Report on murder of Saudi reporter Jamal Khashoggi may be released today; governments around the world use pandemic as cover for repression; grim decade for human rights in Libya; historic Syria torture trial verdict; Olympic snow shouldn't cover China's repression; and European action is needed as Poland tramples women’s rights.

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Justice for the murder of reporter Jamal Khashoggi is inching closer. The United States administration is about to release a report with new details about who orchestrated the killing by an assassination squad which took place in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

 

Even positive news from Saudi Arabia comes with a big caveat

Did you know that at least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating people's right to free speech and peaceful assembly?

The past decade has been grim for human rights and justice in Libya.

 

Survivors of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria finally have some positive news to celebrate, as a court in Germany has convicted a former Assad regime official to four-and-a-half years in prison in a landmark verdict.

 

Should we let the regime in China use the 2022 Winter Olympics to do a snow job on us and whitewash its abysmal human rights record?

And European action is needed now as the government in Poland tramples women’s rights.

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