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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
China’s government has rejected criticism of its human rights and economic record by foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major economies and accused them of meddling in its affairs.
‘Nobody’s going to be jailed … at this time,’ deputy PM Michael McCormack says.
Human rights 2020 - Newspaper - DAWN.COM
The human rights situation in Pakistan, almost predictably bleak every year, was deeply impacted in 2020.
Human rights to gain place in Japan’s corporate governance code - Nikkei Asia
TOKYO — Japan will add a provision on human rights to its corporate governance code for publicly traded companies when it is revised next month.
G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, rights abuses | Reuters
The Group of Seven scolded both China and Russia on Wednesday, casting the Kremlin as malicious and Beijing as a bully, but beyond words there were few concrete steps aside from expressing support for Taiwan and Ukraine.
Human rights chief warns Poland becoming ‘undemocratic’ - France 24
Human rights chief warns Poland becoming ‘undemocratic’.
A new law increases the government’s control over the institutions. At the same time, a planned Chinese campus is causing an uproar.
How do Syrian refugees in Denmark feel about the claim it’s safe to go home?
G-7 ups pressure on China over human rights, Taiwan threat
The Group of Seven countries step up pressure on China during their three-day foreign ministerial talks in London, urging Beijing to address concerns over its alleged human rights abuses and tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
Ninety minutes before President Joe Biden took office on January 20th, the United States signed a $23 billion dollar deal to sell F-35 jets, drones and advanced missiles to the United Arab Emirates.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro vowed to work with Indigenous people. Now he’s investigating them
At least two top Indigenous leaders in Brazil, Sônia Guajajara and Almir Suruí, were recently summoned for questioning by the federal police over allegations of slander against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro.
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