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Public executions and torture: ‘The Taliban have reverted to their true nature’

In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were publicly humiliated and forced to wear a chador, a full-length hijab traditionally worn by women. But other punishments meted out by the Taliban have been far more violent, including flagellations and public executions. While Afghan…

France 24

Rights groups urge UN not to adopt IHRA anti-Semitism definition

A letter to UN secretary-general says the definition is often used to wrongly label criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic.

Al Jazeera

Top lawyer Aamer Anwar speaks out as child rapist spared jail

A TOP human rights lawyer has intervened amid outrage after a child rapist was spared jail for his “horrific” crime.

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Rights Report Accuses Houthis of Committing War Crimes through Child Recruitment

The Yemeni Coalition for Monitoring Human Rights Violations, or Rasd Coalition, accused the Iran-backed Houthi militias of committing war crimes for their forced recruitment of children under 15. In a report, “Children Not Soldiers”, it also accused them of committing serious crimes against children and violating the rules of warfare…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Almost half of human rights defenders killed last year were in Colombia

The county was the deadliest for rights activists in 2022, and Latin America and Ukraine together accounted for 80% of the 401 deaths

The Guardian - US

Rights groups welcome Malaysia's move on death penalty

Human rights groups have applauded Malaysia’s move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a major step forward in the push for the abolition of capital punishment in Southeast Asia

The Independent UK

Prominent Perth doctor Anthony Bell cleared of assaulting wife, former human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique

Dr Anthony Bell is acquitted of assaulting his wife during an argument over another woman last year, as the judge suggests Rabia Siddigue had "engaged in a vendetta" against her husband.

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Palestinian Authority’s Abbas has ‘cut down’ every potential successor

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this second of a two-part series, he lamented the Palestinian Authority’s stagnation under longstanding President Mahmoud Abbas.

France 24

Tiwi Islands traditional owners lodge human rights complaint against banks over $1.5b Santos loan

Traditional owners of the Tiwi Islands have lodged human rights grievances against 12 banks for their involvement in a $1.5 billion loan to Santos for its Barossa offshore gas project.

ABC News

Macron heads to China for delicate talks on Ukraine, trade

French President Emmanuel Macron will muster all his diplomatic adeptness and political acumen on a three-day state visit to China where the war in Ukraine will be front and center

The Independent UK

Traditional owners ask banks to reconsider Santos loan

Activist lawyers have sent human rights complaints to a dozen banks that helped Santos finance its offshore Barossa project.

The New Daily

Brazil creates rights medal named after Black writer, replacing princess

Brazil's leftist government on Monday abolished a human rights medal that former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro had named after the daughter of the country's last monarch, replacing it with a prize named after a Black writer and abolitionist.

Reuters

What will Asean be like come 2045?

It is now official: the Asean Community's Post 2025 vision will be extended by another ten years from 2035 to 2045. Asean Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn revealed the 20-year vision in Bangkok last week, much to the surprise of diplomats and the local audience. The decision was taken at the…

Bangkok Post

The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states' climate obligations. What does this mean?

The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice.

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The Independent UK

UN report charges South Sudan officials of rights violations

A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges that several officials in South Sudan have perpetrated serious human rights violations and should be held accountable for their crimes, in a report released Monday

The Independent UK

Autopsies show 30 people died from gunfire in Peru protests

Human rights groups have called on the Peruvian government to investigate claims of excessive force by police and soldiers during recent anti-government protests that have left 49 civilians dead

The New Daily

Clive Palmer’s Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence

A coal mine that was the subject of a court battle fought on climate change and human rights has been denied an environmental licence.

ABC News

Court hears former human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique allege husband's push left her with serious wrist injury

A former human rights lawyer tells a court her husband, a prominent Perth doctor, pushed her to the ground and left her screaming in pain during an argument over another woman.

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How a Canadian judge erred in ordering the repatriation of suspected ISIS members

In a January 2023 Federal Court decision, the government of Canada was ordered to request repatriation of four suspected ISIS members currently being held in Syria.

Orlando Sentinel

Mike Bianchi: Forgive me, but I enjoyed the LIV Golf experience in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — Forgive me, golf gods, for I have sinned.

Daily Mirror

Newcastle vs Man Utd takeover Q&A: Theories debunked and deciphering the changes

In a week where the Premier League refused to say if Newcastle's owners are being investigated, there were more warnings against Manchester United's potential takeover from a Qatari group

ABC News

Activist Vahid Beheshti on hunger strike to uphold freedom, aid regime change in Iran

Activist Vahid Beheshti is entering his 40th day of a hunger strike with a simple message: designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – the military arm of Iran's government — as a terrorist organisation.

Bangkok Post

Chinese Christians detained in Bangkok

More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying their visas are now at a police facility in Bangkok awaiting the authorities’ next move.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Experts Call For Repatriating Detained Syria Children

UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday demanded an urgent repatriation of children from northeast Syria. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights while countering terrorism, released a joint statement, as the detained children enter…

Reuters

Mexican probe into missing students beset by delays and failure, watchdog says

Mexican authorities have failed to carry out all arrests ordered by prosecutors over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the military has denied access to important information, a rights group said on Friday, expressing concern over continued delays in the investigation.

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