The Rights Observatory

Free Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, recipient of @ScholarsAtRisk 2021 Courage to Think Award! #SaveAhmadreza from Evin Prison so he can receive the medical care he needs. scholarsatrisk.org/2021/11/ahmadr…

Kids for Kids: 20 years of helping children in #Darfur observatoryihr.org/iohr-tv/kids-f…

Charities criticise lack of safer options after 10,000 migrants cross Channel “It’s shameful that 10,000 people have had to risk their lives to reach sanctuary here because the government refuses to open up more routes to safety.” theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/a… #Charities #Migrants

More than 30 Jamaican nationals who came to the UK as children set to be deported next week “I’m not really a foreign criminal because I’ve spent all my life here. Everything I learned, I learned in England” observatoryihr.org/news/more-than… #JamaicanNationals #UK #HumanRights

Ethiopia suspends aid groups for ‘spreading misinformation’ theguardian.com/global-develop… #MSF #NRC #Tigray #Ethiopia #HealthCare #HumanRights

Ghana Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Threatens Human Rights and HIV/AIDS Fight: UN glblctzn.co/Tak9EzP5uib #Ghana #LGBTQ #HumanRights #HIV #AIDS

Violence down in Syria’s al-Hol camp but conditions remain 'horrifying' al-monitor.com/originals/2021… via @AlMonitor #Syria #AlHol #ISIS #HumanRights

Access to health care and medical facilities "Most of the population lack access to health care due to destruction of the health facilities in their areas or due to lack of financial resources. " reliefweb.int/report/yemen/a… #Yemen #HealthCare #HumanRights

Iran backtracks on plans to release Zaghari-Ratcliffe independent.co.uk/news/world/mid… #Iran #ZaghariRatcliffe #HumanRights

Belarus protests: Trial of opposition figures begins bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur… #Belarus #BelarusProtests #Minsk

Illegally sterilised Czech women to be offered compensation theguardian.com/global-develop… #CzechRepublic #CzechWomen #Sterilisation #WomensRights

Blog: Europe’s Digital Border Management and its Implications for Asylum Seekers “Europe’s refugee crisis has been a topic of heated debate and has revealed serious fault lines in Europe’s migration project.” observatoryihr.org/blog/europes-d… #EU #RefugeeCrisis

UN General Assembly establishes Permanent Forum of People of African Descent to combat Systemic Racism "People of African descent continue to suffer under systemic racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and general intolerance." observatoryihr.org/news/un-genera… #UN #Racism

Social Media Harassment of Iran Researchers, Activists hrw.org/news/2021/08/0… #Iran #SocialMedia #SocialMediaHarrassment #IranResearchers

Lebanese officials knew of danger of explosive materials but did nothing, Human Rights Watch warns morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/leba… #Beirut #BeirutBlast #HumanRights

Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk During Monsoon hrw.org/news/2021/08/0… #Rohingya #Bangladesh #Monsoon

War crimes trial could cast harsh light on Iran’s new president theguardian.com/world/2021/aug… #EbrahimRaisi #Iran #IranElections

Houthis accused of torturing prisoners to death in Yemen arabnews.com/node/1904336#.… #Houthis #Yemen #HumanRights

‘It doesn’t leave you’: the toxic toll of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/… #LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy #HumanRightsViolations #Trauma

Today, Ebrahim Raisi will become Iran’s new leader despite his long record with human rights violations. Who is Ibrahim Raisi and why is he a threat to human rights worldwide? #EbrahimRaisi #Iran #IranElections