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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group | The Guardian
China is in the midst of its darkest period for human rights since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual report.
Ukraine: Strasbourg human rights court presses ahead with Crimea case | EURACTIV.com
There is enough evidence of systematic human rights violations to proceed with the case Ukraine lodged against Russia concerning administrative practices in Crimea between 2014 and 2015, the European Court of Human Rights decided this week.
Uganda: ′Election feels like a war′, says human rights lawyer | DW
“It doesn’t feel as though the country is going into an election,” said Nicholas Opiyo, a renowned Ugandan human rights lawyer. “It feels as though the country is at war.”
UK MPs suggest human rights conditions imposed in UK-India trade deals | Times of India
Several British MPs have called for human rights provisions to be included in any future trade deal with India, after debating in the House of Commons the persecution being experienced by minorities.
China: Arrests made in latest crackdown under Hong Kong security law | The Times
Hong Kong’s national security police arrested 11 people, including lawyer Daniel Wong, this week on suspicion of assisting Hong Kong activists in escaping.
Thailand: Student arrested in dormitory at night, charged with lèse majesté offences | The Thaiger
A student at Thammasat University’s Rangsit Campus has been arrested and charged with violating Thailand’s strict lèse majesté law after calling for the law to be abolished.
Israel has refused an informal request from the WHO to immediately make Covid-19 vaccines available to Palestinian medical workers to avert a health disaster, citing shortages of the jabs for their own citizens.
Taiwan: Rights groups demand end to modern slavery on fishing boats | The Telegraph
The death of a young Indonesian crew member on a Taiwanese fishing boat in June 2019 has become a symbol for the endemic abuse of foreign fishermen.
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