Rights watch

‘Dark day for human rights’ as Hungary amends constitution to redefine ‘family’ and limit gay adoption | World News | Sky News

“The mother is a woman, the father is a man”, according to the new constitution.

Human rights abuses committed in 60 countries under cover of controlling pandemic

In Angola, police shot a teenage boy in the face for allegedly breaking curfew, according to the Amnesty International report

Xinjiang: more than half a million forced to pick cotton, report suggests | World news | The Guardian

Forced labour much more widespread than initially thought in China region that supplies a fifth of the world’s cotton

‘State is criminalising human rights voices in Pakistan’ - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Ex-law minister says Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report only showed a one-sided view of East Pakistan.

How COVID-19 infected human rights protection | East Asia Forum

Countries across ASEAN continue to criminalise dissent using draconian laws and new repressive COVID-19 legislation

Azerbaijan: Attack on Church Possible War Crime | Human Rights Watch

Azerbaijani forces attacked a church in the city of Shushi on October 8, 2020 during the Nagorno-Karabakh hostilities, in what appears to be a deliberate targeting in violation of the laws of war.

Human rights commissions welcome Facebook’s new safeguards against discriminatory ad targeting | Law Times

The Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Human Rights Commission have expressed their approval of the news that Facebook is implementing and enforcing measures to protect users against the discriminatory targeting of advertisements relating to housing, employment and credit opportunities.

Romanian top court overturns ban on gender identity studies | Reuters

Romania’s Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers and which rights groups and universities said would infringe on human rights and fuel discrimination.

EU court deals another blow to Hungarian asylum policy – EURACTIV.com

In the latest legal setback for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the top EU court in Luxembourg ruled that Budapest had broken Union law by restricting access to the international protection procedure for asylum applicants in transit zones and unlawfully detaining them.

Islamophobia on the Rise in Sri Lanka as Deceased Muslims Forced Into Cremation – The Diplomat

Authorities are using COVID-19 to justify forced cremations for Muslims, devastating family members.