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‘Need answers’: Will Sri Lanka’s Tamils find war closure under Dissanayake?

Tamils commemorating loved ones lost or ‘disappeared’ during the civil war are still waiting for answers.

Al Jazeera

‘Human rights disaster’: ‘ICE Barbie’ Kristi Noem celebrates victory, as court further ruins America’s reputation

Trump officials are keeping it classy on social media.

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Why El Salvador President Bukele's foreign agents law is fueling democratic concerns

Human rights organizations, politicians and experts have sharply criticized a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress this week that seeks to limit foreign influence and corruption

The Independent UK

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Nine EU countries seek European human rights convention's rethink on migration

In an open letter spearheaded by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen, nine leaders have called for a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Euronews

U2's Bono speaks out against Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli 'far-right fundamentalists'

Bono spoke out against Hamas and called for Israel to be "released from Benjamin Netanyahu" in plea to "stop war" during the Ivor Novello Awards in London. His comments mark the first time the human rights activist has spoken out in public against the Israeli prime minister.

Euronews

9 EU countries want a new interpretation of European rights to ease deportations

Leaders of 9 European Union countries say they want a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights in order to better tackle irregular migration to the continent and effectively increase deportations

The Independent UK

Italy, Other EU States Urge Rethink On European Rights Convention

Italy and eight other EU states, including Denmark and Poland, published an open letter Thursday urging a rethink of how the European Convention of Human Rights is interpreted, especially on migration.

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GeoGuessr withdraws from Esports World Cup following furious blowback from the community over Saudi Arabia's human rights record

The move comes one day after multiple GeoGuessr mapmakers rendered their work unplayable in protest of the game's participation in the EWC.

PC Gamer

UN experts sound alarm over trans rights in UK after Supreme Court ruling

WARNINGS from United Nations experts that a landmark Supreme Court’s ruling on trans rights will “marginalise” the community should be a…

The National (Scotland)

Case of mother who died during forced sterilisation in Peru to be heard in court

Celia Ramos was one of thousands of women subjected to government’s brutal policy in the 1990s. A ruling by the inter-American court of human rights could open way for reparations

The Guardian - UK

Activists accuse major bank of suppressing protest over controversial African oil pipeline

The 11 activists, who are still detained in prison, are the latest arrests of protesters against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

The Independent UK

‘Warzone’: Why Indian forces have launched a deadly assault on Maoists

Rebels fighting against mining and militarisation outnumbered by over 40,000 forces deployed in Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

Al Jazeera

UN warns of 'ongoing tragedy' as Indigenous groups in Colombia face extinction

The United Nations human rights office in Colombia says that five Indigenous groups in northern Colombia’s storied mountain range face “physical and cultural” extinction

The Independent UK

North Korean defectors urge the UN to hold the country's leader accountable for rights abuses

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross human rights violations

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Saudi Arabia’s head of human rights dispels the Western misconception around the region’s school segregation

“Many of the educated women you see today, including myself, would not be sitting here," H.E. Dr. Hala bint Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri said on stage at Fortune's Most Powerful Women International Summit.

Evening Standard

EHRC says people could be asked for birth certificates to prove biological sex

The consultation period was extended from two weeks to six ‘in light of the level of public interest’, the Equality and Human Rights Commission said.

Euronews

Salvadoran lawyer and Bukele critic Ruth López arrested

Rights group have condemned the move and have expressed concern that the attorney's whereabouts are still not known.

AAP

'Underclass of Australians': youth crime laws slammed

The United Nations has taken aim at a state government's youth crime crackdown, saying it threatens to create an "underclass of Australians".

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The Guardian - US

Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested

Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago

International Business Times

El Salvador Arrests Rights Lawyer Helping Deported Migrants

Police in El Salvador have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer with an organization helping families of imprisoned Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the United States, authorities said Monday.

The Independent UK

Ecuador to host Indigenous summit seeking enforcement of court's human rights rulings

Indigenous leaders from across Latin America are gathering in Sarayaku, Ecuador, to discuss enforcing Inter-American Court rulings affirming their territorial rights

Euronews

Kremlin outlaws Amnesty International amid ongoing crackdown on dissent

Russian authorities branded the leading human rights NGO an "undesirable organisation," criminalising cooperating or supporting the group.

Al Jazeera

Moscow outlaws Amnesty International for ‘Russophobia’ amid Ukraine war

Amnesty International said the decision taken by Moscow is part of its ‘broader effort to silence dissent’.

The Conversation

Seven countries in Latin America where human rights are taking the biggest hit

Latin America is undergoing one of its most profound human rights crises in decades. The region’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, from mass surveillance and arbitrary arrests to political repression, enforced disappearances and impunity for state violence.

Euronews

Tens of thousands protest in The Hague to demand Dutch government action on Gaza war

Human rights groups and aid agencies — including Amnesty International, Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders — estimated the peaceful crowd at more than 100,000 people.

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