Amnesty accuses Russia of war crimes in Kharkiv
From CNN's Mick Krever in London
Amnesty International has accused Russia of war crimes during its efforts to capture the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
In a new 40-page report, Amnesty has documented the alleged use of cluster munitions and other indiscriminate means of attack.
“The repeated bombardments of residential neighbourhoods in Kharkiv are indiscriminate attacks which killed and injured hundreds of civilians, and as such constitute war crimes,” the report said.
“This is true both for the strikes carried out using cluster as well as those conducted using other types of unguided rockets and unguided artillery shells, which are indiscriminate when used in the vicinity of concentrations of civilians.”
UN human rights chief to forgo second term amid China trip criticism
Michelle Bachelet has been strongly criticised since her visit to Uyghur minority region of Xinjiang
Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent
The United Nations’ human rights chief has signalled her intention to step down, amid weeks of speculation following her recent China trip that drew fierce criticism from activists and western politicians.
Michelle Bachelet, who assumed the office of the UN high commissioner for human rights in 2018, said on Monday she would not seek a second term in office. “As my term as high commissioner draws to a close, this council’s milestone 50th session will be the last which I brief,” she said.
It is not immediately clear whether Bachelet’s decision not to seek a renewed term has to do with her recent trip to China, where she conducted a six-day tour in a “closed loop” system due to Covid restrictions.
Brazil police deny UK journalist, colleague's bodies found
The remains of UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira have been found in the Amazon jungle, according to a report. However, federal police deny that the bodies had been found and identified.
Brazil's federal police on Monday denied a report that British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira had been found and identified.
Dom Philips, who has worked for news outlets including DW and the Guardian, and his colleague have been missing for more than a week in the Vale do Javari Indigenous Land, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Clashes in Sudan's Darfur kill more than 100
Clashes in Sudan's Darfur between Arab and non-Arab groups have killed more than 100 people, adding to a toll of hundreds in the region over recent months.
The latest fighting broke out last week between the Arab Rizeigat and non-Arab Gimir tribes in the district of Kolbus, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) from El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state.
It started as a land dispute between two people, one from the Rizeigat and another from the Gimir, before morphing into broader violence involving other members from both tribes.
India activist Afreen Fatima says her house bulldozed ‘illegally’
Young Muslim activist’s house demolished after her father is arrested by the police for being alleged ‘mastermind’ of protests over anti-Islam remarks.
A young Muslim activist whose house was bulldozed by the authorities in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says it was an “act of vendetta” by the government for the protests over comments made against Prophet Muhammad by officials of the country’s right-wing governing party.
Surrounded by a large posse of police in riot gear, authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj city on Sunday brought in earthmovers to demolish Afreen Fatima’s house as dozens of media people recorded the demolition.
Within hours, the two-storey building was reduced to rubble and its belongings – furniture, books and photographs – thrown on an empty plot next to the house. Among them was a poster that said: “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”
Former Amazon Mexico CEO accused of paying hitmen to shoot dead his wife
His wife had filed for divorce after she accused him of trying to kill her in her sleep
A former CEO of Amazon Mexico allegedly paid two hitmen $9,000 to gun down his estranged wife in 2019, one of the assassins testified in a court.
Juan Carlos García, who is on the run since the murder, has arrest warrants issued against him in 190 countries after he was accused of orchestrating the murder of his wife Abril Pérez Sagaón.
Pérez was shot in the head by a motorcyclist in Mexico City in front of two children in her car, days before a scheduled hearing for the divorce case, authorities said.
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