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Gay people living under radar in Qatar prepare warily for World Cup

A group of Arab friends living in Qatar's capital Doha met up over cocktails and snacks last week, exchanging opinions as they flicked through profiles of gay men on dating apps Tinder and Grindr.

Reuters

Google and Apple’s role in Qatari app that lets men stop women from leaving the country

Exclusive: Tech giants under fire for making available Metrash2 app, which can be used to stop unmarried Qatari women aged under 25 from leaving the Gulf state

The Independent UK

‘Excessive’: North Korea’s COVID curbs blamed for food crisis

Pyongyang has substantially ramped up border security since January 2020, according to satellite images.

Al Jazeera

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Gay Qataris physically abused then recruited as agents, campaigner says

Gay Qataris have been promised safety from torture in exchange for helping to track down other LGBTQ+ people, a prominent Qatari gay-rights campaigner has said

The Guardian - UK

Stadiums of shame: the numbers World Cup hosts Qatar don’t want to be seen

Players, supporters and the media are arriving in Qatar this week, but the facts and figures behind workers’ rights and human rights in the country remain hard to uncover

The Guardian - UK

UN experts apply for court role in Anglo American’s Kabwe lead poisoning case

The organisation and Human Rights Watch petition in South Africa to take part in class action as the mining giant denies liability

The Guardian - UK

Angola urges UK to take new measures on poverty

Call over protecting most vulnerable citizens comes before UN review of Britain’s human rights record

The Guardian - UK

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England fans’ LGBT group ‘disappointed’ by David Beckham’s Qatar ambassador role

Members of Three Lions Pride have decided not to travel to the World Cup

The Independent UK

David Beckham’s Qatar ambassador role disappoints Three Lions Pride co-founder

Members of England LGBTQ+ fans’ group have decided not to travel to the World Cup.

The Independent UK

The inconvenient truth about a World Cup I’ve waited my entire life for

The difficulty of navigating a dream come true built on greed and human suffering

Wales Online

Qatar World Cup ambassador warns that LGBT people 'have to accept our rules'

He described homosexuality as "damage in the mind".

Irish Mirror

Qatar World Cup ambassador criticised for ‘harmful’ homosexuality comments

The former Qatar international footballer Khalid Salman has been criticised after claiming that homosexuality is ‘damage in the mind’

The Guardian - UK

Syria Cholera Outbreak Worsened by Regime, Türkiye, Says HRW

Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Türkiye of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast. Syria has recorded 81 deaths and more than 24,000 suspected cases of the extremely virulent disease since September, according to the World Health…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cop27 wifi in Egypt blocks human rights and key news websites

Attendees say they are unable to visit Human Rights Watch and other sites needed during climate talks

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Axios

Security concerns raised over COP27 app as rights abuses cast shadow over climate summit

The U.K. prime minister has pledged to raise the plight of a British-Egyptian writer during COP27.

Al Jazeera

New Tunisia electoral law ‘eliminates’ gender parity: HRW

Changes such as ending public financing of campaigns will make it harder for women to run for office, critics say.

AAP

NSW failed Lismore flood victims: report

Local and state authorities failed to protect at-risk Lismore residents - the elderly, disabled and pregnant - from record-breaking floods, a new report says.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Denies HRW Allegations of Arbitrary Deportation of Syrian Refugees

Türkiye has rejected accusations that it has arbitrarily detained and deported hundreds of Syrians in the past months. The Presidency of Migration Management denied on Friday allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that Türkiye is deporting refugees to Syria without their consent. Describing the accusations as “scandalous,” the body said…

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The Guardian - UK

Fears raised for Qataris if they support LGBTQ+ rights during World Cup

Residents of Qatar face the risk of persecution if they show their support for LGBTQ+ rights during the World Cup, Human Rights Watch has warned

Al Jazeera

Lebanon begins ‘voluntary’ repatriation of Syrian refugees

Rights groups are concerned the scheme may contain elements of coercion and result in reprisals.

Daily Mirror

Foreign Secretary branded 'tone deaf' for Qatar 'compromise' comments to LGBT fans

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said lesbian, gay, bi and transgender football fans should show “a little bit of flex” and “be respectful of the host nation” of Qatar, where gay sex is illegal

Chronicle Live

Keir Starmer announces he won't attend World Cup in Qatar because of human rights record

The Labour leader also said that none of his colleagues will be in attendance for this year's tournament in the Middle Eastern country - where being gay is illegal.

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer says he won't attend Qatar World Cup because of human rights record

The Labour chief said none of his colleagues will attend the controversial tournament in the Middle Eastern country, where being gay is illegal

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Refugees Cling on in Türkiye, Lebanon as Fears over Coerced Returns Grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up. Rights groups fear the program may not be as voluntary as it purports to be, at a…

Reuters

Syrian refugees cling on in Turkey, Lebanon as fears over coerced returns grow

The first Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return home under a new repatriation scheme will leave on Wednesday, but few in worn-down camps in the central Bekaa Valley said they would sign up.

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