The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Starmer has economy as top priority on Saudi trip amid human rights concerns

Sir Keir Starmer was meeting Mohammad bin Salman on the latest leg of his Middle East trip.

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024

Head of UN human rights promises advice to FIFA and Saudi Arabia over 2034 World Cup issues

The United Nations’ top human rights official has pledged to try to ensure migrant labor standards in Saudi Arabia are “properly respected” around soccer's 2034 World Cup

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024

Tanzania opposition laments its ‘naivety’ over president as repression intensifies

Recent killings and arrests of government critics suggest end of reformist approach under Samia Suluhu Hassan, say political rivals

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2024

Starmer to meet Saudi crown prince in push for infrastructure cash

Wooing of Mohammed bin Salman controversial because of human rights concerns

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024

Fifa’s Infantino and Saudi Arabia 1, Football and human decency 0

The World Cup has never seemed quite so far from its founder’s ideals as it does now with the confirmation of the 2034 hosts

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024

Where to eat, drink and stay in Atlanta – Georgia’s sprawling cultural hub

There’s more to Atlanta than just sports and flight connections – Annabel Grossman explores the city’s neighbourhoods to find the best places to eat, drink, shop in the unofficial capital of the South

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2024

Battle lines drawn on controversial youth crime laws

Child advocates say "adult crime, adult time" laws will lead to more offending but victims say they have waited too long for action against young offenders.

AAP · Dec 6, 2024

Keir Starmer challenged on unearthed report HE WROTE amid silence on Gaza 'genocide'

KEIR Starmer has been challenged to follow his own advice and end arms exports to Israel after The National uncovered a report he had penned for…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 6, 2024

How authoritarian regimes are targeting critics abroad

The end of November marked the second anniversary of China’s “white paper” protest movement against COVID lockdowns in 2022. Triggered by a fire in Xinjiang that claimed ten lives, demonstrations inside China turned increasingly political. At one point crowds in Shanghai chanted for the president and Communist party general secretary,…

The Conversation · Dec 6, 2024

Thousands flee Syria’s Homs as opposition forces advance on key city

Rebel fighters led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham say they are ‘at the walls’ of Homs, Syria’s third largest city.

Al Jazeera · Dec 6, 2024