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Duma Boko, a graduate of Harvard Law School, won the presidency at his third attempt | AFP • Election feat, change: Voters in Botswana handed the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which governed the country since its independence from Britain in 1966, its first loss ever. The newly formed Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) coalition won a landslide victory, handing the presidency to human rights lawyer Duma Boko. Highlight: President Mokgweetsi Masisi of the...Devamını Oku
04 Kas 2024
• Myanmar sanctions: UK, EU and Canada impose new sanctions targeting Myanmar military in response to the horrors of the civil war terrorizing the country. Statement: "The human rights violations taking place across Myanmar, including airstrikes on civilian infrastructure, by the Myanmar military is unacceptable and the impact on innocent civilians is intolerable," Britain's minister for the Indo-Pacific region, Catherine West, said.
04 Kas 2024
• Open discussion: UK’s foreign minister David Lammy urged his Chinese counterpart to prevent Chinese firms from supplying to Russia’s military in a meeting in Beijing. Lammy also raised issues such as human rights violations in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
21 Eki 2024
Re-Envisioning the Liberal International Order
As the atrocities and costs stemming from Russia’s war show, the international order certainly does not need revisionism. However, it does urgently need a “re-envisioning” of key institutions, processes, and frameworks, so that it can better uphold the liberal principles upon which it was founded.
22 Şub 2023
• The Nobel Peace Prize was handed to human rights activists from Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia for their efforts in fighting authoritarian regimes. Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian civil rights group Memorial, and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties shared the award. The Nobel Committee praised the new laureates for their “outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses, and the abuse of power.”
10 Eki 2022
• The UN Human Rights Council voted against holding a debate at its next session in March on alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang region. 17 countries voted in favor of the proposal from Britain, Turkey, the US, and other countries, while 19 were against it, and 11 abstained. If approved, the vote would have marked the first time China’s record on human rights would merit a specific agenda item at the counci...Devamını Oku
07 Eki 2022
• The UN accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-awaited report on the repression of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. The assessment corroborated reporting by researchers, advocacy groups, and the news media, and calls for “urgent attention” from the UN, the world community, and China itself. China denied the accusations and said the report was a political tool for the West. via BBC
02 Eyl 2022
• Myanmar's military junta executed four democracy activists for "aiding terror acts", accused of helping a civilian resistance movement that fought against the military since last year's coup. The country's first execution in decades sparked widespread condemnations from the US, France and Japan, along with many international human rights organizations.
26 Tem 2022
• Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations of disregarding online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. via Reuters The quote: Law firm Foley Hoag, commissioned by the company for human rights impact assessment of India, noted “the potential for Meta's platforms to be connected to salient human rights risks caused by third parties," including "advocacy of h...Devamını Oku
15 Tem 2022
• China's President Xi Jinping defended his country’s infamous human rights record to UN's human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, saying each nation should be allowed to find its own path while criticizing countries that lecture others on human rights, and "politicize" the issue. The trip: Bachelet's six day visit to China, which received criticism from the US and others who don't think China will let her get an unmanipulated view of the human rights issues, includes ...Devamını Oku
26 May 2022