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Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday said that the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should utilise the approved World Cup Qatar 2022 Legacy Fund to compensate victims of human rights abuses related to the 2022 World Cup. FIFA came under worldwide scrutiny and condemnation for its exploitation of labor protection laws in Qatar during the [...]

In the last few months of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s second term as president of Türkiye, he has faced multiple challenges, including the most severe earthquake in Türkiye in the last 80 years and an inflation rate of 85.51 percent (the highest in the last 25 years). Despite being in the highest executive position in [...]

The European Parliament Thursday stripped two additional European lawmakers of their immunity from prosecution. Belgian authorities may now question the lawmakers in their investigation into a cash-for-influence bribery scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco. Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella and Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino join four other suspects who authorities have tied to accusations that Qatar [...]

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola Monday announced a series of reforms for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The possible reforms include increasing transparency through various measures such as a revolving door policy. A revolving door policy would impact individuals who leave their government positions serving the public to pursue private interests, often [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday called a vote by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to refer Israeli occupation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a “disgraceful resolution.” Prior to the vote, Israel Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan called the resolution “outrageous, and a moral stain on the UN” and said, “no international [...]

The European Parliament Thursday condemned Qatari authorities for the alleged human rights abuses and urged FIFA and Qatar to compensate for widespread human rights abuses that migrant workers have endured while building the 2022 World Cup infrastructure. European Parliament supported migrant workers and their families, human rights organization, football associations, sponsors, political leaders, athletes, and labour [...]

We the peoples… …reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, …establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained   [...]

The Qatar Preventive Security Department arbitrarily arrests and abuses LGBTQ people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Between 2019 and 2022, reporters found six cases of “severe and repeated beatings” and five cases of sexual harassment of people in custody. HRW interviewed six Qataris who were held “in an underground prison in Al Dafneh, Doha” [...]

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Tuesday announced additional sanctions against the Taliban in response to what the US perceives as repression of women and girls in Afghanistan through violence and restrictive policies. Citing Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Blinken unveiled new restrictions on visas for current or former Taliban members, members [...]

British citizens Matthew Hedges and Ali Issa Ahmad Tuesday submitted sworn statements and testified to the UN’s Committee Against Torture (CAT) that they had been tortured by authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE joined the UN Convention against Torture in 2012 and is therefore subject to its first compliance review, which is [...]