Rights watch

Rights watch

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world.

Sudan’s RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says

Sudanese paramilitaries committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during their campaign to seize the city of el-Fasher last year, a rights group report says.

French tolerance remains strong, but racism and antisemitism still run deep

In its annual report released on Thursday, the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights expresses concern about the persistence of xenophobic prejudices in French society, particularly among the younger generation.

‘I did nothing wrong’: Sweden’s migration regime hardens, upending lives

Once a European nation receiving large numbers of refugees and migrants, Sweden completes a decade-long overhaul.

China’s ethnic unity law denounced as ‘forced assimilation’ by rights groups

Law comes into effect that critics fear will further erode rights of Uyghurs and Tibetans, as well as allow Beijing to pursue dissidents abroad.

In Cox’s Bazar, Rohingya Gen Z is Challenging Bangladesh’s Status Quo

A generation raised in refugee camps is articulating its own language of dissent, accountability and collective action – a stubborn refusal to surrender political agency.

Couple publicly caned in Indonesia after kissing on TikTok livestream

A young couple in Indonesia have been publicly caned after an Islamic Sharia court convicted them of violating religious law by kissing during a TikTok livestream.

As an Australian Jew who publicly supports Palestinian freedom, I’m targeted by my own community – and neo-Nazis

Jews should be able to criticise the actions of Israel without risking exclusion from communal life.

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