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Bereaved families take legal action over care home pandemic deaths

Relatives are arguing the State failed to protect them under the Human Rights Act and have issued legal claims for damages for distress caused.

The Independent UK

OAS human rights body demands protection for apparent Guatemalan election winner amid plot rumors

The Organization of American States' human rights commission is asking Guatemala to provide protection for Bernardo Arévalo, the winner of the country's Aug. 20 elections, after reports emerged of a possible plot to kill him

The Independent UK

Keeping kids in watch houses: why the Queensland government could change the law to suit itself

Possible ‘robodebt’ scenario left Labor to either move the children or suspend the Human Rights Act – and it chose the latter

The Guardian - AU

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Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows

A new study of medical records shows that at least 128 women and girls were sexually assaulted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region even after a peace agreement ended a two-year conflict there

The Independent UK

List: all 14 last-minute amendments rushed through by the Queensland government without scrutiny

Changes range from the policing of sex workers to overriding the state’s Human Rights Act, to allow children to be kept indefinitely in adult watch houses

The Guardian - AU

Queensland children may have been illegally detained for years, advises state’s solicitor general

New laws that suspend Human Rights Act follow court order for urgent transfer of three children held in watch houses for extended periods

The Guardian - AU

‘Farm animals with better legal protection’: Queensland’s new child watch house laws pilloried

Palaszczuk government overriding state’s Human Rights Act to allow for imprisoning children as young as 10 in adult watch houses

The Guardian - AU

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Belarus outlaws prominent rights group Viasna, declaring it extremist

Belarusian authorities have declared the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights group an extremist organization

The Independent UK

Maine High Court Finds "Bad Faith" in Denial of Public Records Request, Orders Payment of Requesters' Fees

From yesterday's decision in Human Rights Defense Center v. Maine County Comm'rs Ass'n Self-Funded Risk Management Pool (opinion by Justice Horton), interpreting the Maine Freedom of Access Act (FOAA), Maine's analog to the federal FOIA and other states' public records laws: This case presents the first occasion for us to…

Reason

Zimbabwe votes as ‘the crocodile’ seeks second term as president

The 80-year-old former ally of Robert Mugabe wants another stint at running a country with a history of violent and disputed elections

The Independent UK

Human rights group backs Manchester men who say racism led to murder convictions

Three black men jailed under joint enterprise law, which is often based on ‘dubious evidence’ of gang membership, says Liberty

The Guardian - UK

Delays at some polling stations as voting begins in Zimbabwe election

Voting begins amid rising tensions due to a currency crisis and high unemployment.

Al Jazeera

‘Absolute dog act’: Queensland Labor criticised for shock move to override state’s Human Rights Act

Proposed law changes include allowing children to be detained in adult watch houses for the next three years

The Guardian - AU

Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border

The Ethiopian government said it will investigate a report of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. A Saudi government official rejected the Human Rights Watch report.

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The Independent UK

Asylum seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say

A coalition of human rights groups says migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being set up for rejection at a privately run detention center in New Mexico

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia unveils joint Saudi probe into alleged migrant killings

Ethiopia will launch a joint investigation with Saudi Arabia into a Human Rights Watch report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Fortune

3 keys to ensuring the U.S. maintains dollar primacy in the age of digital money

A digital dollar could serve Americans, and people the world over, who aspire to financial autonomy and inclusion consistent with basic human rights.

The Independent UK

More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

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The Conversation

Reimagining time will help employers better support workers with disabilities

Despite the fact that people with disabilities are entitled to equality under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the provincial Human Rights Codes, they continue to face systemic barriers in accessing employment, education, transportation and housing.

The Week

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants ‘killed by Saudi border guards’, says human rights group

Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants have been killed by Saudi border guards in what may constitute a crime against humanity, a leading human rights group has claimed.

Radio France Internationale

Saudi security forces accused of killing of Ethiopian migrants on Yemen border

Saudi border guards reportedly "fired like rain" on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, according to an NGO report.

The Guardian - UK

Murder of Black community activist, 72, in Brazil prompts calls for action

Maria Bernadete Pacífico, whose son was shot dead in 2017, killed by gunmen at her home in Bahia

The Independent UK

‘Possibly thousands’ of unarmed migrants slaughtered with machine guns by Saudi border guards – report

‘They fired on us like rain. When I remember, I cry,’ says a young Ethiopian woman

Evening Standard

Saudi Arabia border guards ‘regularly open fire on migrants and have killed hundreds’ - report

Border guards in Saudi Arabia fired machine guns and launched mortars at Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen, likely killing hundreds of the unarmed migrants in recent years, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday.

France 24

Crimes ‘beyond imagination’: Saudi border guards killed hundreds of migrants, HRW report says

Between March 2022 and June 2023, Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross the border from Yemen into the oil-rich kingdom, according to a new Human Rights Watch report released on Monday. The report comes as Saudi Arabia implements an anti-migrant policy at home and a…

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