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Condemnation of military comes from around world as Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrestWitnesses have described the moment Myanmar’s security forces opened fire on protesters, killing two people, as tens of thousands of people took to the stree…
Read MoreSome people are lucky and remain passionately interested in their work throughout their lives. My friend, Hugh Brammer, who has died aged 95, a Covid-19 victim, was one. He was an internationally renowned geographer and soil scientist, who became the f…
Read MoreMuslim Council of Great Britain brings case against policy preventing burials on unproven health groundsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA group of Muslim families are launching a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee (H…
Read MoreJapanese beer company effectively ‘empowers’ junta through its joint ventures, rights group saysMyanmar coup: health workers at 70 hospitals join civil disobedience campaignHuman rights groups have urged Japanese brewing giant Kirin, the multinational …
Read MoreInstagram and WhatsApp – owned by Facebook and used to organise protests – also restricted, as UN secretary general condemns coupMyanmar’s army has begun disrupting access to Facebook as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted …
Read MoreThe detention and charging of Aung San Suu Kyi reflect the military’s contempt for its peopleMyanmar’s people chose democracy. But the generals who had hogged power for decades never gave it up; they only ceded a portion of it to civilian authorities, …
Read MoreUS president calls for international solidarity in confronting generals who have seized power in countryJoe Biden has threatened to resume sanctions on Myanmar following the military coup and the suspension of democracy, and called for international so…
Read MoreFiji won a fierce contest to head the global rights group, but coalition of NGOs says repression and abuses domestically must be addressed Fiji has won an intense and secretive geo-political battle to become the first Pacific island nation to win presi…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch lists persecutions in Xinjiang, Mongolia, Tibet and Hong Kong but notes new willingness to condemn BeijingChina is in the midst of its darkest period for human rights since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Human Rights Watch has said i…
Read MoreCountry’s expected ascension to human rights council presidency is being challenged by a China-backed bid by BahrainFor a small country in the South Pacific that joined the UN’s powerful human rights council for the first time in 2019, Fiji has made gi…
Read MoreHimalayan kingdom is latest country to recognise the Jewish state in a normalisation dealIsrael established diplomatic relations with the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Saturday, the Israeli foreign ministry said, in the latest of a string of normalisa…
Read MoreLawyers and activists say persecution of Muslims is continuing despite UN actionMyanmar is continuing to commit genocide against Rohingya Muslims in breach of orders by the UN’s top court, according to human rights lawyers and activists.The internation…
Read MoreResult follows warnings from human rights groups that UN body’s credibility at stakeRussia and China have been elected to the UN human rights council for the next three years, but Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt to win a place on the 47-seat body.Th…
Read MoreRights campaigners voice concerns as Cuba and Pakistan also expected to be electedChina, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are expected to be elected to the board of the UN human rights council on Tuesday, leaving human rights campaigners in the …
Read MoreThe UN must be allowed to conduct an inquiry into possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the shadow foreign secretary saysBritain must oppose giving China a seat on the UN’s human rights body this week in protest at its abuse of Uighur Muslims, …
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