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A recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, @TomObokata, concluding #UyghurForcedLabour is happening in East Turkistan, has increased pressure by Uyghur groups on UN Rights Chief @mbachelet to release her #Uyghur report. bitterwinter.org/forced-labor-i…

Singh, Valay. "‘Attack on a dream’: Muslims in fear as Indian democracy turns 75." Al-Jazeera, August 15, 2022. aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/15…

Rédaction Réforme. "Sri Lanka : appel urgent aux dons pour lutter contre la malnutrition infantile." Réforme, August 1, 2022. reforme.net/monde/2022/08/…

“Twenty-four #UN appointed independent #humanrights experts condemned on Wednesday, #Israel’s escalating attacks against #Palestinian civil society in the occupied #WestBank, describing it as “illegal and unacceptable”.” news.un.org/en/story/2022/…

Pearson, Elaine. "ASEAN governments need to act on Myanmar." Human Rights Watch, August 2, 2022. hrw.org/news/2022/08/0…

Russian forces’ repeated use of cluster munitions has caused predictable and lasting harm to hundreds of Ukrainian civilians. Ukraine is the only country in the world where cluster munitions are being used today. trib.al/TRWafsy

Ling, Justin. "How to Prosecute Russia's War Crimes." Foreign Policy, August 12, 2022. foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/12/how…

“The death toll from a #Russian rocket attack as #Ukraine observed its #IndependenceDay has risen to 25, including an 11-year-old boy found under the rubble of a house and a six-year-old killed in a car fire” cbc.ca/news/world/ukr…

.@UN_Spokesperson Dujarric confirmed that @WFP warehouses in Ethiopia's Mekelle were forcibly entered and looted. 12 tankers with 570,000 liters of fuel intended for humanitarian assistance in the Tigray region were stolen. news.un.org/en/story/2022/…

“Arbitrary arrests and abuses | [#Syrian] National Army factions continue to clamp down on #civilians to collect money.” syriahr.com/en/264575/

"‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal, experts war." UN News, August 12, 2022. news.un.org/en/story/2022/…

Military columns in Myanmar’s heartland raid some 20 villages in three townships west of the Chindwin River, displacing much of the local population #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/3CAh2Pc

“An outbreak of heavy fighting in northern #Ethiopia has shattered a five-month ceasefire in the region, jeopardizing a fragile diplomatic process that had led to the first peace negotiations between the #Ethiopian and #Tigrayan governments.” theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

CCR2P is delighted to announce the call for submissions for the second edition of the Canadian Journal on R2P (CJR2P), which will focus on the theme “Shifting Paradigms.” We invite emerging scholars and established academics to submit their abstracts by Sept 30, 2022.

Very worrying that IHL violations may ensue following reports of the ceasefire being broken in n. Ethiopia. @amnesty & @hrw documented numerous IHL violations earlier in the conflict, incl. crimes against humanity & ethnic cleansing in W. Tigray: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

“#Colombian President #GustavoPetro has named new commanders for the military and the police, saying he chose the officials because they have not been accused of corruption or #humanrights violations.” aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/13…

UN experts call for determined action to put diplomatic pressure on #Israel to restore rule of law, justice & human rights in occupied Palestinian territory, following escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied #WestBank: ow.ly/B52c50KrwsL

“Joshua Wong and a group of 28 #HongKong pro-democracy activists charged under a controversial national security law have entered guilty pleas, in the largest joint prosecution in the territory in recent years.” theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

The protracted displacement of the Rohingya and the attacks since the coup stem from a history of military abuses. @EndGenocideDan calls upon the int'l community to hold the junta accountable for their crimes. buff.ly/3AFxQ60

“#Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the UN rights chief that hundreds of thousands of #Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home to #Myanmar, from where they had fled waves of violent persecution.” aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/17…