Formula 1 Ignores Rights Commitments : Daily Brief
Formula 1 ignores rights commitments; atrocities by armed islamists and security forces in Burkina Faso; tell Burundian president that scribbling is not a crime; France’s Macron should press Chinese president on rights; new UN resolution against discrimination towards women and girls in sports; anti-torture body named in Lebanon; why are so many people with disabilities deprived of liberty?; and peaceful protesters arrested in Kazakhstan.
Formula One will return to Bahrain next week, overlooking the grave rights abuses in the country. It's time for the Formula One’s governing body to adopt and carry out a human rights policy that would identify risks and make use of its leverage to end rights abuses.
Our new report documents how atrocities by Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel Region and by security forces during counterterrorism operations have left scores dead and created widespread fear and displacement.
Seven schoolchildren were jailed last week in Burundi accused of having scribbled on President Pierre Nkurunziza's photo in their school books. Join us in our call to tell Mr. Nkurunziza that scribbling is not a crime. #ScribbleMe
French President Emmanuel Macron should keep his pledge not to “cover up” China’s human rights abuses during the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Macron should take the opportunity to seek credible international visits to assess the conditions of Xinjiang’s persecuted Turkic Muslims.
The UN has adopted a resolution to eliminate discrimination against women and girls in sport, calling on states to ensure that sporting associations revoke discriminatory gender regulations, which pressure women and girl athletes into undergoing unnecessary, humiliating and harmful medical procedures to participate in competitions.
Lebanon has taken a positive step towards eradicating the use of torture with the appointment of the five members of the country’s National Preventative Mechanism against Torture. Now, the government should allocate a sufficient budget so that the members can get to work.
Why are so many people with disabilities deprived of liberty? Check our conversation with Catalina Devandas, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, who has just released a report on disability-based deprivation of liberty.
As Nazarbaev stepped down as president in Kazakhstan, a key question was whether and to what degree the country would leave behind its authoritarian past and move towards democratic rule. Two days after the new president Tokaev got sworn in, peaceful protesters are being arrested....