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Amnesty International urges UAE to release dissidents held past jail term

Amnesty International has called on authorities in the United Arab Emirates to release a group of dissidents who the human rights group said had completed prison terms earlier this year but not yet been freed.

Reuters

Algerian dissidents: Victims of crackdown, or outlaws?

An Algerian military officer-turned-democracy activist has been deported from Spain and charged in Algeria in a case that human rights groups see as another sign of an ever-expanding crackdown on dissent

The Independent UK

Europe silent on plight of detainees in Libya, says migration chief

Federico Soda said there needed to be ‘more condemnation’ of the conditions in state-run detention centres in Libya

The Guardian - UK

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Female social media influencers in Egypt prosecuted for 'attacking family values'

Egyptian influencers, especially women, have become the target of a crackdown by authorities. At least a dozen women have been prosecuted since 2020 for ''attacking family values''. Two of them, Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham, were sentenced to three and six years in jail on charges of "attacking society's values"…

France 24

Saudi Arabia doubled executions in 2021 amid ‘worrying rise’ in death sentences worldwide

At least 2,052 execution orders were passed in 56 countries, report says

The Independent UK

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.

WEKU

Cuban dissident leaders slated for trial in late May, activists say

Cuban dissident leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara is slated to stand trial in a Cuban court at the end of May, activists said on social media this week, in a case that has attracted the attention of human rights groups who allege he and others have been unfairly detained and…

Reuters

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Death sentences on the rise in post-coup Myanmar while China executes in secret, new Amnesty International report says

Myanmar has seen an "alarming" rise in the number of people sentenced to death, while China, North Korea and Vietnam continue to carry out executions in secret, according to a new global report from Amnesty International.

ABC News

Xinjiang in focus as UN rights chief arrives for China visit

Allegations of human rights abuses in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region will dominate a visit by the United Nations’ top rights official that starts Monday

The Independent UK

Amnesty says FIFA and Qatar must pay £355m to ‘abused’ migrant World Cup workers

FIFA should pay at least $440million (£355.1m) in reparations to the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered human rights abuses during preparations for the Qatar World Cup, a new report by Amnesty International has said.

Evening Standard

Human rights groups ask FIFA for £355 million to help migrant workers in Qatar

The money being sought is equal to the World Cup prize money fund, Amnesty says.

The Independent UK

Fifa urged to offer Qatar World Cup workers $440m compensation package after new Amnesty International report

Migrant workers in Qatar should be provided with a remediation programme to ‘provide redress and prevent further abuses from taking place’, according to a coaltion of human rights groups

The Independent UK

Will the fall of Mariupol change the course of Ukraine war?

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his forces had conquered the strategic Ukrainian port of Mariupol a month ago. Only now, however, does that seem to be true.

Los Angeles Times

Prevent programme ‘too focused on right-wing extremism’

The independent review accused the Government’s anti-radicalisation programme of ‘ignoring Islamist narratives’.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Volunteer police officers to be given Taser powers to boost defence

Priti Patel is expected to call for ‘higher standards’ in the police, arguing that the public are in ‘urgent need of reassurance’.

The Conversation

How media reports of 'clashes' mislead Americans about Israeli-Palestinian violence

Israeli police attacked mourners carrying the coffin of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 13, 2022, beating pallbearers with batons and kicking them when they fell to the ground.

The Conversation

The UK's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda raise four red flags

Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK’s new deal to offload its responsibility to tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The plan is for Rwanda to process and host such refugees indefinitely.

Daily Mirror

Amnesty International slams Greg Norman over 'seriously misguided' Jamal Khashoggi comment

Greg Norman, the chief executive of Saudi-backed LIV Golf Investments, has come under fire for his comments on the assassination of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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The Guardian - UK

‘Seriously misguided’: Amnesty angry at Greg Norman’s comments on Khashoggi

Amnesty International has criticised Greg Norman for ‘wrong and seriously misguided’ comments about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi Arabian consulate in 2018

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel, hear this loud and clear: Julian Assange must not be handed over to the US

A decision from the home secretary is imminent. Extradition would set a disastrous precedent, says writer Duncan Campbell

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amnesty International Warns of Health Crisis in Northwest Syria

Amnesty International warned on Thursday of a looming health crisis in northwest Syria due to a drop in international assistance to hospitals and other medical facilities, where doctors and medical teams are struggling to operate with low resources. “This past year’s massive funding drop has immediately translated into the closure…

ABC News

Ukraine latest: Volodymyr Zelenskyy invites German Chancellor to Kyiv amid Victory Day warnings

As the holiday commemorating the Soviet Union's World War II victory over Nazi Germany approaches, cities across Ukraine are preparing for an expected increase in Russian attacks.

Daily Mirror

Russian troops 'tortured and executed civilians after they failed to seize Kyiv'

Amnesty International said innocent civilians also suffered from 'reckless shootings and torture' from rampaging Russian troops during attacks throughout February and March

Reuters

Amnesty says evidence shows Russian troops committed war crimes near Kyiv

Amnesty International said on Friday there was compelling evidence that Russian troops had committed war crimes, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, when they occupied an area outside Ukraine's capital in February and March.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amnesty Accuses Libya’s SSA of Violations Against Migrants, Refugees

The Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) in Libya has slammed an Amnesty International report that accused the agency of carrying out arbitrary detentions of migrants and refugees as well as of human rights violations. In its statement, SSA pointed out that Amnesty’s report lacked the most basic standards of professional work,…

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