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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Mexico wants Israel to arrest Tomás Zerón, accused of kidnapping, torturing suspects, manipulating evidence and embezzlement.
Underreporting of crimes against LGBTQI+ in Brazil is human rights concern | The Rio Times
The over 20% increase in violent crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, transvestites and intersex people (LGBQTI+) in 2020, released last week in the Brazilian Public Safety Yearbook, is only a fraction of the violence against this population, alert human rights activists and minority rights advocates who point to the high underreporting of cases and data availability challenges.
Why does Jim Banks discourage UN probe of US human rights abuses? - Global Times
China does not oppose investigations. What it opposes is investigations based on presumption of guilt and making use of the investigations to play political tricks.
Rights groups take police racial profiling case to top French court
Leading rights organisations and grassroots groups took France’s first class-action lawsuit targeting the police to the highest administrative authority on Thursday.
Russia Files Case Against Ukraine At European Court Over MH17, Alleged Rights Abuses
Russia has filed a complaint against Ukraine with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) saying Kyiv is responsible for the 2014 crash of a Malaysian airliner and civilian deaths and human rights abuses in Russia and Ukraine.
Serbia’s capital is vibrating with nightlife again after over a year of pandemic restrictions.
Ban Amnesty over Pegasus leaks role, Indian politician urges | India | The Guardian
Chief minister of Assam accuses human rights body of conspiracy to defame India’s PM, Narendra Modi.
A deadly new surge of coronavirus infections has rocked the country, but critics fear emergency powers are being abused to curb criticism of the government rather than the virus itself.
Estimated 1.2m Italians who are not in police or the security forces own small guns, according to poll.
Iran water crisis: Internet shutdowns observed amid protests in Khuzestan | Euronews
At least three people have been killed in clashes between protestors and authorities, state media has reported.
Biden moves to pressure government over alleged human rights abuses amid biggest demonstrations in decades.
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