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'Never take human rights for granted in any part of the world,' UN's Volker Türk says

On International Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasised the need to "reclaim" these fundamental values, which he says have been undermined in Europe.

Euronews

Rights of protestors, migrant workers and disabled people being ‘failed’ by government, EHRC chief says

The new chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has urged ministers to “ensure rights are protected across the nation”

The Independent UK

Starmer calls on European leaders to modernise ECHR ahead of gathering

European ministers, including Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday to discuss reforming the treaty.

Evening Standard

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Starmer calls on Europe to reform ECHR to see off far-right threat

PM says issue must be tackled to prevent voters turning to ‘the forces that seek to divide us’

The Independent UK

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right

Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

The Guardian - UK

Dozens killed in Haiti's capital as armed men break away from gang coalition in bid for power

A human rights group says dozens of people in Haiti’s capital have been killed in a clash between a powerful gang coalition and armed men who apparently broke away from it

The Independent UK

New federal body, ministry proposed to protect kids

An inquiry has heard that greater federal oversight is necessary to stop child predators from exploiting gaps in Australia's childcare sector.

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Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Guardian - UK

ICE threatened to dump migrants in Mexico after ‘mental torture’ and ‘crushed genitals’ at Fort Bliss, complaint alleges

Detainees describe guards routinely beating and pressuring immigrants to hop border fences

The Independent UK

Rights groups warn against UK plans to weaken torture protections in ECHR

Exclusive: Ministers face pushback over potential changes to asylum seekers’ rights before Council of Europe meeting

The Guardian - UK

A year after Assad's fall, Syrian hopes for transitional justice are fading

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, one of Syria's priorities was to establish transitional justice to prevent the country from being engulfed in revenge. However, a year on, the country's new authorities have been slow to implement this, and new crimes are being added to the…

Radio France Internationale

UK asylum policy causes more violence and deaths, say rights groups

Home Office drive to stop small boats crossing Channel is handing more power to people smugglers, report finds

The Guardian - UK

New police pat-down powers in Melbourne face legal challenge from ‘Greedozer’ activist and Invasion Day rally organiser

Benny Zable worries Victoria police powers will target mask wearers, while Tarneen Onus Browne warns it will ‘supercharge the harassment’ of Indigenous people

The Guardian - AU

Legal challenge to CBD-wide warrantless searches

A protest organiser and performance artist are challenging a decision to declare an entire city's CBD and surrounds a designated search area for six months.

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Predator in Your Pocket: Leaked Files Reveal Spyware Hiding in Ads to Hack Phones in Seconds

Leaked documents reveal Intellexa's Predator spyware hiding in online ads to infect phones within seconds, raising global privacy and human rights concerns.

International Business Times UK

Richard Gere: How His 1993 Speech Led to a 20-Year Ban From the Oscars

Richard Gere has recently spoken about his 1993 Oscars speech, in which he addressed China's human rights abuses in Tibet, that led to his 20-year ban from the Academy Awards.

The Independent UK

As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes

The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command

International Business Times UK

Amnesty International Uncovers Nightmarish 'Box Cells' At Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Facility

Amnesty International documents alleged torture, 'box' confinement and systemic abuses at Florida's Everglades 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Krome detention centre.

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The Guardian - UK

Gaps in UK migration statistics hamper public debate and policy decisions, study shows

Official data cannot show what affect ECHR has on asylum cases, says leading thinktank Migration Observatory

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees face human rights violations, report alleges

Amnesty finds detainees at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage. Plus, how the dollar-store industry overcharges consumers

The Guardian - US

Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges

Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Myanmar junta ‘crony’ given key role behind Fifa peace prize

Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed by controversial tycoon’s committee

The Independent UK

Facial recognition to be expanded across the country in fresh crime crackdown

Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’

The Independent UK

Family of man killed in US ‘drug boat’ strike files complaint over ‘extrajudicial killing’

The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since it began striking vessels that the Trump administration said were carrying drugs

The Guardian - UK

‘Fifa cannot be silent’: human rights groups speak out over 2026 World Cup concerns

Fifa risks becoming ‘a public relations tool of an increasingly authoritarian US government’, human rights organisations have warned

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