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INDIA: Kashmiri Journalist Held Under Abusive Laws On Independent Media

#AceNewsReport – Feb.08: Police allege that Shah posted “anti-national” content on social media “glorifying terrorist activities, spreading fake news and instigating people.” The police have questioned and detained Shah multiple times in recent years for his writing. #AceNewsDesk says Indian authorities have arrested the prominent Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah on politically motivated charges as part […]

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(AUSTRALIA) 17th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Report: Government should call on Vietnam to meet clear human rights benchmarks when they meet virtually today Wednesday 8th December 2021: #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Dec.08: Australia should use its influence to press Vietnam to take concrete action to reverse its abysmal human rights record,” said Elaine Pearson, Australia director at Human Rights Watch. “Many people in Vietnam have been persecuted simply because they tried to exercise basic civil and political rights that Australians often take for granted.” […]

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(ETHIOPIA) Crisis in Tigray Report: As fighting enters it 9th month and humanitarian agencies have seen a rise in ‘rape & pillaging’ together with killing by all parties #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – July.31: This, together with the killing, pillaging, and rape, committed by all parties, has created a humanitarian crisis. With the UN warning it would run out of food supplies today, Amy Braunschweiger speaks with Human Rights Watch’s Horn of Africa director Laetitia Bader about the devastation on the ground, and about how to […]

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(ARMENIA) Human Rights Report: Authorities have persisted with spurious criminal incitement charges against a human rights activist, Sashik Sultanyan, HRW said today #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – June.17: The charges are in retaliation for an online interview Sultanyan gave in which he spoke about a variety of problems he believes the local Yezidi community face in Armenia: (ARMENIA) Malicious Prosecution of Activist: Drop Charges Against Rights Defender Sashik Sultanyan: On May 20: NSS confiscated from Sultanyan three computers, one of […]

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(JERUSALEM) JUST IN: Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Apr.29: The finding is based on an overarching Israeli government policy to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians and grave abuses committed against Palestinians living in the occupied territory, including East Jerusalem: Abusive Israeli Policies Constitute Crimes of Apartheid, Persecution & Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of […]

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(CAMBODIA) HRW REPORT: The draft Law on the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has not been made public, but and a copy of the bill, which is dated March 3, 2021. The draft law purports to create a legal framework for the rights of people with disabilities, but it fails to adopt a human rights-based approach #AceNewsDesk report

#AceNewsReport – Apr.27: It uses language that reinforces stigma against people with disabilities rather than ensuring equal access to education, employment, transportation, social and legal services, and independent living: Cambodia: Revise Flawed Disability Bill: Adopt Inclusive Rights-Based Approach; Seek to End Stigma: The Cambodian government should revise a draft disability law to ensure equal rights […]