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Fred Arruda, Brazil’s ambassador to the UK, says his country’s judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed

The letter (11 April) from a group of MPs and other political figures claiming that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a “political prisoner” is not only offensive to a democratic country and its institutions, but also completely ignorant of the facts of the case.

In Brazil, the judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed. All defendants facing criminal prosecution fully enjoy the guarantee of a fair trial and the right …read more

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By Ridhi Shetty

The Bahá’í religion has faced persecution and severe human rights violations throughout the world. This is especially true in Iran which has the highest number of followers of the Bahá’í faith. There are more than five million Bahá’ís in communities…

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By Ridhi Shetty

On January 25, 2019, a Brazilian dam collapsed, killing hundreds of people in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The dam was owned by a Brazilian company, Vale SA, and was designed to hold back iron ore waste. The collapse…

The post Struggling to Survive: The Devastating Impact of the Minas Gerais Dam Collapse on Indigenous Populations in Brazil appeared first on Human Rights Brief.

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By Charlie Lyne, Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing, Charlie Phillips and Jacqueline Edenbrow

The story of 16 men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher’s Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and the tabloid press – but not by those in the dock. Told through court documents and newspaper reports of the time, Lasting Marks is a window into Operation Spanner and a fight for LGBTQ rights that resonates to this day

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By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Special rapporteur for housing says plight of hundreds of migrants breaches their human rights

France must act on the “dire” living conditions of migrants and refugees sleeping rough in Calais and stop systematically evicting people from tents in violation of the right to adequate housing, the United Nation’s housing envoy has warned.

Leilani Farha, the UN’s special rapporteur for housing, highlighted the “harsh conditions” of an estimated 600-700 migrants and refugees currently homeless and sheltering in tents or makeshift camps on the northern French coast with “extremely limited access to emergency shelter”. Many have come to northern France because they hope to …read more

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NGO representatives, lawyers and a cross-party group of parliamentarians call on the British government to act in defence of the UK-based human rights activist

We write to express our deep concern for the family of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD). Mr Alwadaei was granted refugee status in the UK in 2012 in recognition of the dangers he faced in Bahrain. While in London, Mr Alwadaei has continued to fight for the rights of torture victims and prisoners sentenced to death for peacefully protesting against the Bahraini regime. The family of Mr …read more

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By Ridhi Shetty

Women are often left out of the conversations on disaster preparation and response. According to the United Nations (UN), women and girls experience greater “risks, burdens, and impacts” during and after disasters such as cyclones and extreme flooding. These risks…

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By Sarah Marsh

Home Office project will share people’s status ‘in real time with authorised users’

The Home Office is developing a database that could provide quick immigration checks to outside organisations amid criticism from campaigners, who call it “deeply sinister” and say it could amount to a “secret digital IT system”.

The human rights organisation Liberty expressed concern about the
Status Checking Project, which was detailed in an independent inspection report published by the Home Office.

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