Human rights advocates have condemned the decision to allow Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority to sponsor the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, calling it a “textbook case of sportswashing”. Visit Saudi is set to join international brands ...
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Libya: human rights abuses must be addressed, says UN probe
africamustchangeThe UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya was established by the Human Rights Council in June 2020, to investigate alleged abuses of international human rights law and international humanitarian law committed in Libya since 2016. The panel’s latest official visit ...
Australia vows to keep raising human rights concerns with China despite ambassador’s warning | Australian foreign policy
africamustchangeThe Australian government has vowed to keep raising human rights concerns “at the highest levels” after Beijing’s ambassador urged the country to avoid “trying to smear China”. After a thaw in the diplomatic relationship between the two countries, China has ...
‘All sides need to think about the future they want for Venezuela’, says UN human rights chief
africamustchange“Following my meeting with President [Nicolás] Maduro, he publicly expressed his readiness to work towards improving the justice system. This is a key area for reform, and I offer the support and expertise of my Office to pursue this,” Volker Türk told ...