Rights watch
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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Thailand: Activist lawyer arrested after questioning Monarchy’s role | The Thaiger
Civil rights lawyer and activist Arnon Nampha was arrested this afternoon for sedition and breaching the emergency decree.
Croatia: Arrest for lawyer who lifted lid on oil bribes scandal | The Telegraph
A British lawyer who blew the whistle on a multi-million-pound bribery scandal in the oil industry has been arrested in Croatia what he claims is “political persecution”.
Brazil: Top court tells Bolsonaro to protect indigenous rights | Morning Star
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to implement parts of a bill to protect indigenous peoples from COVID-19 that he previously vetoed.
Palestine: West Bank annexation may spur EU states to recognize Palestine | Middle East Monitor
Luxembourg warned Israel that if it fulfils its plan to annex parts of the West Bank, other European Union countries would recognize Palestine as an independent state.
The vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales has apologised for his university deleting a tweet that quoted a director of Human Rights Watch that was critical of China’s human rights abuses.
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on a Chinese organization and two current and former officials that US officials say are linked to human-rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim population in northwestern China.
Canada: ‘Pervasive and systemic’ racism at Canadian Museum for Human Rights, report says
A damning external review into complaints by former and current employees has found “pervasive and systemic” racism and a toxic culture at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Israel is in the middle of a summer of mass unrest | Jacobin
Amid this summer’s massive protests, Benyamin Netanyahu’s grip on Israel’s political consciousness began to crack for the first time in a decade. But repairing the damage he’s done to the country’s political landscape will take years.
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