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OAS panel urges El Salvador to restore suspended rights

The Inter American Commission on Human Rights is urging the government of El Salvador to restore all the rights suspended under an “emergency” anti-gang decree that is now entering its second year

The Independent UK

Father of girl who drew anti-war art extradited to Russia

A human rights group says the father of a a Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been extradited from Belarus back to Russia

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: the devastating effects of conflict on infant mortality rates – new research

The brutal war in Ukraine is now over a year old. While estimates of the numbers of civilians killed and injured vary, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has estimated that 8,317 civilians have been killed and a further 13,892 injured from the beginning of the war…

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Italy declares state of emergency over ‘migration congestion’

The measure will last for six months and include the redistribution of migrants across the country and repatriations.

Al Jazeera

Talks between China's vice minister of foreign affairs and DFAT focus on trade, human rights and 'strategic competition'

Ma Zhaoxu, the vice minister of foreign affairs, met with DFAT secretary Jan Adams in Canberra to discuss topics the countries rarely see eye-to-eye on.

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Vietnam jails prominent political activist for 6 years

A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international concerns over the communist country's treatment of dissidents.

Reuters

US Lawmakers Urge EU to Declare IRGC a Terrorist Organization

A bipartisan group of 130 lawmakers urged the European Union foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. In their letter to Borrell, the lawmakers urged the European official to resolve the issue urgently, noting that the IRGC had "freely and…

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Myanmar airstrike on civilians sparks global outcry as witnesses describe attack

Death toll in Sagaing could reach 100 in what could be deadliest junta attack since coup in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Refugee team offers a way for Russian and Belarusian dissidents to compete at the Paris Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) began 2023 with high hopes of maintaining its solidarity with Ukraine, but its call to allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to attend the 2024 Paris Games has caused backlash.

The Conversation

U.S. condemns sentencing of Chinese lawyers -State Dept

The United States on Tuesday condemned China's sentencing of two human rights lawyers to more than a decade each in jail, the latest move in a years-long crackdown on civil society by President Xi Jinping.

Reuters

UN experts warn UK government over trafficking risk faced by asylum seeker children

Special rapporteurs express concern over fate of missing, unaccompanied children and breach of international law

The Guardian - UK

Dana Nemcova, leading Czech anti-communist, dies at 89

One of the leading Czech dissidents and human rights activists from the communist era has died at the age of 89

The Independent UK

Czech democracy and human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies

Dana Nemcova, a leading Czech pro-democracy and human rights dissident under Communist rule, died on Tuesday, a foundation she worked with said. She was 89.

Reuters

Outcry over lengthy jail terms handed to China human rights lawyers

UN rights chief voices concern over sentencing of Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong

The Guardian - AU

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Two Prominent Chinese Rights Activists Jailed for Over a Decade

The heavy sentences of lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are longer than Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s 11-year jail term.

Newcastle Herald

Inflicting a rent freeze on landlords would miss source of the pain

LAND valuations have been raised to abnormal levels. The consequences will have considerable impact for both land owners and renters.

Bangkok Post

China jails 2 prominent human rights lawyers for over 10 years

Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for over a decade, an advocacy group and one of the men's wives said Monday.

The Independent UK

Rights group: China sentences 2 lawyers on 'farcical' charge

A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison

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Al Jazeera

China jails two human rights lawyers for ‘subversion’

Human rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are sentenced to more than 10-year jail after a closed-door trial.

Reuters

China hands lengthy jail terms to two lawyers in rights crackdown

A Chinese court sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers on Monday to jail terms of more than a decade each, a relative and rights groups told Reuters, the latest move in a years-long crackdown on civil society by President Xi Jinping.

Bangkok Post

Man says cops misused seized car

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to investigate a case where a police officer in Rayong seized a vehicle as evidence, but instead of being stored in a lot, the car was used to travel 1,700 kilometres over six months.

Manchester Evening News

'Our identity is at stake' - Manchester United fan group sends clear Sheikh Jassim takeover message

Man United are subject of a takeover bid from Qatari Sheikh Jassim

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Kills 9 Members of Liwaa al-Quds in Less than 72 hours in Syrian Desert

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that two soldiers of Liwaa al-Quds were killed, and three others injured in clashes with ISIS terrorists in Palmyra’s countryside, bringing the death toll to nine in less than 72 hours. The injured were transferred to Homs Military Hospital for treatment. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rapper Held in Iran Protests Needs 'Urgent' Treatment

A rapper arrested in October on capital charges in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests needs urgent medical treatment, a rights group said Thursday, urging an international campaign for his release. The New-York based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) also said Toomaj Salehi was being deprived of his right…

Reuters

Human rights body urges El Salvador to restore civil rights

A regional human rights body implored El Salvador's government on Thursday to reverse a year-long suspension of constitutional rights that form part of a sweeping anti-gang crackdown enacted last year and credited with sharply reducing violent crime.

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