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‘They abuse us’: Female workers making Fifa World Cup merchandise face systemic harm, says report

The report, by human rights organisation Equidem, involves distressing testimonies from workers detailing verbal abuse and the illegal denial of worksite childcare and maternity leave

The Independent UK

Ministers split on commitment to human rights treaty over small boat crossings

Reports suggest eight Cabinet ministers are among the senior Tories who could campaign to leave the ECHR.

The Independent UK

Tory rift after Rishi Sunak backs Lee Anderson over migrant f-word slur

‘Foul language’ will turn off floating voters and risks ‘making the Tories the even nastier party’ says Grieve

The Independent UK

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Ro Khanna to raise human rights issues during India visit, say U.S. civil rights organisations

This week, Ro Khanna announced that he would lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to India that had been invited to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s annual Independence Day speech at the Red Fort on August 15. During the visit, the delegation will meet PM Modi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar…

The Hindu

Iraq water crisis could have regional consequences, UN human rights chief warns

The United Nations’ human rights chief has warned that Iraq’s water crisis could affect other countries in the region

The Independent UK

How the Saudi Arabian takeover changed Newcastle United

Staff morale has improved and the women’s team have been made fully professional – but there is still a deafening silence on human rights issues

The Guardian - UK

Sending UK asylum seekers to Ascension Island is a legal non-starter – if the government really is planning to do it

As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – a remote piece of land in the Atlantic Ocean inhabited by fewer than 900 people. This idea was…

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El Salvador’s controversial crackdown on gangs

Human rights groups may be raising the alarm over El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on gang violence, but the policy is winning huge support for the country’s young president both at home and abroad.

The Week

The ECHR, why it is back in the spotlight and the implications of the UK leaving

The UK may leave a major international human rights agreement to help tackle small boats crossing the English Channel.

The Independent UK

UK would be outlier with Russia if it left ECHR, Law Society says

Robert Jenrick had said government would do ‘whatever is necessary’ to stop small boat crossings

The Guardian - UK

Sophie Trevitt’s indomitable spirit and deep commitment to equity will continue to shape the world she left behind

The solicitor and advocate for social justice brought her fierce intelligence to fight for climate action and the rights of incarcerated Indigenous children

The Guardian - AU

The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid

The second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is fast approaching. Since then, Afghan women have been denied the most basic human rights in what can only be described as gender apartheid.

The Conversation

‘Now the tyrant’s abuse will continue’: Uganda’s president under attack over closure of UN human rights office

Forced closure described as ‘a huge blow’ to human rights as country fosters hostile environment for activists, journalists and LGBTQ+ people

The Guardian - UK

U.S. has been raising human rights concerns with India, will continue to do so: official

U.S. regularly raises human rights concerns with India, incl. Christian persecution. India trashes allegations as based on "misinformation". Ahead of Biden's visit, U.S. State Dept. Spox. says they'll continue to have frank exchanges on issues of concern.

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The Independent UK

Migrants kept off Bibby Stockholm barge after legal challenges – charity

Human rights campaigners have condemned using the barge to house asylum seekers.

The Guardian - US

Eritrean festival canceled by Toronto following outbreaks of violence

Clashes were latest in string of global skirmishes that have drawn scrutiny to human rights abuses in Eritrea

France 24

Sudanese shocked by video of man’s murder sent to his WhatsApp contacts

The friends and family of a missing man in Khartoum discovered he had been murdered when the murderers sent a gruesome video of his body to all of his WhatsApp contacts. The man’s family believe that the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces was behind the killing – as the…

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh to tone down ‘draconian’ digital security law

Law minister says law will be replaced by another legislation which will remove sections that were allegedly misused.

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The Conversation

New neurotechnology is blurring the lines around mental privacy – but are new human rights the answer?

Neurotechnologies – devices that interact directly with the brain or nervous system – were once dismissed as the stuff of science fiction. Not anymore.

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seeker who escaped from Iran says Dorset barge will be another ‘jail’

Human rights lawyer says he has been unable to sleep in anticipation of move to Bibby Stockholm

The Guardian - UK

Project to tattoo human rights declaration on 6,773 people comes to UK

International art project will visit Manchester, where 30 people will be tattooed with one letter of 1948 UN document

The Guardian - US

Kenya’s offer to send police to Haiti sparks human rights concerns

Groups say move could worsen country’s security crisis given police force’s poor human rights record

The Hindu

Kerala should be alert to attempts to trigger communal frenzy, says human rights movement

The State committee meeting of the Indian Human Rights Movement has accused the Sangh Parivar forces of engineering fascism across the country against the backdrop of the months-long communal violence in Manipur and the violence in Haryana over the past few days.

Zenger

Catalan Politician’s Case Accepted By ECHR, Spain To Answer For Alleged Persecution

Spain to face European Court of Human Rights over alleged persecution of Catalan Parliament's Bureau

The Independent UK

U.N. group says people abused by late Japanese boy band producer deserve apologies and compensation

The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations

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