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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
China on Thursday issued a white paper on how it is achieving all-round moderate prosperity and has boosted universal human rights in the country.
Pakistan: Drop ludicrous blasphemy charges against eight-year-old boy | Amnesty International
An eight-year-old Hindu boy in Punjab has been charged with blasphemy – which can carry a mandatory death penalty – after he was alleged to have urinated in the library of a madrasa (religious school) where religious texts were kept, prompting a mob attack on a local Hindu temple.
Japanese companies check supply chains for human rights abuses - Nikkei Asia
Some of Japan’s leading companies will look into their suppliers for human rights violations, including the possible use of forced labor.
‘Zero tolerance’: Protest leaders arrested in Thailand
Anti-government leaders denied bail amid renewed protests calling for royal reform and prime minister to resign.
Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that doesn’t have comprehensive legislation covering people’s rights.
North Korea Mocks U.S. Over Eviction Crisis as New Deadline Looms
“Ensuring human rights in the U.S. is tantamount to building a castle in the air,” the North Korean Foreign Ministry said.
Britain had banned entry to Russians accused of torturing LGBT people in Chechnya and later to 14 Russians under global Magnitsky sanctions.
Mexico builds replica Aztec temple to mark 500 years since Spanish conquest | Reuters
Mexico is building a towering replica of the Templo Mayor, the Aztec civilisation’s most sacred site, in the downtown of Mexico City to mark 500 years since the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
Brazil: Bolsonaro Allies Push Sweeping Electoral Changes
From gutting election finance rules to decriminalizing corruption, the Brazilian right wants to pass the new laws in time for the 2022 elections.
Why COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory in South Africa
Ethically, vaccine mandates are justifiable on multiple levels, based on the common good and a public health ethics framework.
- The Indiscriminate Hamas rocket attacks on Israel are war crimes
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A leading human rights group Thursday said that rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip during the conflict with Israel in May “violated the laws of war and amount to war crimes.”
Canada violating int’l law by selling arms to Saudis: Report
Weapons could be used in conflict in Yemen, say rights groups, which urge Ottawa to cancel exports to Gulf kingdom.
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