Rights watch

US envoy says UN has ‘lack of curiosity’ over alleged Chinese human rights abuses | TheHill

The U.S. envoy for women’s issues on Thursday said that the United Nations could be doing more to investigate reported abuses on Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region.

India: Counter-terror raids on journalists and human rights organisations signal ‘alarming’ escalation in crackdown on dissent | Amnesty International UK

Raids in Jammu and Kashmir conducted based on accusations that the organisations have been using funding from India and abroad ‘for secessionist and terrorist activities’.

Amnesty warns F1 of Saudi Arabia ‘sportswashing’ human rights abuses | Middle East Eye

Rights group asks drivers, owners and teams ‘to consider speaking out about the human rights situation in the country’ ahead of next year’s race.

What a Biden win would mean for Southeast Asia - Asia Times

With another US presidential election comes another debate about the merits of American foreign policy over the preceding four years. But the Donald Trump.

Russia makes bid to water down UN commitments on women’s rights in conflict | Global development | The Guardian

Move comes on 20th anniversary of first resolution to recognise women’s unique and disproportionate experience of war and political upheaval.

Egypt executes 49 people in 10 days in ‘unfair trials’

Human Rights defenders say ‘grossly unfair trials’ have become the norm since the 2013 military coup against a democratically-elected government.

Human rights groups want report into ‘bone-chilling’ claims against SAS released in full | Law | The Guardian

More than 20 Afghan and Australian organisations say Australians ‘deserve to know what was done in our name’.

Antisemitism in Labour: what did the report find and what happens next? | Politics | The Guardian

Labour was found to have broken equalities law, but what is the EHRC and what were the terms of its inquiry?

Has Trump Remade America’s Priorities in Central Asia? | Voice of America - English

Successive American administrations have issued “strategies” for Central Asia. And when the Trump administration rolled out its own in February, its priorities resembled those of administrations past — buttressing sovereignty, fighting terrorism, cooperating on Afghanistan, promoting regional connectivity, supporting reforms and human rights, and enabling U.S.

Erdoğan’s Demand For Boycott Against France Is Masked Call For Islamic Terrorism - Greek City Times

The Turkish economy is in freefall and the local currency dropped to its lowest ever exchange rate today, yes, despite this, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has invented.