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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…

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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 Guardian - 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.

The Independent UK

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Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail terms potentially breach international law, UN expert says

Sentences risk silencing public concerns about the environment, climate change rapporteur Ian Fry says

The Guardian - UK

US arms aid to Israel tests whether humanitarian law applies - Roll Call

Congress is expected to revisit an emergency aid request when it returns in late November from the Thanksgiving recess.

Roll Call

Rishi Sunak faces cabinet split over Rwanda deportation Plan B

The PM is under pressure from the Tory right to ‘disapply’ human rights law – but moderates are outraged

The Independent UK

A year on from Qatar, this is the real legacy of the 2022 World Cup

After the most controversial World Cup in history, Qatar and Fifa have left a trail of empty words and broken promises, writes Miguel Delaney

The Independent UK

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A former Home Secretary and her dangerous legacy

The U.K. is a divided country whose views on human rights, conflict and multiculturalism are being tested on the touchstone of Westminster’s unflinching support for Israel in its war against Hamas.

The Hindu

Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan

No 10 has discussed possibility of ‘disapplying’ key human rights law to emergency bill to head off legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

‘Lack of queer representation in legal, political, and legislative spheres correlated to non-existence of queer-friendly laws’

In light of the recent Supreme Court judgment refusing the legalisation of same-sex marriage, Ondede, a Bengaluru-based human rights organisation focused on queer advocacy, held a public lecture on ‘Constitution and Political Representation for Transgender and Sexual Minorities Community in India;

The Hindu

Jeremy Hunt backs Sunak's bid to save failed Rwanda deportation plan

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has backed Rishi Sunak's pursuit to save his Rwanda deportation plan without having to leave the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt insists ‘phenomenal’ Rishi Sunak will save failed Rwanda plan

Government will ‘succeed’ in getting flights going by next year, claims chancellor

The Independent UK

Rights groups back Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr over court costs

Reporter’s legal team argues that excessive costs awarded to Brexit backer violates her right to journalistic freedom of expression and will take case to European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

The Guardian - UK

Sexual abuse of women with learning disabilities in Scotland ‘ignored for too long’

36-YEAR-OLD Amelia – not her real name to protect her anonymity – says she has been abused throughout her life.

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The Guardian - UK

‘These are biblical lands promised to us’: Jewish settlers in West Bank hope Gaza conflict will help their cause

Human rights groups say settlers, empowered by their right-wing government, are exploiting the Israel-Hamas war

The Hindu

Human rights panel directs administration to help family in pitiable condition, seeks report

Kollam SHRC orders district admin to intervene and help 3-member family living in tarpaulin shed. West Kallada resident Shailaja and her two differently abled children have been living in pitiable conditions without support from panchayat. Delay in welfare pension has made medicines unaffordable. Volunteers have been providing support. KSHRC member…

The Independent UK

Sunak ‘considering Braverman plan to defy human rights law’ to save failed Rwanda policy

Tory right warns Sunak that failure to get flights off ground could mean ‘formal split’ of party

The Independent UK

El Salvador's Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president

The Miss Universe competition hosted by El Salvador is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation

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Human rights groups respond to whistleblower's pleas

Human rights advocates are calling on the attorney-general to intervene and stop a whistleblower who exposed allegations of war crimes from going to jail.

The Hindu

Prison officer accused of scalding prisoner, SHRC orders probe

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has registered a case following a complaint against a prison officer accused of scalding a remand prisoner using boiling water for raising an objection after finding a hair in his breakfast in the Poojappura Central Prison.

Reason

No Arbitration of Suit Alleging Stanford Internet Observatory et al. Collaborated with Government to Pressure Social Media Platforms

From Judge Terry Doughty's opinion yesterday in Hines v. Stamos (W.D. La.) (already being appealed), rejecting defendants' motion to compel arbitration: Hines is a … co-Director of Health Freedom Louisiana, a consumer and human rights advocacy organization. Hoft is … the founder, owner, and operator of the news website, The…

The Conversation

Black November: remembering Uganda's massacre of the opposition three years on

November marks a sombre anniversary in Uganda’s recent political history. In 2020, the east African country’s leading opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, was arrested. He was on the campaign trail ahead of the 2021 presidential elections.

Reason

Fund Ukraine's War Effort by Confiscating Russian Government Assets

The $300 billion in frozen Russian state assets in Western nations could fund a large part of Ukraine's defense.

The Independent UK

Live updates | With communications down, UNRWA warns there will be no aid deliveries across Rafah

Despite the dire need for humanitarian aid in Gaza, there would be no deliveries across the Rafah border crossing from Egypt on Friday, according to the communications director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees

The Guardian - AU

Dutton push for ‘migration zones’ for people released from immigration detention rejected as ‘stuff of tyranny’

The opposition leader ‘cannot create an island of freedom from the constitution of Australia’, Human Rights Law Centre saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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