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The Guardian view on the Qatar World Cup one year on: a shadowed legacy

Editorial: Impressive rhetoric and limited reform did not change the game for vulnerable and exploited migrant workers

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners call on EU leaders to veto ‘costly and cruel’ changes to migration law

Human rights organisations demand ‘more access to legal aid, asylum, medical and social support for people in need’

The Guardian - UK

China rights activist goes on trial for ‘inciting subversion of state power’

US congressional commission has called for Li Qiaochu’s release, citing reports she needs urgent medical treatment

The Guardian - UK

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Meta Urged to Preserve 'Valuable Posts' Amid Middle East Conflict

Meta's Oversight Board has urged the company to overturn decisions made to remove certain posts related to the Israel-Hamas conflict, arguing that they off...

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HRW: Israel starving Gaza civilians

Israeli forces are blocking aid — and "systematically razed" farmland across Gaza, watchdog group reports

Salon

UN expert expresses concern as Russian opposition leader Navalny disappears in prison system

The United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Russia says she is concerned about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

The Independent UK

After 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains

The world’s first conference on the abolition of torture drew more than 300 delegates representing over 70 countries and international organizations. It opened with the news that the United Nations General Assembly had passed a resolution condemning torture, along with a personal message from the U.N. secretary general.

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Israel Bombs Gaza Amid Accusation It Is 'Starving' Palestinians

Israel kept up heavy bombing of Gaza on Monday as it faced accusations from a human rights group that it is deliberately starving Palestinians in its campaign sparked by the October 7 Hamas attacks.

International Business Times

Israel accused of wielding starvation as a weapon of war against Gaza

Human Rights Watch urges world to speak out against ‘abhorrent war crime’. Israel brands the NGO ‘anti-Semitic’.

Al Jazeera

Navalny 'Disappearance' Alarms UN Expert

A United Nations rights expert said Monday that the "enforced disappearance" of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was alarming, demanding that Moscow immediately release him.

International Business Times

Belarusian Activist Reveals Torture in Lukashenko's Political Prisons

Leanid Sudalenka recounts his harrowing experience in a Belarusian penal colony. He reveals brutal conditions faced by political prisoners.

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Belarus political prisoners face abuse, no medical care and isolation, former inmate says

A human rights activist imprisoned for three years in Belarus accused authorities of holding political prisoners in conditions amounting to “torture.”

The Independent UK

Baillie Gifford urged to divest from firms linked to illegal Israeli settlements

An investment firm that sponsors Scottish cultural organisations invests in companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, The…

The National (Scotland)

Saudi Arabia wants to host the Women’s World Cup – but should it?

Going from being unable to sponsor the Women’s World Cup to hosting it in just a couple of years would be a huge boon to the kingdom’s image

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The Independent UK

Security videos show Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range. The army opens a probe

The Israeli military says it is investigating the killing of two Palestinians in the West Bank after soldiers were caught on camera shooting down the men at close range when they did not appear to pose a threat

International Business Times

Lafarge Faces Civil Suit In US Led By Yazidi Nobel Laureate

The civil suit, filed in a New York court by attorneys that include human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, references a $778 million US Department of Justice.

Cinemablend

‘My Life Was Threatened’: Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey Was Harassed By A Man In A Coffee Shop Over LGBTQ+ Rights During A DC Visit

Fellow Travelers star Jonathan Bailey details how he was threatened while Washington, D.C. to support The Human Rights Campaign.

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders demands answers on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ Gaza bombing

Senator proposes resolution to investigate ‘humanitarian cataclysm … being done with American bombs and money’

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The Independent UK

International court rules against Guatemala in landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case

Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost two decades ago, according to a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

International Business Times

Countries Risk 'Paying Polluters' Billions To Regulate For Climate: UN Expert

An "explosion" of multibillion-dollar claims by fossil fuel and extractive firms through shadowy investment tribunals is blocking action on climate and nature, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Environment has warned, with developing nations increasingly targeted.

The Independent UK

Hague court rejects bid to ban transfer to Israel of F-35 fighter jet parts from Dutch warehouse

A Dutch court has rejected a request by a group of human rights organizations to order a halt to the transfer to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets

International Business Times

Dutch Court Clears Export Of F-35 Parts To Israel

The Netherlands can continue to deliver parts for F-35 fighter jets being used by Israel in the Gaza Strip, after a Dutch court Friday threw out a case brought by a group of human rights organisations.

The Independent UK

China defends bounties offered for Hong Kong dissidents abroad

China has defended controversial cash bounties offered for Hong Kong dissidents who have fled abroad that have been heavily criticized by foreign governments and human rights groups

The Guardian - US

Senator demands answers on reports of Meta censoring pro-Palestinian content

Elizabeth Warren sends terse letter to Mark Zuckerberg, citing human rights organizations and Wall Street Journal report

Newslaundry

Truth commission in Kashmir: Peace vs justice, and a memory palace’s ruins

It may seem odd to think that peace can be without justice, or justice without truth. But that may depend entirely on what one thinks justice should be.

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