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June 7, 2023 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Pro Golf Merger “Sportswashes” Abuses

Government’s Investment Fund Merges with PGA Tour, DP World Tour

Golfers walk on the 16th hole during the LIV Golf Invitational at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Saudi Arabia.
June 7, 2023 Dispatches

Top Russian Human Rights Defender on Trial

Oleg Orlov at Risk of Imprisonment for Speaking Out against Russia’s War in Ukraine

Oleg Orlov protesting Russia's abusive war in Ukraine at the Red Square in Moscow, April 2022. His poster reads, 'Our unwillingness to know the truth and our silence turn us into collaborators in crimes.’
June 7, 2023 Dispatches

American Churches Launch Initiative to End Israel’s Apartheid

Over 100 Faith-Based Groups Form “Apartheid Free Communities Initiative”

 Israeli and Palestine activists hold a banner during a protest to block the new Route 4370 Israeli highway near the Palestinian town of Anata, January 23, 2019.
June 7, 2023 Background Briefing

Illegal Migration Bill – Joint Civil Society Briefing for the House of Lords Second Reading

May 2023

June 7, 2023 Dispatches

Uzbekistan Should Free Imprisoned Lawyer

Court Releases, Reduces Sentences of 14 Other Karakalpakstan Defendants

 Defendants listen to the verdict in their trial on charges related to the July 2022 protests in Nukus, the main city in Karakalpakstan, at a court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on January 31, 2023.
June 7, 2023 Dispatches

Germany, Namibia Need a Rights-Respecting Reparations Process

UN Experts Urge Affected Communities’ Participation in Negotiations

Chiefs of the Nama and Ovaherero peoples during the annual ‘reparations walk’ in Swakopmund, Namibia calling for reparations for the ongoing impact of the genocide committed by Germany’s colonial rule between 1904 and 1908.
June 7, 2023 News Release

Poland: New Law to Bar People from Public Office

EU Should Take Action Against New Rule of Law Backsliding

Pro-democratic march in Warsaw gathered up to 500k participants (according to organisers), led by Donald Tusk, former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Council
June 6, 2023 Dispatches

Angolan Police Fatally Fire on Fuel-Price Protest

Impartially Investigate Apparent Excessive Use of Lethal Force

Angolan riot police take position after protests over wages in Luanda.
June 6, 2023 Dispatches

Palestinian Forum Highlights Threats of Autonomous Weapons

Forum Tackles Digital Rights Abuses Against Palestinians

Two guns sit atop a guard tower along with surveillance cameras pointed at the Aroub refugee camp in the West Bank, October 6, 2022.
June 6, 2023 Report

Nigeria: No Justice for Civilians Killed in Airstrike

Investigate Military Air Operations; Compensate Victims

Mass grave in Doma LGA, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, where 31 people who died from the airstrike are buried. Photo taken on March 14, 2023.
June 6, 2023 Dispatches

Migration Paranoia Jeopardizes EU Trade and Development Scheme

EU Council, Commission Should Listen to Parliament, Drop Migration-Trade Benefits Link

Swedish EU Presidency decorations, Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.
June 6, 2023 News Release

Iraq: Political Infighting Blocking Reconstruction of Sinjar

Funds for Essential Services Held Up, Returns Hindered

A general view of Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq August 13, 2014. © 2014 Reuters
June 5, 2023 Dispatches

Role of Fossil Fuels Absent at Plastics Treaty Negotiations

Governments Need to Prioritize Human Rights, Reduce Plastic Production

Campaigners and waste pickers from around the world holding a sign reading, “plastic puts 218 million people at risk of more severe flooding,” outside the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, where the second round of plastics treaty negotiations took place, May 30, 2023.
June 5, 2023 News Release

Senegal: Violent Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent

Investigate Deaths, Injuries; Release Political Prisoners; Ensure Free Assembly

Supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko clash with security forces on June 2, 2023, after Sonko was sentenced to prison in Dakar, Senegal.
June 5, 2023 News Release

Central African Republic: Referendum Poses Risks

Presidential Term Measure a Threat to Civil Society, Freedom of Expression

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra greets supporters after highest court confirmed his re-election at his party headquarter in Bangui, Central Africa Republic January 18, 2021.

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