Palestinian rights group calls for closure of ‘Israeli torture camps’ | Al Jazeera

Palestinian detainees are enduring severe physical and psychological torture in Israeli facilities, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights has said, calling for accountability for the abuses.

Chinese dissidents face renewed government imprisonment threats | VOA

China has been intensifying pressure on some prominent dissidents in recent weeks, as local prosecutors decide whether to impose jail sentences on human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, and police repeatedly threaten to arrest citizen journalist Zhang Zhan again.

UN condemns Houthi seizure of office in Yemen’s Sanaa | Al Jazeera

The United Nations has condemned the seizure by the Houthis of its Human Rights Office in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.

As Vietnam tightens leash on criticism, scores are jailed and exiled | The Washington Post

Vietnam’s government has been carrying out its most intense crackdown on critics in decades, jailing droves of activists, lawyers and journalists and driving even more into exile, according to human rights groups and security analysts.

‘Fierce repression’ of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says | The Guardian

United Nations human rights investigators have urged Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, to halt the “fierce repression” being perpetrated by his security forces after last month’s allegedly stolen presidential election.

Draft Iraqi law allowing 9-year-olds to marry would ‘legalise child rape’, say activists | The Guardian

A draft law in Iraq that would allow the marriage of girls as young as nine has provoked protests across the country, with women’s rights activists saying it would “legalise child rape”.

‘Worse than business as usual’: EU overlooks Uganda’s attack on human rights | openDemocracy

EU official told openDemocracy that country’s rights violations are ‘not widespread’ despite draconian anti-gay law.

Why a human rights lawyer is now the defence minister in Taiwan | The Diplomat

Wellington Koo is undoubtedly one of Taiwan’s most influential human rights lawyers. But why is he the best choice to strengthen Taiwan’s defense capabilities?

Modi made over 100 Islamophobic remarks during India election campaign, says Human Rights Watch | The Independent

Narendra Modi made Islamophobic remarks in more than 100 campaign speeches during India’s general election in his desperate bid to return to power for a rare third term, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Bulgaria: Law banning ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ in schools provokes outrage | Le Monde

The Bulgarian parliament’s surprise adoption of a homophobic law could strain relations between Brussels and Sofia.