event

McDowell said it would have been ‘crazy’ to turn down the breakaway tour despite criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record

Reuters

UN-mandated rights inquiry rebukes Israel for seeking 'complete control'

An independent commission of inquiry set up by the U.N. Human Rights Council after the 2021 Gaza war said Israel must do more than end the occupation of land Palestinians want for a state, according to a report released on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Report: 'Perpetual' Israeli occupation at root of violence

Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say tensions between Palestinians and Israelis are underpinned by Israel’s “perpetual occupation” of Palestinian areas with no apparent intention of ending it

Reuters

Polish court rejects appeal against PKN Orlen's Polska Press takeover

A Polish court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the country's Human Rights Ombudsman against oil company PKN Orlen's takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press, the court said, confirming an earlier report by state-run news agency PAP.

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