“Where’s Peng Shuai?” t-shirts allowed at the Australian Open

Published on : 25/01/2022 – 09:59 The Australian Open organization announced on Tuesday that spectators at the tennis tournament will now be able to wear t-shirts in support of Chinese player Peng Shuai provided they do not engage in hostile behavior. “Where’s Peng Shuai?” T-shirts allowed during the Australian Open. After creating controversy on Sunday, … Read more

HRW lawyer criticizes lack of international condemnation of human rights violations. H H. in Cuba

The Argentine lawyer Juan Pappier, researcher of Human Rights Watch for the Americas Division, criticized the lack of a uniform condemnation of human rights violations in Cuba, which makes Miguel Diaz-Canel get away with it. “I think that thanks to this dysfunctional response from the international community, Diaz-Canel is getting away with it,” Pappier said … Read more

Chow Hang-tung, “human rights in the skin”

Tenacious, the accused Hang-tung defended herself to the end. Before the judges of the West Kowloon District Court of Justice, this brilliant Hong Kong lawyer confronted her accusers on their own ground: the law. But despite the strong legal arguments she made, the battle was lost. → READ. Hong Kong: how the national security law … Read more

Parliament rejects text toughening legislation against homosexuality

Published on : 06/01/2022 – 05:01 In Senegal, the office of the National Assembly declared Wednesday, January 6, ” inadmissible »The bill calling for the criminalization of homosexuality. The text, tabled in December by a group of opposition MPs, aimed to toughen existing sanctions. With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac For the Bureau of … Read more

UN experts concerned about rights situation in Cambodia After the union leader was arrested from the rally.

AFP/Archyde.com – A United Nations rights expert said the arrest and detention of a union leader and activist in Cambodia has been a major blow. It may be a violation of human rights law. Hundreds of workers gathered to protest the layoffs at a casino giant in central Phnom Penh. They are calling for the … Read more