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What’s the UK’s ‘unlawful’ Rwanda immigration plan?

Top court rules that the controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is illegal in a big blow to PM Sunak.

Al Jazeera

African refugees relieved by UK court decision to block Rwanda asylum deal

Somali and Sudanese refugees say they are elated by the British court’s decision to block the Rwanda asylum deal.

Al Jazeera

Supreme court rules Rwanda plan unlawful: a legal expert explains the judgment, and what happens next

The UK supreme court has unanimously ruled that the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful.

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Britain’s highest court rules Wednesday on the government's plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Britain’s highest court is set to rule on whether the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal

The Independent UK

Crunch moment for Sunak as supreme court decides on legality of Rwanda policy

If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights

The Guardian - UK

What will the supreme court’s Rwanda judgment mean for UK immigration policy?

Verdict on scheme to deport asylum seekers could lead to resumed flights or Tory demands to leave human rights convention

The Guardian - UK

Chicago area workers rally, file sexual harassment claims against employers

Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, food service, janitorial and restaurant industries gathered to protest workplace harassment, including intimidation, degradation and identity-based targeting.

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What is the ECHR and how does it relate to the Rwanda migrants policy?

Tories on the right of the party will once again call for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if they lose in the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Braverman fires parting broadside at Sunak after sacking

Former home secretary Suella Braverman lashed out at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, accusing him of a betrayal and warning he was ‘running out of time’.

The Independent UK

A rights group accuses UNESCO of turning a blind eye to forcible evictions at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

The human rights group Amnesty International has strongly criticized UNESCO and its World Heritage program for failing to challenge the Cambodian government’s ongoing mass evictions at the famous centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex

The Independent UK

‘Prosecution by persecution’: The Zimbabwean politician imprisoned 65 times

Human rights groups say Zimbabwean authorities are ‘weaponising the law to target opposition figures’ like Sikhala.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s attacks on hospitals ‘should be investigated as war crimes’: HRW

Health facilities and ambulances have protected status under international humanitarian law, Human Rights Watch affirms.

Al Jazeera

Unesco under fire for failing to prevent evictions at Angkor Wat temple site

Amnesty says heritage body has ‘fallen short’ in its responsibility to thousands of families thrown off the complex in Cambodia

The Guardian - UK

Detainees walk free after Australian High Court’s ‘life-changing decision’

High Court has deemed indefinite immigration detention illegal in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications.

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Why Western countries share the blame for the plight of 1.7 million Afghans being deported from Pakistan

On November 1, Pakistan began a nationwide operation to deport over 1.7 million Afghans it says are living in the country illegally. There are now an estimated 10,000 people returning to Afghanistan each day.

The Guardian - US

Joan Jara, British dancer and Victor Jara’s widow, dies aged 96

The human rights activist died two weeks before her husband’s killer is due for extradition from US to Chile

The Independent UK

Russian UN envoys shoot back at Western criticism of its Ukraine war and crackdown on dissidents

Western countries are calling on Russia to end domestic repression of dissident voices and to end its war in Ukraine, as Russia came under a regular review at the U.N.’s top human rights body

WEKU

Long-jailed former Philippine senator who fought drug crackdown is granted bail

The European Union Parliament, some U.S. lawmakers and U.N. human rights experts have long demanded the release of Leila de Lima, who was detained as an opposition senator in February 2017.

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Scottish Enterprise faces questions over diligence on war-crime links

HUNDREDS of human rights checks have been made on companies seeking grants from Scottish Enterprise since 2019.

The Guardian - US

How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank

Cameras made by Hikvision, which is blacklisted in US, blanket the occupied West Bank, according to Amnesty International

Al Jazeera

Australian arms exports to Israel in focus amid court case, port protests

Legal action and protests at Australian ports put spotlight on Australian weapons exports to Israel.

WEKU

Hospitals are protected in war. But the safeguard is not absolute

This question is part of the bitter Israeli-Palestinian debate over the war in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed.

The Independent UK

Beatings, threats at gunpoint and fleeing in terror: Inside the most aggressive West Bank land grab in 50 years

Bel Trew visits villages in the occupied West Bank and hears harrowing tales of settler violence in which Palestinian families describe being forced from their homes – in what human rights groups say is the single biggest land grab since Israel captured the region in 1967

The Conversation

The High Court has decided indefinite detention is unlawful. What happens now?

This week, the High Court of Australia ordered the release of a Rohingya man from immigration detention where he had been for the last five and a half years.

The Hindu

Police excess: SHRC recommends compensation to Chennai woman

SHRC recommends TN govt pay ₹50,000 comp to Chennai woman for Inspector's human rights violation; orders govt to recover same from Inspector & initiate disciplinary action. SHRC found Inspector had not taken action in case, dereliction of duty, & police must abide by law.

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