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Julian Assange appeals to European court over U.S. extradition

WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who is battling extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, has submitted an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the court confirmed on Friday.

Reuters

Greater Manchester council invested up to £10m with Qatar National Bank

The authority deposited between £5m and £10m with the state lender during various periods

Manchester Evening News

Toxic air: New ‘Ella Bill’ to enshrine right to clean air backed by Lords

The Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill, also known as Ella’s Law, is named after Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah

Evening Standard

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Canada expands Iran sanctions over 'human rights violations' -statement

Canada has issued additional sanctions against Iran over its denial of rights for women and girls and for cracking down on peaceful protests, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly said in a statement on Friday.

Reuters

Chaining of people with mental illness in Ghana is ‘torture’: HRW

Rights body says government failing to ensure people with psychosocial disabilities aren’t kept in inhumane conditions.

Al Jazeera

Qatari TV hosts appear to mock Germany’s human rights gesture after World Cup exit

The hosts of a TV show repeated the ‘hands over mouths’ gesture while waving goodbye after Germany crashed out

The Guardian - UK

Human Rights Organizations Warn of Houthis' Obstruction of Girls Education in Yemen

Arab and regional human rights organizations warned that the Houthis in Yemen, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Boko Haram in Nigeria obstructed girls' education. Coinciding with the UN's awareness campaign of "16 Days against Gender-Based Violence," the organizations held a seminar on "Girls' Education in the Islamic World" in Cairo.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Seasonal worker visa puts migrants at risk of exploitation, say supermarkets

Industry fears hastily designed scheme is leading to human rights abuses and debt bondage in supply chains

The Guardian - UK

‘We walked in front of the police with no veil’ – voices from Iran’s women-led uprising

As the UN warns of a ‘human rights crisis’, Iranian citizens report on daily life in a country engulfed by protests

The Guardian - UK

Activist jailed for Harbour Bridge protest

A climate activist has been jailed for using a truck to block the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a sentence criticised by human rights observers.

AAP

Map reveals Australian hotels used for immigration detention, but secrecy means it’s incomplete

Exclusive: With almost no publicly available information about ‘Apods’, researchers say the lack of transparency is concerning for human rights

The Guardian - AU

Iranian Security Opens Fire on People Celebrating World Cup Defeat

A human rights organization confirmed that at least one person was killed in the renewed Iranian protests, early on Wednesday, as Iranians took to the streets to celebrate the defeat of the their national football team in front of the United States. Several Iranian cities witnessed protests to celebrate the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: US border killings evade justice. An international commission can change that

To people of color in the United States, the death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas — a brutal killing at the hands of U.S. government officials followed by impunity — is all too familiar. Yet in an extraordinary moment challenging that impunity, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights convened a hearing in…

Los Angeles Times

Barr outlines path to ACT's voluntary assisted dying laws

Senators voted to overturn a 25-year ban preventing the ACT and Northern Territory from legislating on voluntary assisted dying.

The Canberra Times

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AFP

Virtue or signalling? World Cup protests get mixed reaction

Dubai (AFP) - Human rights protests at the World Cup have drawn everything from sympathy to indifference and outright hostility, with Qatar's critics often finding themselves in the firing line.

Crikey

These are the industries with the highest reported levels of sexual harassment

A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission has revealed the workplaces with the highest levels of reported harassment.

ABC News

Iranian man shot dead by state forces after celebrating Iran's World Cup elimination, human rights group says

Iranian authorities have shot and killed a man celebrating the country's elimination from the 2022 World Cup, according to a human rights group, as the Islamic Republic intensifies attempts to quash dissent in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death in September.

Tribune News Service

Iran authorities kill man celebrating World Cup loss to US, activists say

Iranian police fatally shot a man celebrating the country’s World Cup elimination Tuesday, according to human rights groups.

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ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in US

Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted the names, birth dates, nationalities and locations of more than 6,000 immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website this week.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian man, 27, shot dead for celebrating team’s World Cup exit

Mehran Samak was killed by security forces after honking car horn in celebration of Iran’s defeat to US, human rights groups say

WEKU

Lexington scores high in national municipal equality index

Lexington ranks among the top four percent of municipalities nationally for L-G-B-T-Q-Plus equality. That’s according to the national civil rights organization, Human Rights Campaign.

WEKU

Twitter's chaos could make political violence worse outside of the U.S.

Under the chaotic changes unleashed by Elon Musk, Twitter users in the U.S. are confronting problems that have long plagued the social network in other parts of the world.

The Guardian - UK

Hebe de Bonafini obituary

Human rights activist who co-founded Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo to protest against abuses by the Argentinian military regime

The Independent UK

Freed Japan-China friendship group head says charges false

The former head of a Japan-China friendship group who recently returned to Japan from six years in a Beijing prison for what he said were false spying charges says he still hopes to see China become a global leader but with better treatment of human rights

The Independent UK

US joins protests over arrest of Cambodian labor leader

The United States has joined local human rights groups in Cambodia in calling for the release of a labor union leader who was involved in a year-long protest at a casino and arrested last week upon her return from a trip abroad

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