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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Bar condemns Zimbabwe’s treatment of human rights lawyer | News | Law Gazette
Beatrice Mtetwa has been ordered to stand down from representing her client.
Slovakia: A New Challenger of China’s Human Rights Record? – The Diplomat
A small state in Central Europe is emerging as a loud critic of China’s human rights violations.
US allies must brace for tougher China stance from Biden - Nikkei Asian Review
Tokyo — U.S. allies like Japan should start mapping out strategies on how to respond to a potential Joe Biden White House to align with American diplomatic efforts in punishing China over its dismal record on human rights.
‘Investigate human rights abuses in Kashmir’ Human Rights Watch tells India | Tamil Guardian
Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised India for alleged human rights abuses by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir and has urged Delhi to order an independent investigation into the killings of three people by the army that took place last July. The army reportedly killed three persons in Baramulla district on July 18 whom they claimed were militants.
Brussels: In its report on the human rights situation in Balochistan, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has highlighted findings by the Pakistan Human Rights Commission’s (HRCP), that states that enforced disappearances and missing persons remain a recurrent feature in the region.
Hunt is on for rightful owner of Nazi-looted French painting | France | The Guardian
The hunt is on for rightful owner of Nazi-looted French painting.
Gisèle Halimi, Influential French Lawyer and Feminist, Dies at 93
Her cases were often precedent-setting and helped shift French laws and attitudes about abortion and women’s rights.
A number of recent rulings have sided with workers who were fired after being replaced by more efficient machines, but there is debate over whether this is hindering innovation.
Global: How Germany plans to uphold human rights in supply chains | IPS Journal
Most companies disregard human rights and social standards in their supply chains. A German law may finally change that.
Criminal gangs ‘exploiting’ African farmworkers in Italy: Human rights report | Arab News
Rome: The long-standing exploitation of migrant farmworkers by criminal gangs in southern Italy has been heightened by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, a medical human rights group has claimed.
Israel launches airstrikes against Gaza and threatens war - World Socialist Web Site
Israel is preparing for war on the besieged Palestinian enclave, even as it ups the ante against Hezbollah in Lebanon and its primary target, Iran.
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