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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Human rights groups detail ‘war crimes’ in Nagorno-Karabakh | The Guardian
Human rights organisations have raised the alarm after the emergence of videos of torture, beheadings, and other abuses, much of it shared over social networks, from the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada has bestowed an honorary doctor of laws degree upon an Iranian human rights lawyer currently serving a 38-year prison sentence while recovering from a hunger strike and Covid-19.
Saudi Arabia: Women’s activist Loujain al-Hathloul appears before terror court | Middle East Eye
Imprisoned Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul appeared before a Saudi terrorism court on Thursday as she faces what United Nations experts called “spurious” charges.
China: Trial of veteran activist opens on International Human Rights Day | Voice of America
China opened the trial of a famous lawyer and veteran legal advocate on Thursday, International Human Rights Day, in a move that rights activists denounced as a show of Beijing’s defiance of human rights and universal values.
Egypt: Indictment of officials over Giulio Regeni murder brings hope | The Guardian
Almost five years after the mutilated corpse of Giulio Regeni was found on the outskirts of Cairo in February 2016, Italian prosecutors have charged four members of Egypt’s national security agency over his kidnapping and murder.
Bhutan: Parliament decriminalises homosexuality, to delight of activists | CNN
A joint sitting of both houses of Bhutan’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, making the tiny Himalayan kingdom the latest Asian nation to take steps towards easing restrictions on same-sex relationships.
Brazil: Murders of transgender, indigenous, environmental activists increase in 2020 | The Rio Times
In the first eight months of 2020 alone, the murders of transgender people increased by 70% compared to the same period last year. In 2019, the number of rural conflicts affecting quilombola communities, indigenous and peasant peoples was 23% higher than in 2018.
An official review into the government’s handling of Declassified UK has found Ministry of Defence (MOD) press officers believed their communications director had “sanctioned a blanket ban” on giving any comment to the investigative journalism organisation.
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