Rights watch
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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
China: Human rights lawyer jailed for four years, says his wife | The Guardian
A Chinese court has secretly convicted and handed down a four-year jail sentence to one of China’s most outspoken human rights lawyers, Yu Wensheng, on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power”, according to his wife.
Brazil: Police violence excluded from report on rights violations in Brazil | The Rio Times
The federal government has excluded from its annual human rights report the indicators on police violence committed in Brazil in 2019, the first year of the Bolsonaro administration.
Facebook took down ads on President Trump’s pages Thursday featuring a symbol identical to one used by Nazis to designate political prisoners in concentration camps. The social media company said the ads violated its policies against “organized hate.”
A British barrister is asking the United Nations Special Rapporteur to intervene with coal miner Cerrejon on behalf of Wayuu indigenous people in Colombia allegedly suffering damage to their health amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A South Australian police officer is being investigated after sending a racist social media message to a Sudanese-Australian lawyer and human rights advocate.
India: End bias in prosecuting Delhi violence | Human Rights Watch
Indian authorities should immediately drop politically-motivated charges against those peacefully protesting against citizenship policies that discriminate against Muslims and release them from custody, Human Rights Watch has said.
Turkey: Unknown perpetrators break into rights defender Eren Keskin’s house | Bianet
Unknown perpetrators broke into Human Rights Association (İHD) Co-Chair Eren Keskin’s house on Tuesday to “threaten and intimidate her”, the association has said in a written statement.
Tajikistan: Most fearless lawyer remains behind bars | The Diplomat
Buzurgmehr Yorov bravely took on the defence of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan leadership and, like his clients, lost his freedom.
Current and former employees of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg say its management would sometimes ask staff not to show any gay content on tours at the request of certain guests, including religious school groups.
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