Belarus: Evidence grows of widespread torture as protesters are freed | Euronews

Hundreds of protesters have been released from detention in Belarus but many have described how they were beaten, abused and tortured in captivity.

Iran: Jailed activist Nasrin Sotoudeh goes on hunger strike | Middle East Eye

Human rights activist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has begun a hunger strike to protest “the injustice and illegal conditions that political detainees are subjected to in Iranian prisons”.

Indonesia: Lawyer pleads for justice as she is forced to return state-sponsored scholarship | The Jakarta Post

Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has said she is being forced to return hundreds of millions of rupiah of government-sponsored scholarship in what she claims is a financial punishment imposed against her.

Australia: Government asks UN to dismiss Torres Strait Islanders’ claim climate change affects their human rights | The Guardian

The Morrison government has asked the human rights committee of the United Nations to dismiss a landmark claim by a group of Torres Strait Islanders from low-lying islands off the northern coast of Australia that climate change is having an impact on their human rights.

Bolivia: ‘We can’t stand it anymore’ – protesters demand quick elections

Anti-government blockades in Bolivia have entered their second week amid escalating political tensions, violent confrontations and government allegations that protesters are causing deaths by stopping supplies from reaching coronavirus patients.

Human rights defenders and journalists under attack in Southeast Asia | Global Voices Advox

The past two weeks saw several disturbing cases of arrests, convictions, and raids targeting human rights activists and journalists in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

The legal battle to hold the EU to account for Libya migrant abuses | The New Humanitarian

The EU provides much of the funding and support to return migrants to Libya. So can it be held responsible for what happens next?

University of Kent student must raise £25,000 to get to Cambridge University for Masters degree | KentOnline

An aspiring human rights lawyer has resorted to GoFundMe to pay for a dream degree at Cambridge amid fears financial hardship is forcing many black students to give up on a spot at the prestigious university.