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• 🇨🇳Global split evident as China’s human rights record faces UN. Western countries called out Beijing over abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong while its allies showered it with praises at the state-led review in Geneva.
  Al Jazeera (EN)
• 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia hears dozens of countries critique its human rights record at the UN in Geneva. Freedom of expression, the death penalty and killings of migrants along its border with Yemen wre among the issues raised at the state-led evaluation.
  AP News (EN)
• 🪧United Nations report heavily critical of UK’s ‘increasingly severe crackdowns’ on environmental protesters. Michel Forst, UNECE’s special rapporteur on environmental defenders, said peaceful protesters reportedly faced prosecution under “regressive” new laws.
  CNN (EN)
• 🫰UN staff on £1.5bn Iraq aid project ‘demanding bribes’. Whistleblowers wage corruption claims against UN workers in the country as donors fail to track reconstruction spending.
  The Guardian (EN)
• 💰 WHO ‘investor round’ gets enthusiastic support as route to sustainable funding. Executive board members supported the proposal for an investor round – likely to be held in November – with uncharacteristic enthusiasm on Monday.
  Health Policy Watch (EN)