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Situation in Gaza is 'apocalyptic', UN human rights chief tells FRANCE 24

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the UN high commissioner for human rights expressed deep concern about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, describing the situation as "apocalyptic". Volker Türk denounced "grave breaches of international humanitarian law" in Gaza, citing the Israeli blockade of the territory and the use…

France 24

Sunak insists Tories not a ‘joke’ on Rwanda as PM forced to plead with Labour to back plan

Embattled PM says he won’t expel Tory MPs voting against his new Rwanda bill

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak hit by growing warnings of 'oblivion' for Tories gripped by civil war over immigration

Robert Jenrick said new legislation to stop small boats ‘does not go far enough’

Evening Standard

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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori freed from prison on humanitarian grounds

Fujimori, 85, was serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the slayings of 25 Peruvians by death squads in the 1990s.

WEKU

Human rights warning over detention laws crack down

Freed immigration detainees subject to new preventative detention orders could have their human rights violated, legal experts warn.

AAP

Iran Slammed For Alarming Number Of Executions

In the first 10 months of 2023, more than 600 people have been sentenced to death and executed in Iran.

International Business Times UK

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is freed from prison on humanitarian grounds

Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori has been released from prison on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release

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US Finds War Crimes And Ethnic Cleansing In Sudan War

The United States said Wednesday that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict and alleged a new ethnic cleansing campaign in scarred Darfur.

International Business Times

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick quits after new Rwanda legislation unveiled

PM warned of possible 'death knell' for his leadership as he faces rebellion from right wing of his party over his 'emergency legislation'

Evening Standard

International court urges Peru not to release ex-president Fujimori from jail

Country’s highest court orders freeing of Alberto Fujimori as Inter-American court points to conviction of human rights crimes

The Guardian - US

How to encourage China to become a law-abiding member of the rules-based international order

Like many nations, China’s relationship to the rules-based international order has often featured a selective adherence to those rules and a focus on its own interests, sometimes resulting in violating international laws when they’re at odds with Chinese goals.

The Conversation

UK publishes emergency bill to allow deportation plan to Rwanda

The UK’s immigration minister has resigned after the government published a bill declaring Rwanda a safe country.

Al Jazeera

Robert Jenrick resigns as immigration minister over Rwanda bill in huge blow to Sunak

Rishi Sunak’s premiership in complete turmoil as he fails to quell right-wing revolt with his new Rwanda legislation

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak's Tories in chaos as new Rwanda plans sparks resignation

RISHI Sunak has enflamed anger on the Tory right by shunning the most hardline option with his legislation aimed at reviving the…

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Evening Standard

Sunak risks angering Tory right by avoiding most hardline Rwanda legislation as draft bill unveiled

The draft Bill does not go as far as providing powers to dismiss the European Convention on Human Rights, as hardliners including sacked home secretary Suella Braverman have demanded

The Independent UK

British government plans to ignore part of UK's human rights law to revive its Rwanda asylum plan

The British government has published legislation that will let it ignore a part of the U.K.'s human rights laws in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda

The Guardian - UK

Life without Iranian activist Mohammadi ‘constant struggle’, says family

Narges Mohammadi, who won peace prize for her activism against oppression of women in Iran, is in prison in Tehran

The Guardian - UK

‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering EU, says study

Calls for legislation after dozens of brands identified as being at risk of sourcing materials linked to China’s transfer programmes

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s bill aims to block UK human rights law to save Rwanda scheme

Emergency legislation stops short of leaving European convention on human rights and will infuriate Tory hard right

Radio France Internationale

China says EU's export policies don't 'make sense'

China said Wednesday European Union export policies towards Beijing do not "make sense", on the eve of a high-level summit in the Chinese capital, that will take place over to days from December 7-8.

The Guardian - UK

Tories face ‘electoral oblivion’ unless Rwanda flights go ahead, says Braverman

Former home secretary urges PM to block all human rights laws used to halt deportation flights

The Hindu

NHRC urged for withdrawal of cases against Sompeta thermal plant agitators

Andhra Pradesh Backward Classes’ Association State general secretary Beena Dhilli Rao on December 6 (Wednesday) urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHARC) to ensure justice for the 723 persons who were unable to get passports, government jobs and other benefits owing to pending criminal cases against them. Criminal cases were…

International Business Times

Gazans Living In 'Utter, Deepening Horror': UN

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror", the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Latin Times

Peru Court Orders 'Immediate' Release Of Imprisoned Ex-President Fujimori

As per the new ruling, the court has ordered the state prison agency to release Alberto Fujimori "on the same day."

The Independent UK

Sunak rules out quitting ECHR as Braverman attacks PM in Commons speech

PM has been warned of rebellion by Tory MPs on both left and right – and possible resignations – over plans to get around human rights law

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