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“#Feds charge 4 Iranians in plot to kidnap NYC journalist” Four Iranian intelligence operatives schemed to kidnap a Brooklyn-based journalist and smuggle her to Iran in a bid to silence her criticism of human-rights abuses in the Islamic republic, federal authorities said Tuesday. In a series of tweets, writer and activist Masih Alinejad acknowledged she…
“#Greece seeks to build closed holding centers for migrants” ATHENS, May 28 – Greece has launched a European Union-wide tender to build two closed-type facilities replacing migrant camps on its islands, a move that has been criticized by a leading human rights advocate. The conservative government first announced in late 2019 its plan to move asylum-seekers to closed holding centers as part of a…
“#UK mass surveillance unlawful under European rules, court says” LONDON — Europe’s top human rights court ruled Tuesday that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The Grand Chamber of…
“#Another dissident died in China’s prisons — will we remember him?” On April 9, Chinese political prisoner Guo Hongwei, 48 and serving a 13-year sentence in northeastern Jilin province, died under mysterious circumstances. The “crime” he was in prison for: supporting Hong Kong democracy. Authorities took Guo to the Guowen Hospital in Jilin with a…
“#California school district to vote on whether high-speed broadband is a human right” A California school board is expected to vote Thursday on a resolution that declares high-speed broadband a “human right,” Fox News has learned. The Board of Trustees for the Oak Grove School District in the Bay Area says that “high-speed broadband is a human right…made more…
“#‘We failed the test’ of COVID-19, says human rights champion” PARIS — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and has made a career uncovering extrajudicial killings. The French human rights expert’s focus on rights abuses is taking on new dimensions as she assumes leadership of…
“#Qatar should dismantle male guardianship” DUBAI – Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Qatar on Monday to eliminate male guardianship rules that prevent women making independent decisions on basic rights such as marriage, travel and accessing reproductive health care. New York-based HRW said that after taking initiatives on women’s rights, including on education and social protection,…
“#US and allies slap China’s wrist while Beijing plays brutal hardball” On Monday, the United States, Britain, Canada and the European Union announced sanctions against multiple Chinese officials for “serious human rights abuses” against the Muslim-minority Uighurs in the far-west region of Xinjiang. That’s wrist-slaps over genocide while Beijing goes for the jugular against powers…
“#H&M, Burberry scrubbed from internet in China over forced labor accusations” H&M stores are virtually disappearing in China amid a rapidly exploding controversy over human rights violations in its cotton-picking region. Beijing consumers could not find locations for the fast-fashion retailer on either Apple Maps or Baidu Maps on Friday, according to Bloomberg, although stores…
“#Uighur exiles urge Blinken to demand China close Xinjiang camps” GENEVA – The largest group representing exiled ethnic Uighurs has written to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to demand that Beijing close its internment camps in the Xinjiang region in talks on Thursday. Activists and UN experts say that more than 1…