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How Canada’s ‘off-the-record’ arms exports end up in Israel

Advocates say Canada is flouting international obligations by allowing arms shipments to Israel via the United States.

Al Jazeera

‘My family held a funeral for me’: Bangladesh’s ‘disappeared’ emerge from secret prisons

Exclusive: Indigenous rights activist Michael Chakma is among the first to be released after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, but hundreds are still unaccounted for

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian rights group calls for closure of ‘Israeli torture camps’

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights says 2,650 Palestinians taken from Gaza since October remain in Israeli custody.

Al Jazeera

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Briton dies before clearing name after 38 years in US jails for murders he denied

Body of Kris Maharaj, who died in Florida prison hospital despite judge finding him innocent, will be taken to UK by his wife for burial

The Guardian - UK

‘Fierce repression’ of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says

Human rights investigators say ‘escalating’ crackdown has seen 23 deaths and over 100 children and teens detained

The Guardian - US

UN rights chief concerned about arbitrary detentions and excessive force in Venezuela's crackdown

The United Nations’ top human rights official has expressed concern over arbitrary detentions and “disproportionate use of force” in Venezuela as security forces crack down after the country’s disputed presidential election

The Independent UK

UN condemns Houthi seizure of office in Yemen’s Sanaa

The Yemeni group seizes UN Human Rights Office in the capital Sanaa as it extends a crackdown on foreign organisations.

Al Jazeera

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NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of Kolkata doctor rape, murder case

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took a suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of a second-year PG student of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata. Read further on Dynamite News:

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US Lifts Restrictions On Saudi Weapons, With Eye On Resolving Gaza

More than three years after imposing limits on human rights grounds over Saudi strikes in Yemen, the State Department said it would return to weapons sales "in regular order, with appropriate congressional notification and consultation."

Latin Times

Houthis Seize UN Office In Yemen Amid Crackdown

Houthi rebels seize U.N. Human Rights Office in Yemen, escalating crackdown on U.N. and aid organizations amid conflict.

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State Department Satisfied With Israeli Efforts To Address Rights Abuses

State Department allows aid to Israeli military unit after addressing human rights abuses in the West Bank.

The Independent UK

The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated

The United Nations is imposing the rule of law on cyberspace with a new global deal requiring a crackdown on the illegal misuse of computer technology

The Independent UK

UN rights office decries 'alarmingly high' number of executions in Iran: 29 over two days this week

The U.N. human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week

Al Jazeera

‘Everything is legitimate’: Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape

Israeli society is divided over arrest of 10 soldiers for brutal gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner caught on video.

The Independent UK

Head of Nobel-winning rights group says Russia sliding back toward Stalinist times under Putin

Freed last week in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, Orlov is now forced into exile – just like Soviet dissidents of his youth

Fortune

Judges, courts, and lawyers are going wild for AI. Now the UN wants to rein it in

A UN agency is creating formal guidelines for AI in the legal world to ensure its use aligns with the fundamental principles of justice, human rights, and the rule of law.

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