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Foreign states including repressive regimes pay peers over £3m in two years

Middle East nations among those to have paid 27 members of Lords for work such as consultancy and legal advice

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar junta’s promise of elections denounced as ‘sham’ by experts

There are fears military will deploy further violence in run-up to any poll, which is unlikely to be viewed as credible

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper Told Migrants Must Face Tough New Rules to Solve Border Crisis

Foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers are dodging deportation by taking advantage of “vaguely worded” human rights laws.

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Entire families reportedly killed in fighting in north-west Syria, UN says

Human rights commissioner calls for investigation into ‘extremely disturbing’ attacks in Latakia province

The Guardian - UK

How school systems can honour the human rights of people with disabilities

In Canada, ongoing advocacy efforts from disabled communities have resulted in an evolution of education over time. Generally speaking, “inclusive education” promises the equitable inclusion of disabled students in kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) schools.

The Conversation

Tories in 'reprehensible' bid to strip migrants of human rights

The Tories have announced a bid to strip migrants of their human rights in challenging deportations -in a move critics have branded…

The National (Scotland)

Use of Human Rights Act in immigration cases ‘out of control’, Conservatives say

The Tories announced they would table an amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

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Syria violence leaves more than 1,000 dead in two days of brutal revenge attacks

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 745 civilians were killed

Evening Standard

Conservatives to push for Human Rights Act to not apply to immigration decisions

The party has tabled an amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

The Independent UK

Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from US into limbo following human rights criticism

Panama has released dozens of migrants deported from the United States who were held for weeks in a remote camp on the condition that they would leave the Central American nation in 30 days

The Independent UK

Council of Europe says Switzerland not doing enough to comply with landmark climate decision

Switzerland has not shown it is meeting the requirements of a landmark climate change decision from Europe’s highest human rights court

The Independent UK

‘They are coming because they are persecuted’: UN special rapporteur calls on UK to open up to more Afghan refugees

INTERVIEW: Richard Bennett tells Arpan Rai Afghans escaping Taliban rule to Britain are classic examples of refugees

The Independent UK

Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win

Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court’s ruling on emissions

The Guardian - UK

US says multiple offers were made to resettle Uyghurs before Thailand deported them back to China

The State Department says the United States and other countries made repeated offers to Thailand to resettle more than three dozen Uyghur men before they were deported back to China, where rights groups fear they may face torture and other abuse

The Independent UK

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Aid carve-outs for human rights sanctions endorsed

A parliamentary human rights committee has recommended reforms to Australia's sanctions regime to make it easier for aid organisations to operate.

The Conversation

Bridget Jones’s husband must die – how the women of our rom coms must lose love to find it again

In the first three Bridget Jones films, the eponymous chaotic heroine has been on a seemingly endless quest to not be single. We have watched her win, lose and secure again the heart of buttoned-up human rights lawyer Mark Darcy. Sadly, the cycle must continue, and in the newest and…

The Guardian - US

Revealed: Israeli military creating ChatGPT-like tool using vast collection of Palestinian surveillance data

The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes

The Independent UK

China’s conviction of 1,500 prisoners of conscience a ‘crime against humanity’

Report by rights group claims Beijing disproportionately targets women activists, Tibetans and Uyghurs through arbitrary detention

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Lithuania Quits Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty Despite Outrage

Lithuania on Thursday quit an international convention banning cluster bombs, citing security concerns over neighbouring Russia in a move that has drawn criticism from human rights groups.

The Conversation

Consumer resistance is rising in the age of Trump. History shows how boycotts can be effective

Boycotts are back. With people worried about everything from labour practices and human rights to tariffs and equal opportunity initiatives, collective consumer resistance has been rising globally.

The Conversation

Police in Northern Ireland unlawfully spied on journalists – this is not how covert policing is meant to work

At the end of last year, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (an independent judiciary body) made a shocking landmark judgement. The tribunal found that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Metropolitan Police had unlawfully conducted surveillance into two investigative journalists.

The Independent UK

Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, presenting their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

Al Jazeera

‘A mockery’: Mass trial begins in Tunisia of political opponents

Human rights groups denounce trials as further evidence of a crackdown on opposition by President Kais Saied.

The National (Scotland)

Oil giant behind Rosebank faces investigation over Palestine human rights concerns

One of the fossil fuel giants behind the controversial Rosebank development is being investigated over human rights concerns in Palestine...

Al Jazeera

‘Very worrying’: Fear stalks Kenya as dozens of government critics abducted

Rights groups blame ‘state agents’ for abductions of more than 80 people since June 2024, with dozens still missing.

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