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Spotlight on abuses against LGBT+ people in Hungary; overseer of mass executions becomes president of Iran; Covid-19 kills over 500,000 people in Brazil; landmark Swiss conviction for war crimes in Liberia; the EU should not relax sanctions against Burundi; and the regime in China continues its attack against independent media in Hong Kong.
The anti-LGBT+ policies of Hungary's government are getting some well-deserved attention this week, as the city of Munich calls for the Allianz Arena to light up in rainbow colors during a Euro 2020 football match between Germany and Hungary, and ministers of European Union member states discuss the need to act against the authoritarian slide in both Hungary and Poland during a meeting on Tuesday.
The victory of Ebrahim Raeesi, Iran’s judiciary chief, in a presidential election on Saturday that was neither free nor fair raises serious concerns...
There's very sad news from Brazil, as the Covid-19 pandemic has now killed over half a million people in the country.
The conviction of a former Liberian rebel leader by a Swiss court for war crimes during Liberia’s first civil war is a landmark step for Liberian victims and Switzerland’s efforts to hold those responsible for grave crimes to account.
The European Union should not relax sanctions against the human rights abusing government in Burundi, say human rights NGOs in an open letter published today.
And the Xi Jinping regime is continuing its attack against independent media in Hong Kong.