Rights watch

Beijing Winter Olympics open under shadow of human rights criticism | The Independent

Several western nations have criticised China’s rights record while protests are unfolding worldwide.

Ethiopia accused of ‘serious’ human rights abuses in Tigray in landmark case | The Guardian

Ethiopia has committed a wide range of human rights violations in its war against Tigrayan rebel forces, including mass killings, sexual violence and military targeting of civilians, according to a landmark legal complaint submitted to Africa’s top human rights body.

Turkish lawyers resign from Ankara Bar Association’s Human Rights Centre claiming censorship of reports | Ahval

Six members of the Ankara Bar Association’s Human Rights Centre have resigned after the body failed to publish a report on alleged police torture in the capital.

Sri Lanka frees rights lawyer detained for two years | Daily Times

A Sri Lankan court on Monday ordered the release of a lawyer arrested over his alleged ties to the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings and held for nearly two years on charges rights groups say lacked evidence.

Ex-BofA lawyer jailed in Hong Kong over police assault allegations | FT

A former Bank of America lawyer in Hong Kong has been sent back to prison for assaulting a plainclothes police officer during pro-democracy protests two years ago, in a case that analysts said highlighted the legal risks for foreigners working in the city.

Guatemala Mayan community argues before human rights court | The Independent

Lawyers for an Indigenous community in eastern Guatemala have made arguments before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a case that could have far-reaching implications for Indigenous communities throughout the Americas.

El Salvador woman punished under strict abortion law freed after 10 years | The Guardian

El Salvador has released another woman imprisoned for aggravated homicide who after suffering an obstetric emergency was accused of aborting her pregnancy in a country where abortion under any circumstances is banned.

Sudan’s military rulers step up crackdown, arrest activists | ABC News

Scores of activists and pro-democracy protesters are in jail in Sudan for opposing a military takeover in October.

In first, Russia sides with ‘Gulag children’ in legal fight for housing – lawyer | The Moscow Times

A Russian court has for the first time sided with the descendant of a Stalin-era Gulag prisoner in his long-running battle for housing, a human rights lawyer said Monday.