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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle IX topic area #8 on global human rights.
Massacres and the killings of human rights defenders have soared since 2016, according to the United Nations. And displacement remains startlingly high, with 147,000 people forced to flee their homes last year alone, according to government data. https://t.co/auxQeonYmk
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 29, 2022
China threatens reprisals against any governments that criticise its human-rights record, and seeks allies in making the global order more friendly to autocracy https://t.co/YLBd0qOEXJ
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 24, 2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine has made it all the more imperative that the United States, Germany, and other powers build a global alliance that defends international law, humanitarian priorities, and human rights, writes @MSCheusgen.https://t.co/jmbtjl2Kyj
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) May 13, 2022
After a disastrous trip to China, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has tried to push back against the regime’s manipulation and deliberate misinterpretation of her statements.
But it will be difficult to undo the damage, @FridaGhitis writes.https://t.co/qVInHJm8tN
— World Politics Review (@WPReview) June 5, 2022
Adherents of the “Rights of Nature” movement believe ecosystems, animals, and natural objects should have legal rights similar or equal to those of human beings. Here’s everything you need to know about the global movement: https://t.co/oM3TDM0q6L
— The Week (@TheWeek) May 20, 2022
Russia is developing a domestic alternative to Europe’s top human rights court after being expelled from the Council of Europe over its invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/WKyE5d79Fi
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 2, 2022
In this week’s Middle East Memo: @tcambanis reports on how the US has looked the other way as its allies in the region commit human rights abuses, the latest being Egypt. https://t.co/14fGAhV4oj
— World Politics Review (@WPReview) May 29, 2022
President Biden is expected to visit Saudi Arabia to pursue a “foreign policy for the middle class” while “putting human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy.”
The tension? You can have one or the other, but not truly both.https://t.co/0156I14ibB
— POLITICO (@politico) June 3, 2022
OAS human rights body pleads with El Salvador amid gang crackdown https://t.co/w76OwWUiK6 pic.twitter.com/AqpTjFgjxU
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 4, 2022
Two of Cuba’s most prominent anti-government activists are set to go on trial as early as Monday, according to fellow activists, proceedings that human rights groups have criticized as political persecutions. https://t.co/yUd9U6cD2I
— CNN International (@cnni) May 30, 2022