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The ‘once-in-a-decade’ chance to transform the UK’s footprint on the world

IN FOCUS: With the UK saying that it wishes to become an ‘investor’ rather than a ‘donor’ in the era of foreign aid cuts, reforming UK supply chain laws could ensure that overseas investment maximises the benefits to people in developing countries. Nick Ferris reports

The Independent UK

Family of worker killed on Saudi World Cup site still waiting for compensation a year on

Lengthy delays in compensation are ‘emblematic’ of what many relatives of migrant workers go through in the Gulf kingdom, say rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Who is Hind Al-Owais? UAE human rights diplomat named in 469 Jeffrey Epstein emails

Newly released US Justice Department emails link Emirati diplomat Hind Al-Owais to Jeffrey Epstein in 469 exchanges from 2011-2012. While no charges are filed, the messages, including references to arranging social encounters and introducing her sister, have sparked debate given Epstein's sex trafficking convictions. The files are unverified, and Al-Owais…

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If you live in public housing, what rights do you have to stay in your home?

Around 544,000 people live in public housing in Australia. And there’s huge demand for more: 169,000 households are waiting for public housing, up almost 10% from a decade earlier.

The Conversation

UK-India FTA gets compared to ‘bag of soggy poppadums’ in House of Commons debate

UK MPs across parties criticized the UK-India FTA in the House of Commons, citing concerns over services, National Insurance evasion, delayed tariff reductions for British goods, and a lack of enforceable human rights clauses. Critics warned of cheap imports and the potential impact on British workers, particularly concerning the double…

The Times of India

Activists in Ghana are forcing extractive firms to account for the harm they cause – corporate abuse study

Ghana has a long history of resource extraction that has caused socioeconomic and ecological harm. The mining of gold, stones, sand and salt has displaced people, polluted the environment and destroyed livelihoods. It’s commonly believed that this continues to happen, with impunity.

The Conversation

Was the violent Sydney protest avoidable, and what can police and demonstrators learn?

The police role as a “thin blue line” between public order and chaos was tested in Sydney’s CBD on Monday night.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi sentenced to fresh jail term in Iran

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has received over seven additional years in prison, alongside a two-year travel ban and internal exile, according to her lawyer. The Iranian activist, already incarcerated, is reportedly on a hunger strike. This latest sentence follows her persistent campaigning against the regime's human rights abuses, including the…

The Times of India

‘Bringing them to justice’: Bangladesh seeks UN help to probe killing of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi

Bangladesh's interim government has formally requested UN human rights assistance for a fair probe into student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's killing. Hadi, a prominent protest figure, died after being shot during an election event. Dhaka police filed charges against 17, alleging political vengeance linked to the Awami League, a claim…

The Times of India

ANU keeps award for ex-PM guilty of human rights crimes

A former leader has been charged, tried and convicted of crimes against humanity in the time the ANU has taken to review but not act on her honorary degree.

AAP

UK and France asylum deal could violate human rights laws, warns UN

Experts identify potentially serious breaches over treatment of people and call for ‘one in, one out’ scheme to end

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Why a growing number of experts say Israel is practising apartheid

In today’s newsletter: As Gaza’s crossings reopen only partially and displacement accelerates in the West Bank, claims of systematic domination are being made by human rights groups, legal scholars and former Israeli officials

The Guardian - UK

Constraining rights laws over migration sets dangerous precedent, watchdog says

The head of Europe's leading human rights organisation warned that reviewing human rights to deal with migration challenges could become a Pandora's box.

Euronews

What a Human Rights Watch report says about the economic toll of backsliding rights in Asia

A report by Human Rights Watch says backsliding on protections is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams

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UN human rights chief warns of impunity for perpetrators as he seeks extra funds

The U.N. human rights chief says his office is in “survival mode” as he presented an appeal for $400 million to meet its estimated needs this year

The Independent UK

Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from US detention after being granted asylum

Guan Heng, a Chinese asylum seeker who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released after more than five months in federal detention

The Conversation

‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects

Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago and other U.S. cities show masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents in military-style gear pointing weapons at people protesting or observing immigration enforcement actions. These are not typical firearms; they are riot control agents, and they emit cascades of projectiles or…

Radio France Internationale

Sudan conflict worsening with mass killings and famine, HRW warns

Sudan’s war has been marked by mass killings, famine and the deliberate blocking of aid as rival forces carried out war crimes across the country, Human Rights Watch said, while the United Nations warned the conflict has become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

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Evening Standard

Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC

The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.

Evening Standard

No automatic breach of rights from trans women in female prisons, court told

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the current policy on transgender prisoners.

AAP

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia has again failed to curb refugee abuses and rampant discrimination, including against Indigenous people, in its human rights report card.

The Guardian - UK

Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order

Times Life

He Lost His Family, His Youth and 20 Years of Life - The Court Finally Set Him Free

In early 2026, a clip began circulating widely on social media. It shows a man stepping out of prison and breaking down, unable to hold back his tears. For many viewers, it looked like another fleeting viral moment - raw, emotional, unsettling. But behind that moment is a story far…

The Guardian - UK

‘Supermax-style units’ for most dangerous criminals to be introduced in England and Wales

David Lammy also tells MPs he will draw up legislation to stop prisoners using human rights laws to challenge tougher conditions

Evening Standard

RE provision in NI to be reviewed but ‘Christianity will remain central’ – Givan

It comes after a Supreme Court judgment that Christian religious education at schools in the region does not comply with human rights standards.

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