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Global: Activists silenced by governments during COVID-19 pandemic - new report

© Jes Aznar/Getty Images Human rights defenders continue to face arrest, experience attacks, threats and repression during pandemic Report reveals 94% of human rights defenders interviewed received little support from UK Government in response to attacks Amnesty International has revealed human rights defenders around the world are facing ongoing attacks from governments for their brave work during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report published today (10 February), ‘On the human rights frontline - How the UK Government can defend the defenders’ is based on interviews with 82 Human Rights Defenders from Colombia, Egypt, the Philippines, Russia, Libya, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. The report calls for the UK Government to increase efforts to protect HRDs during the pandemic and beyond.

DUP MP under pressure to apologise for Songs of Praise BLM remarks

Last modified on Mon 8 Feb 2021 23.37 EST A Democratic Unionist party MP has sparked condemnation after describing an edition of Songs of Praise that featured only black people as the “BBC at its BLM worst”. Politicians in Northern Ireland and anti-racism campaigners urged Gregory Campbell to apologise and called on the DUP to sanction him. Sinn Féin said it had reported his comments to the House of Commons standards commissioner. The East Derry MP linked the programme to the Black Lives Matter movement in comments posted on Facebook on 31 January after the semi-final of the gospel singer of the year competition.

Biden s pledge for global LGBTQ rights puts other nations on notice

Loading the player. President Joe Biden continues to fulfill his promise for equity. His latest memo supports global LGBTQ rights. The president also pledges to extend asylum to the LGBTQ community abroad.  U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images) Former Obama administration United States Attorney General Eric Holder told theGrio exclusively, “The action taken by President Biden today is consistent with our nation acting at its best. Supporting people around the world who are persecuted for their sexual orientation is in line with American ideals.

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