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Tuesday briefing: The global impact of UK supreme court’s ruling on Rwanda deportation plan

In today’s newsletter: A complicated legal battle over whether the UK government plan to send thousands of migrants to Rwanda could cause a fundamental shift in how asylum seekers are treated

The Guardian - UK

Hamas says will kill hostages if Israeli attacks on Gaza civilians continue

Human Rights Watch terms Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s call for a ‘complete siege’ on Gaza a ‘war crime’.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda accused of broad campaign of repression against dissidents

Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum plan

The Guardian - UK

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Kerala human rights panel seeks probe into car accident that killed two doctors

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has registered a suo motu case based on newspaper reports in connection with the accident in which two young doctors were killed and three others injured after their car fell into a waterbody at North Paravur on September 31 midnight.

The Hindu

British government tries to assure UK Supreme Court it's safe to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

A lawyer tried to assure the U.K. Supreme Court that the British government analyzed the risks of sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda and would have people there to make sure it was safe

The Independent UK

‘People want change but fear the guns’: Fighting for democracy in Eswatini

Activists criticise ‘sham’ parliamentary elections in the Southern African monarchy, where political parties are banned.

Al Jazeera

Demand to provide fellowship to research students in Calicut University’s colleges

Demand for research fellowship in Calicut University colleges raised again. Syndicate hiked fellowship amount for teaching depts. from ₹11K to ₹15K & ₹18K for senior research fellows. Former Senate member filed complaint w/ State Human Rights Commission. Sub-committee gave go-ahead to extend fellowship to research centres in affiliated colleges. University…

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Campaigners aim to lower support for China on UN human rights council

Parliamentarians from 15 countries urge reduction in vote to signal disapproval of country’s crackdown on Uyghur population

The Guardian - UK

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, in prison for speaking up against human rights violations, has been a voice for women for almost two decades

“Woman, Life, Freedom,” the slogan adopted by Iranians to protest the unjust death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, is, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the most suitable way to describe the work of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi.

The Conversation

Imprisoned Iranian Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against oppression of women in Iran.

Zenger

‘The history of the climate movement is very white’: how youth campaigners took on a mining giant and won

Murrawah Johnson and Monique Jeffs have been awarded a Young Voltaire human rights award for their victory over Waratah Coal’s Galilee basin coal project

The Guardian - AU

Members of human rights outfit observe fast demanding Cauvery water release

TN Congress Human Rights Dept. staged hunger strike at Valluvar Kottam to urge Karnataka to release Cauvery water. TN Congress president Mahatma Srinivasan condemned BJP's inaction. Hunger strike aimed to bring people from all walks of life to peacefully demand water from Karnataka. #Cauvery #TamilNadu #Karnataka #BJP #Congress #WaterCrisis

The Hindu

Nobel peace prize 2023: award for Iranian women's rights protester highlights fight against declining democracy around the world

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi sat down in her prison cell to write a letter to the country’s women. She promised: “We shall not back down until the moment of victory, meaning the…

The Conversation

Biden accused of betrayal of Khashoggi over push to deepen Saudi ties

Activists and Democrats condemn rapprochement – aimed at heading off China – with ‘autocratic, sociopathic government’

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The Independent UK

UN warns Pakistan that forcibly deporting Afghans could lead to severe human rights violations

The United Nations is warning that forcibly deporting Afghans from Pakistan could lead to severe human rights violations

The Independent UK

UN expert: Iran is unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate

A U.N. independent investigator says Iranian authorities are cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions

The Independent UK

For imprisoned Nobel laureates, the prize did not bring freedom

The head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee urged Iran to release imprisoned peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and let her accept the award at the annual prize ceremony in December

Radio France Internationale

History of Kenyan police violence raises concerns for Haiti mission

The United Nations Security Council has given the green light for Kenya to lead an international mission to combat rampant gang violence in Haiti. But watchdogs say they are concerned about possible human rights violations, given accusations of abuses by Kenyan police.

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The Conversation

Nobel peace prize: Narges Mohammadi wins on behalf of thousands of Iranian women struggling for human rights

Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the oppression of women in Iran. Mohammadi is serving multiple prison sentences in Evin prison in Tehran on charges which include spreading propaganda against the state. She was named by the…

The Times of India

Odisha: NHRC seeks report from govt authorities on sexual exploitation of minor girls

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report from Keonjhar district magistrate and SP in three cases where minor girls were sexually assaulted last month. While a girl is pregnant, the second one gave birth to a baby boy last month.

Al Jazeera

Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi?

The jailed Nobel laureate has been a prominent voice in Iran’s women’s movement.

Radio France Internationale

Belgian court halts transfer of Paris attacks terrorist Abdeslam to France

An appeals court in Brussels has prevented Belgian authorities from transferring terrorist Salah Abdeslam to France to continue serving his life term for the 2015 Paris attacks, citing the risk of breaching the European Convention of Human Rights.

Dynamite News

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Up First briefing: Ukraine's land scarred by war; Iranian activist wins Nobel Prize

The vast Ukrainian farmland abandoned due to war can be seen from space. Jailed Iranian human rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Guardian - UK

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel peace prize

Mohammadi wins prize for her fight against oppression of women in Iran and to promote human rights for all

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