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Nigeria panel conducting army probe says it will refer rights violators for prosecution

A special Nigerian human rights panel began investigating on Tuesday Reuters reports that the army massacred children and ran a secret abortion programme when fighting Islamist insurgents and said it would refer for prosecution those it considered guilty of rights violations.

Reuters

Welsh Government plan to make it easier to change gender in Wales

The Welsh Government has unveiled its LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales, which aims to strengthen equality and human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in Wales

Wales Online

Nigerian rights panel, underfunded and overmatched, begins probe of powerful military

A special panel named by Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission launched an investigation Tuesday into recent Reuters reports on rights abuses by the country’s army. Those familiar with the commission’s past work say it faces stiff challenges.

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Rwanda-backed rebels stirring ethnic divisions in DR Congo, HRW says

In tonight's edition: Human rights investigators accuse M23 rebels operating in eastern DR Congo of terrorising communities with summary executions. Also, the UN slams Mali's expulsion of the MINUSMA mission's human rights chief in the country. Finally, even though female genital mutilation has been banned in Ivory Coast since 1998,…

France 24

UK would be global pariah like Russia if Sunak pulls out of ECHR, Tories warn

PM told he would be in ‘inglorious company’ of dictator by pulling out of post-World War II convention

The Independent UK

U.N. mission still committed to Mali despite human rights chief expulsion

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Monday said it remained committed to its mandate despite the expulsion of the head of its human rights division over the weekend.

Reuters

Should older teens be able to access voluntary assisted dying? ACT consultation on laws begins

The government will consider whether voluntary assisted dying could be available to older teenagers.

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Head of UN human rights mission expelled from Mali

The head of the human rights division of the United Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been declared persona non-grata by the Malian authorities. Guillaume Andali has been asked to leave the country by 7 February. The government accuses him of bias.

Radio France Internationale

No 10 insists 'no plan' to ditch European rights rules amid rebellion of Tory MPs

DOWNING Street has insisted there are “no plans” for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after reports to the…

The National (Scotland)

No 10 says ‘no plans’ to withdraw from ECHR over small boats crackdown plan

It follows reports suggesting the PM is ‘willing to reconsider’ being part of the human rights convention should European judges oppose his proposals.

The Independent UK

Tory slams Rishi Sunak's 'phoney war' against European human rights rules

Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts

Daily Mirror

Top Tory admits to spat with 'robust' Dominic Raab who 'tried to get him sacked'

Dominic Raab, who is facing a bullying probe, reportedly tried to get his fellow Tory Sir Robert Buckland fired last August after Sir Robert publicly attacking his plans to tear up human rights legislation

Daily Mirror

‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police

As human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees, we speak to some of those who claim to have suffered at the hands of state security forces

The Guardian - UK

Mali expels U.N. mission's human rights chief

The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he had been declared persona non grata.

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Tory MPs to push for UK exit from European convention on human rights

Reports say Rishi Sunak is considering proposal, backed by several ministers, to allow crackdown on migration

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘prepared to withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights’

PM said to be keen to ‘push boundaries of what is legally possible’ in removing migrants

The National (Scotland)

'We will oppose any attempt to take Scotland out of ECHR', SNP say

SNP MPs will oppose any attempts by the UK Government to remove the country from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the party’s…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak prepared to take UK out of European Convention on Human Rights

RISHI Sunak is prepared to consider taking the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) amid an anticipated spike in migrant…

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Reports on racism raise challenges in election year

Two reports on racism in New Zealand released by the Human Rights Commission land at a time when political rhetoric around racism is escalating again.

Daily Record

Female prison guards ordered to strip search dangerous trans Scots convict Tiffany Scott

Staff at Low Moss male prison claim their human rights went "out the window".

Tribune News Service

Durham civil rights, social justice activist to be featured on US quarter

Pauli Murray, the groundbreaking human rights activist who spent much of her early life in Durham, will be featured on United States quarters in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced Wednesday.

Reuters

U.N. rights rapporteur urges release of detained Afghan education activist

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights called on Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Friday to release a university lecturer and education activist detained by security forces in the capital Kabul.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Rights Chief Concerned about Israel’s Moves amid Violence

The UN human rights chief expressed concerns Friday that steps taken by the new Israeli government, the most far-right in the country’s history, could fuel further violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the wake of a recent spike in bloodshed in the region. Volker Türk cited steps such…

The Independent UK

UN rights chief concerned about Israel's moves amid violence

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concerns that steps taken by the new Israeli government, the most far-right in the country's history, could fuel further violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the wake of a recent spike in bloodshed in the region

Al Jazeera

Kenyan policemen get sentences for murder of human rights lawyer

The murder of human rights lawyer Willie Kimani set off protests in Kenya, where police are often accused of brutality.

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