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Outrage As Iran Executes German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd

Iran on Monday executed 69-year-old German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd after years in captivity, media in the Islamic Republic said, sparking outrage in Germany and beyond.

International Business Times

German-Iranian National Executed In Iran For Terrorism Offences

German-Iranian national executed in Iran for terrorism offenses, drawing global criticism and raising human rights concerns.

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GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy – it doesn’t reflect the health of people or the planet

Economics and economic policy need a rethink. This is clear from the scale of inequality, joblessness, insecurity and environmental disasters we see in the world.

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TV tonight: Ben Wheatley’s starry zombie horror about the old eating the young

Generation Z is a gory but smart new series with a top cast. Plus, a startling investigation into Saudi Arabia’s human rights. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Chinese lawyer Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike over ‘ill-treatment’ in prison

Xu Zhiyong is serving 14 years in jail for ‘subversion of state power’

The Independent UK

UN Human Rights Chief Warns Of Potential Crimes In Gaza

UN human rights chief warns of potential crimes against humanity in northern Gaza due to Israeli military actions.

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Iranian Military Official Charged In Plot To Assassinate Journalist In New York

Ruhollah Bazghandi and six others are accused of scheming to kill Masih Alinejad, an outspoken critic of Iran and human rights activist

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Australia Rejects China's Accusations Of Systemic Racism

Australia's Prime Minister denies China's accusations of racism and hate crimes, highlighting human rights concerns and facing criticism over human rights ...

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Israel’s ‘war’ against the UN

Little is new in Israel’s current conflict with the international community in Gaza and Lebanon.

Al Jazeera

Human Rights Watch Urges Foreign Countries To Stop Arms Supply

Human Rights Watch program director raises concerns over foreign arms supplies to Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza conflict, urging concrete actions t...

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Australia's leader rejects Beijing's claims that his country is rife with 'racism and hate crimes'

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his country is “plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes” after an Australian diplomat led a group of Western nations in renewing concerns about human rights violations in China

The Independent UK

Albanese must not rush social media ban, human rights commissioner says

Ms Finlay criticised a 'piecemeal' approach to online reforms.

The Canberra Times

Venezuelan opposition leaders win EU parliament’s top human rights honor

Sakharov prize goes to María Corina Machado and Edmundo González after contested presidential election

The Guardian - US

China accuses Australia of ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘systemic racism’ after Uyghur abuses raised at UN

Australia issued a joint statement with 14 other countries at UN urging China to uphold human rights in Xinjiang and Tibet

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Journalist who exposed Cambodia’s scam industry released by authorities

Mech Dara, charged with incitement, freed on bail after video of him apologising to country’s leaders appears

The Independent UK

Afghan journalists fear country going dark as Taliban bans images of ‘living things’

Extreme restrictions on media workers mean life in Afghanistan – including human rights abuses – will go undocumented, journalists say

The Guardian - AU

Albanese dismisses Beijing’s claim Australia plagued by ‘systemic racism’ and ‘hate crimes’

China’s foreign ministry spokesperson accuses Canberra of double standards after Australia’s top diplomat raises human rights concerns

The Conversation

Human rights advocate Alexander Lapshin: No place to go, but still fighting for global freedom

Global freedom has been in decline for nearly two decades, according to Freedom House, an American non-profit organization devoted to supporting democracy around the world.

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Albanese rejects China’s claim that Australia plagued by ‘systemic racism’ – as it happened

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EU refuses to publish findings of Tunisia human rights inquiry

Inquiry preceded controversial migration deal linked to claims of abuse in increasingly authoritarian country

The Guardian - UK

Cop29 host Azerbaijan set for major fossil gas expansion, report says

Exclusive: Those with ‘interest in keeping world hooked on fossil fuels’ should not oversee climate talks, say report authors

Latin Times

Catholic Priest and Activist for Indigenous Peoples Murdered in Mexico Just After Celebrating Mass

According to data from Mexico's Federal Security Cabinet, almost 700 killings have taken place in Chiapas so far this year

The Conversation

‘They do not respect our land. They do not respect our people’. Brazil’s traditional people take on BHP in one of the world’s biggest class actions

Australian mining giant BHP is at the centre of one of the world’s largest class actions, the trial for which started this week in London.

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UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Israeli Strike On Beirut Hospital

UN human rights chief expresses concern over Israeli strike near Beirut hospital, emphasizing protection of civilians and healthcare facilities under inter...

The Independent UK

Richard N. Winfield, First Amendment lawyer and former AP counsel, dies at 91.

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