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Good News World The UN Human Rights Council held a special session on ongoing human rights violations in Iran in November. An independent fact-finding mission will investigate abuses by the government there, including on the sentences of execution confirmed by the Islamic regime. According to Human Rights Watch, these sentences fall short of international human…
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The British Social Attitudes Survey found that two fifths of participants were very concerned about the environment and just over a fifth said that it was one of the top two issues for the country as a whole. The comparable figures for 2010 were 22 per cent and eight per cent. Almost half of the…
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More than 450,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank in settlements, illegal in international law, and there are outstanding court orders to evict Palestinians from their homes in a large section of the South Hebron Hills and the inner east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Both are on the occupied Palestinian side of the…
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Good News Europe The Lithuanian government has proposed setting aside over £32.5mn for Holocaust survivors and descendants in what restitution campaigners say is an important step to providing a measure of justice in a country where 90 per cent of Jews were killed in the Holocaust. France has allowed a ship carrying more than 200…
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Lawyer Jason McCue has argued that Russia should be classified as a state sponsor of terrorism over its use of the Wagner Group, a private mercenary company. It has been accused of committing human rights atrocities including mass executions, arbitrary detention, torture during interrogations, and forced displacement of populations. His law firm is bringing action…
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Good News Britain The campaign group Newcastle United Football Club Against Sportswashing held a silent protest outside their stadium in November. They had a banner displaying the photos of the young people on death row or executed in Saudi Arabia with their names and ages, aiming to educate fans on what the owners of the…
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Iran uses the death penalty more than any other country in the world except China. In 2021, Amnesty recorded at least 314 executions. The authorities are now seeking the death penalty for at least 21 people in sham trials as a means of intimidating participants in the popular uprising and to deter others from joining the…
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All visitors to Qatar must download the Hayya to Qatar 2022 app before they can enter, but this software gives authorities extensive access to their data and allows them to spy on users. It can listen to calls, send messages without the user’s knowledge and turn phones back on. FIFA has been accused of ignoring…
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A YouGov poll found that more than half of English football supporters would have supported the national team or individual players boycotting the World Cup in Qatar. Cards of Qatar show the faces and stories of workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal who died during the preparation for the World Cup. Copies are being showcased…
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Equidem is a human rights and labour rights charity working globally and locally to promote the rights of marginalised communities, holding those accountable for serious offences. It reported that the hotel in which the English players stayed during the World Cup was responsible for the following breaches of human rights: discrimination in wages and promotion;…
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