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Today’s #InFive includes long-awaited progress in the campaign to waive intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccines, new measures to restrict information in Myanmar, and nine other human rights stories from around the world.
Today’s #InFive includes long-awaited progress in the campaign to waive intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccines, new measures to restrict information in Myanmar, and nine other human rights stories from around the world.
In Croatia, a court has ruled that same-sex couples are permitted to adopt children and guaranteed that they can not be discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation. https://twitter.com/ILGAEurope/status/1390243190108733442?s=20
After months of campaigning, the US, Australia and New Zealand have agreed to support the proposal to waive intellectual property rules on COVID-19 vaccines. https://twitter.com/hrw/status/1390297832825950212?s=20
NGOs have reported that the death toll from protests in Colombia is higher than the official number of 24 and that 89 people have disappeared. https://twitter.com/dickinsonbeth/status/1389626694395482112?s=20
In the US, DNA testing revealed that a man executed 4 years ago for murder could have potentially been innocent, sparking nationwide debates on the death penalty. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1389785038150152197?s=20
A French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month has appeared on a video circulated via social media saying that he has been kidnapped by a jihadist group. https://twitter.com/RSF_inter/status/1389884735820865536?s=20
Four Hong Kong activists have been sentenced to 4 to 10 months in jail for participating in an assembly to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. https://twitter.com/KenRoth/status/1390267811797348357?s=20
Cuts in donor funding are restricting Afghan women’s access to essential healthcare. https://twitter.com/ks7s/status/1390231126602522627?s=20
In an attempt to further control information in the country, the Myanmar military junta leaders have banned satellite television. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar? https://twitter.com/LLakhdhir/status/1390113554922102786?s=20
Human rights organisations are calling on the Ugandan Government to drop the 2019 Sexual Offences Bill, they say it further criminalises LGBTQI+ people and sex workers. https://twitter.com/SMUG2004/status/1389805011782230017?s=20
In Greece, a bill to amend child custody provisions could put victims of domestic violence in further danger. https://twitter.com/hillarymargo/status/1390207407062753283?s=20
Russian lawmakers have introduced three new bills that can be used to oppress dissident voices. https://twitter.com/HughAWilliamson/status/1390228860587941892?s=20
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