Human Rights · January, 2022

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Human Rights · January, 2022

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Azerbaijan has had its own series of controversial sporting events

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Tennis star Peng Shuai and Professor Gulnar Obul: From captives to actors

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The issue of the Jamaican police allegedly cutting a young woman's dreadlocks remains unresolved

Jamaica has a historically fraught relationship with its Rastafarian community

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26 January 2022

Philippines’s new vaccine mandate decried as punitive and anti-poor

Punitive measures spawn rights abuses, hardships for working poor

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Why a writer is on trial for calling Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son obese

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26 January 2022

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Three journalists were killed, 49 remain in detention across the country

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24 January 2022

Internet watchdog finds encryption flaw in mandatory Chinese Olympic app

Games attendees are advised to use burner phones inside China.

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22 January 2022

Police violently break up Afghan refugee protest in Indonesia

The refugees would like either citizenship or resettlement

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20 January 2022

Twitter's deal with Nigerian government sacrifices digital rights

Did Twitter throw Nigerians under the bus?

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Bulli Bai, Sulli Deals cases highlight rising communal misogyny in India

The app was built against the backdrop of rising attacks on Muslims

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‘I didn't ask for it!': Four women fighting against gender-based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Facebook page they run receives messages from several Balkans women every day.

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15 January 2022

Syrian survivors of torture rejoice over German court indicting ex-intelligence officer

It’s the first international recognition of torture by Al-Assad’s regime

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14 January 2022

In Georgia, six months after the tragic death of journalist, authorities blame drug overdose

Civil society organizations question the state's conclusion and motives

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14 January 2022

Iranians demand justice on anniversary of airplane downing

Iranian court ruling in April failed to satisfy families of deceased

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Erdoğan and the AKP's war with art and culture

There are those who continue resistance, despite the government pressure

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12 January 2022

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[Proposed legislation] 'leaves us with no confidence that good will prevail'

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11 January 2022

The long-lasting conundrum in Tajikistan's Pamir region

Internet shutdown and block posts continue even after protests subdued

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10 January 2022

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