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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
China: Outspoken Chinese lawyer critical of government missing in Wuhan, family says | NBC News
Family and friends are sounding the alarm about the feared disappearance of a Chinese lawyer who has been documenting the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.
Russia: Europe’s rights body decries assault in Chechnya | The Washington Post
The European commissioner for human rights urged Moscow to investigate a violent assault on a journalist and a lawyer in Russia’s province of Chechnya.
Ukraine: Justice for slain lawyer Iryna Nozdrovska in doubt | Kyiv Post
A man has been freed early “on amnesty” despite being sentenced without the right of amnesty for killing the sister of savagely murdered lawyer and human rights activist, Iryna Nozdrovska.
Philippines: Government moves to strip biggest media group of its franchise | The Guardian
Activists and media organisations in the Philippines have denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s government after its lawyers moved to strip the nation’s biggest media group of its franchise in the most severe attack on press freedom in the country yet.
Governments should sanction those complicit in the killing or arbitrary imprisonment of journalists to “shift the default from impunity to accountability”, a new report by human rights lawyer Amal Clooney says.
Palestine: Amazon accused of bias in West Bank settlements | Financial Times
Michael Sfard, an Israeli international human rights lawyer, said that Amazon’s policy is “blatant discrimination between potential customers on the basis of their nationality” in a single geopolitical area.
Egypt: ‘Tortured’ student’s plight drawn by Italian street artist | BBC News
An Egyptian studying in Italy was detained when he flew to Cairo last week and his family and human rights groups say he has been tortured.
India: Government keeps lid on Kashmir’s internet six months into lockdown | The New York Times
Six months after India’s government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout, it is heralding the restoration of limited, slow-speed internet as a step toward normalcy.
The European Court of Human Rights has backed Spain’s immediate deportation of two African migrants who tried to enter one of its African enclaves.
Transitional justice processes critical to lasting peace, Security Council hears | UN News
For countries to move forward after conflict or mass atrocities, suffering must be acknowledged and justice served, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights told the Security Council.
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