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 | Released on 27.09.2024 |  |
 | Council of Europe: Poland’s migrant legislation violates human rights standard Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, on Monday criticized Poland’s current legislation on migrants handling, stating that it fails to meet the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). O’Flaherty highlighted that the practice of returning migrants to Belarus without an individual assessment violates several human rights protected by the Convention. Read more: jurist.org |
 | Over a decade of enduring and resisting statelessness in the Dominican Republic It was September 2013. I had managed to get accepted into university, but I still needed the identity card that would actually allow me to take classes. Then in the afternoon on Monday, 23 September 2013, at Centro Montalvo, we got news of the court’s decision in judgment 168-13 against Juliana Deguis, which stripped over 200,000 people of their nationality. Read more: amnesty.org |
 | Pashtun activists in Geneva highlight Pakistan's atrocities, call for global intervention In a major protest outside the UN office in Geneva during the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council, organised by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe, activists highlighted ongoing human rights violations in Pakistan. They emphasised issues such as enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and torture faced by the Pashtun community. The activists, who shouted slogans against the Pakistan army, particularly condemned the crackdown on Pashtun Tahafuz Movemen (PTM) leaders, including Manzoor Pashteen and Ali Wazir. Read more: aninews.in |
 | UN: Free Myanmar journalists Aung San Oo and Myo Myint Oo ARTICLE 19 welcomes the report of the High Commissioner. As Myanmar’s military coup wages on, the human rights crisis deepens. During times of armed conflict, the right to freedom of expression becomes critical – people rely on their right to seek, receive and impart information to ensure their own safety and well-being. It is in this context that journalists and media workers become a lifeline. Yet, the military is continuing its devastating assault on the media to restrict information for its own political objectives, ultimately perpetuating cycle of violence. Myanmar ranks as the world’s second-worst jailer of journalists. Read more: article19.org |
 | British Embassy seeks bid for research on mining, human rights in Peru New Delhi: The British Embassy is seeking bids for a new research project that aims to promote sustainable mining and human rights in Peru. This is part of the UK’s commitment to promoting responsible business practices and to support the government of Peru’s efforts to implement the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, a press release revealed. The research project will provide a comprehensive assessment of the current state of formal and informal mining and human rights in Peru, with an emphasis on OECD guidelines. It will also map the existing mining and human rights ecosystem, including the barriers and facilitators of action, and provide technical assistance to relevant stakeholders to support the implementation of voluntary commitments on business and human rights. Read more: theprint.in |
 | Rights groups decry Myanmar executions Human rights groups have condemned the reported executions of a husband and wife in Myanmar, and have called for international action to prevent what they say are the imminent hangings of five more pro-democracy activists. Kaung Htet and his wife Chan Myae Thu were put to death at 4am on Monday after being convicted of involvement in a bombing at Insein Prison on October 2022, according to Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR). Read more: bangkokpost.com |
 | Human rights: Why Vietnam releases an activist from prison Vietnam releases a climate activist from prison ahead of the UN General Assembly. Read how the country deals with activists at Table Briefings. Vietnamese environmental activist Hoàng Thị Minh Hồng was released from prison last Saturday after a year in jail. Hồng was arrested on May 31, 2023, charged with tax evasion on Sept. 28, 2023, and sentenced to three years in prison and a fine. Activist Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức, who had been in prison since 2009, was also released at the weekend. Read more: table.media |
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