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U.N. rights envoy says Taliban must reverse restrictions on Afghan women

The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges and called on Taliban authorities to reverse growing restrictions on women and investigate attacks against religious minorities.

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Discrimination Complaints Have Been Launched Over Citipointe College’s Fkd Anti-LGBTQIA+ Contract

Five complaints have been launched with Queensland's Human Rights Commission.

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Government admits spying on MPs’ emails was unlawful

Green Party politicians demand ‘public confession’ after settlement reached in European Court of Human Rights

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Investigation launched into Pontins over alleged discrimination against Traveller families

THE UK’s human rights watchdog has started an investigation into Pontins after continued concerns over alleged discrimination against Traveller…

The National (Scotland)

Wife of Swedish Man Detained in Iran Fears her Husband Will be Executed Soon

The wife of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmedreza Djalali, convicted of espionage in Iran and sentenced to death, said she fears her husband will be soon executed, pleading for stronger action from the European Union. Vida Mehrannia told AFP in an interview from Stockholm that she fears that unless the EU were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Citipointe Christian College referred to Queensland Human Rights Commission over controversial enrolment contract

Families launch a discrimination complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission against Brisbane's Citipointe Christian College after an "unthinkable" enrolment contract denounced homosexuality and stipulated students could only enrol on the basis of their "biological sex".

ABC News

Protests against Manipur activist’s arrest in Delhi

IMPHAL: Police on Wednesday fired tear gas and mock bombs in Churachandpur district headquarters to disperse a large number of people who had gathered there to protest against the arrest of one Mark Thangmang Haokip, president of Manipur chapter of International Human Rights Association (IHRA).

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Citipointe college referred to Human Rights Commission over withdrawn student enrolment contracts

Queensland school says it has now abandoned anti-gay and anti-trans contracts and ‘statement of faith’

The Guardian - AU

Citipointe referred to Queensland HRC

Parents and ex-students of Citipointe Christian College will file complaints with Queensland's Human Rights Commission over the school's enrolment contracts.

AAP

Gambia to investigate fugitive ex-dictator Jammeh for abuses

Gambia’s government is setting up a special prosecutor’s office to investigate for severe human rights violations and potentially charge former dictator Yahya Jammeh, who fled into exile in 2017 after 22 years in power

The Independent UK

Why Israel Is Afraid of Palestinian Funerals

Shireen Abu Akleh was neither a terrorist nor a dissident. But Israeli authorities treated the journalist’s funeral as a threat to their security.

Foreign Policy

Bihar: NHRC takes suo-moto cognizance of hooch tragedy in Aurangabad and Gaya

PATNA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took suo-motu cognizance of media reports that at least six persons have died and twelve fallen ill after they consumed spurious liquor in Aurangabad and Gaya districts of Bihar.

The Times of India

Bihar: NHRC takes suo-motu cognizance of Hooch tragedy in Aurangabad and Gaya

The Times of India

Foreign companies exiting Russia echo the pressure campaign against South Africa's racist apartheid system

McDonald’s provided many Russians with their first taste of capitalism three decades ago. Now, the global fast-food giant is exiting the country. Starbucks is also on its way out.

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Reuters

Germany says its policy on China is under development

Germany is concerned about the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, urging China to be transparent.

The Guardian - AU

Xi Jinping defends China’s human rights record to visiting UN commissioner

Leader warns against using issue as ‘excuse to interfere in internal affairs of other countries’ as Michelle Bachelet goes to Xinjiang

Al Jazeera

Xi defends China’s record during talks with UN human rights chief

In talks with Michelle Bachelet, president slams countries lecturing others on human rights and ‘politicising’ issue.

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Uyghurs in Australia scour through thousands of leaked photos from Xinjiang Police Files searching for loved ones

The source of the files claims to have hacked and downloaded the documents from several police computer servers in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, before decrypting and leaking them.

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The Independent UK

Chinese leader Xi defends record to UN human rights chief

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has defended China’s record to the top U.N. human rights official, criticizing those countries that he said lecture others on human rights and politicize the issue

Reuters

UN rights chief speaks with Xi amid criticism of China trip

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday via video link with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is on a visit that has drawn criticism from rights groups and which the United States has called a mistake.

Miami Herald

'Like living in a concentration camp': Haitian prisons run out of food and water

Prison inmates in Haiti were already facing horrendous conditions: overcrowding, prolonged pretrial detention, poor sanitation and shuttered courtrooms due to an ongoing strike by court clerks that began on April 12 over poor pay and working conditions.

Al Jazeera

UNSC calls for reversal of Taliban policies on women, girls

The UNSC expressed ‘deep concern’ over the Taliban order forcing women to cover their faces in public, including on TV.

Reuters

U.S. calls U.N. rights chief's visit to China a mistake

It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, amid concerns that government restrictions on her access could undermine scrutiny of Beijing's rights record.

Reuters

Germany changing its China policy with higher priority for human rights, says minister

Germany is changing the way it deals with China and will give higher priority for human rights issues, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday, following fresh media reports about human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

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Male Afghan TV anchors cover faces in solidarity with women after a Taliban order

Male anchors in Afghanistan are wearing masks on air in solidarity with their female colleagues. This is the latest Taliban order to threaten the freedoms and careers of Afghan women.

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