Rights watch

Rights watch

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.

Turkey’s UN envoy slams China’s call for rights violations | Daily Sabah

Turkey will not listen to lectures from those who violate international human rights laws, the country’s United Nations permanent representative said.

Q&A: ‘Religious freedom conditions in India greatly concerning’

US Commission on International Religious Freedom chair Nadine Maenza on deteriorating religious freedom in India.

Secretive Saudi golf plans prepare to set personal gain against human rights | Golf | The Guardian

The current tour model is bracing for disruption, with a minefield of legal challenges over player releases possible.

Japan PM raises China human rights and Taiwan Strait at ASEAN - Nikkei Asia

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday vowed to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. President Biden Urged to Support the Establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia | Al Bawaba

U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have promised to put diplomacy and human rights first.

Lifting the veil of secrecy on rights abuses caused by Brazil’s mining industry | OpenGlobalRights

Mining companies must tackle human rights abuses or risk communities saying no to their operations.

Migrant caravan grows in southern Mexico | The Independent

A growing migrant caravan set out early after a day of rest on its trek across southern Mexico.

‘Disgraceful’: Italy’s senate votes down anti-homophobic violence bill | LGBT rights | The Guardian

Bill would have made violence against LGBT people and disabled people, as well as misogyny, a hate crime.

‘Human rights deprived!’ Expat disaster in Spain

‘Human rights deprived!’ Expat disaster in Spain over homes bought before Brexit.

Telenor in Myanmar: Norway’s Human Rights Reputation Is On the Line – The Diplomat

The Norwegian firm took a principled stance to Myanmar’s coup. The same can’t be said for its exit from the country.

Latest Report on Iran’s Human Rights Situation Highlights Effects of Impunity - NCRI

Javaid Rehman, the special rapporteur for the situation of human rights in Iran, presented his latest report to the United Nations General Assembly.

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