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Banner calling for release of activist in UAE flown over Etihad Stadium

The plane circled the stadium in the early stages of City’s Premier League match against Liverpool.

The Independent UK

Sunak risks ripping up Good Friday agreement over Rwanda, senior Tories say

Concerns echo White House remarks that blocking human rights laws could undermine Northern Ireland peace process

The Guardian - UK

UK's failed asylum deportation plan puts Rwanda's human rights and refugee struggles in the spotlight

The UK Supreme Court ruled on 15 November 2023 that sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. The plan would have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers sent from the UK to Rwanda, which would then process and host such refugees indefinitely.

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Kenya’s Ogiek people fight on against eviction from Mau Forest

The Ogiek have been accused of encroachment and deforestation in a place they consider home by Kenyan authorities.

Al Jazeera

Amid Gaza war, activists in Argentina aim to expel Israeli water company

Protesters have denounced state-owned Israeli company Mekorot for its human rights record as it expands in Argentina.

Al Jazeera

Central government exempts CERT-In from RTI Act

Government adds CERT-In to list of organisations exempt from RTI. CERT-In is national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents.

The Hindu

Sara M Saleh: ‘I want to know the system and its flaws, so I know how to undo it, transcend it’

Grief and trauma can be generational, says the poet and human rights lawyer, but gifts can be generational too

The Guardian - AU

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SNP MP criticises Angus Robertson's 'out of step' visit to China

AN SNP MP has criticised a visit to China undertaken by External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson, stressing it was "out of step with…

The National (Scotland)

Revealed: how top PR firm uses ‘trust barometer’ to promote world’s autocrats

Edelman, world’s largest public relations company, paid millions by Saudi Arabia, UAE and other repressive regimes

The Guardian - US

Haiti Human Rights Group Suspends Operations Due To Threats Amid Growing Gang Wars

Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research said they will reduce their activities for a couple of months due to threats.

Latin Times

With war raging in Gaza, how much do we know about Australia's weapons exports? The answer: very little

Australia’s defence export program has recently come under scrutiny for its lack of transparency – particularly in relation to whether approved export permits are providing material support to Israel’s war against Hamas.

The Conversation

China Accused Of Genocide As Hundreds Of Mosques Are Destroyed

As part of its policy that sets out to "sinicise" religious minorities, the Chinese government has ordered the destruction of thousands of mosques.

International Business Times UK

Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah tastes freedom after 21 months in jail

Fahad Shah, 33, released from jail after 21 months. Arrest in 2022 evoked sharp reactions from media fraternity. 50 press freedom orgs, human rights groups wrote to J&K LG for his release. J&K HC quashed charges under UAPA, said article had no content to provoke violence.

The Hindu

A paean to those heady days of four back-to-back World Cup matches

In today’s Football Daily: A lament for the HRWC, plus a nice touch

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Do claims that Crimean Tatars are worse off under Putin than Stalin stand up? An expert examines the evidence

The deportation of at least 240,000 Crimean Tatars to central Asia by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1944 is forever ingrained in the memory of the people of that region.

The Guardian - UK

Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta

More than 13,000 Nigerian villagers can bring legal claims against oil firm, rules high court

The Guardian - UK

China to rule on appeals in case of detained human rights lawyers

Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong are leading figures in the thwarted New Citizens’ Movement group of activists and lawyers

The Hindu

Justice Fathima Beevi, who broke down barriers to become the first woman judge in Supreme court, is no more

M. Fathima Beevi, the first female judge of the Supreme Court, passed away in Kollam, Kerala. she also served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu. She was a gold medallist who graduated in Chemistry and pursued LLB. She served as a Magistrate, District Sessions Judge, Kerala High Court judge, and…

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The Guardian - US

Former Yugoslavia countries must face past horrors or risk return to conflict, Council of Europe official says

Council’s commissioner for human rights says some people prosecuted in the Hague for war crimes ‘return to their communities as heroes’

France 24

China expands crackdown on mosques outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says

The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday.

The Independent UK

China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says

A report by Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim minorities

The Hindu

Police excess: Human rights body recommends compensation to Tirunelveli woman

SHRC recommends ₹1 lakh compensation to TN woman assaulted by police in 2019. It also asked govt to initiate disciplinary action against Sub-Inspector and two Head Constables and recover ₹50,000 and ₹25,000 each from them. Complainant's plea to SP was ignored.

Dynamite News

Bengaluru electrocution deaths: Rights panel takes suo motu cognisance

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday suo motu cognisance of a media report of a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, who were electrocuted after they stepped on a live wire that lay unattended on a sidewalk near Hope Farm in the Kadugodi area of Bengaluru on November…

The Guardian - UK

Political attack on human rights is a ‘dangerous’ assault on UK democracy, says HRW director

Exclusive Yasmine Ahmed says government actions regarding asylum seekers, climate activists and pro-Palestine protesters are starting to ‘look very much like authoritarianism’

The Independent UK

Cameron welcomed back by dozens of Tory MPs at 1922 committee

It is understood that he was questioned about the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as Rishi Sunak’s efforts to revive the Rwanda plan.

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