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Rick Scott likens Trump indictment to tactics of Cuban, Venezuelan dictators

MIAMI — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, with the bolstering of human rights activists and former political prisoners from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, accused the Biden administration of utilizing a tactic commonly found in dictator playbooks: Weaponizing the legal system to go after the president’s opponents.

Miami Herald

Pariah or partner? US navigates complicated, contradictory relationship with Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON -- Visits to Saudi Arabia by high-profile U.S. officials are always problematic. The two countries have a love-hate relationship.

Los Angeles Times

UN chief Guterres backs proposal to form watchdog to monitor AI

Secretary-general says the risks posed by artificial intelligence threatens democracy and human rights.

Al Jazeera

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Fate of jailed fighters still unknown months after Ethiopia truce

The whereabouts of hundreds of fighters on both sides of the Ethiopian war are still not known, despite truce.

Al Jazeera

The US holds its nose over Saudi Arabia’s human rights record – when the price is right

The purchase of professional golf by a brutal regime has exposed yet again the lack of moral sanctities on the global free market, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Calls for restorative justice after ‘dehumanising’ incidents in Victoria’s mental health care system

‘I chewed my way through the restraints in front of two security guards who were laughing at me’, one woman says

The Guardian - AU

‘Foreign-backed drive to remove Khan’: UK Pakistanis protest

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party organises a protest in London to show force ahead of Pakistan’s October vote.

Al Jazeera

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Illegal migration bill: the concern for children's rights keeping the House of Lords up all night

The illegal migration bill passed through the House of Commons earlier this year, but is being fiercely contested in the House of Lords. The bill is currently at the committee stage which allows the members to scrutinise the text and make amendments.

The Conversation

Billionaire investor, philanthropist George Soros cedes control of empire to a younger son

Alex Soros, 37, will take over operations of the $25 billion empire. He will also oversee the Open Society Foundations, funding human rights and democracy movements globally.

Chicago Sun-Times

Imprisoned pilot’s human rights breached, family claims

The operator of a NSW prison denies it is holding former US military pilot Dan Duggan in solitary confinement as alleged by his family.

The New Daily

Relationship and sexuality education in NI schools 'doesn't meet human rights standards'

There were some examples of schools using resources which were outdated.

Belfast Live

Growing calls for a stronger police oversight commission in Malaysia

To ensure police accountability, there needs to be multiple, transparent bodies involved, each with distinct roles and with the public interest at heart.

360info

Lawmakers say UK's planned law to deport Channel migrants breaches rights obligations

A committee of lawmakers say Britain will break its international human rights commitments if it goes through with government plans to detain and deport people who reach the U.K. in small boats

The Independent UK

Thousands of Afghan refugees in UK set to be made homeless

Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to go

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Illegal Migration Bill breaches UK human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

The so-called Stop The Boats Bill is seen as central to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to prevent small boats of migrants crossing the Channel.

The Hindu

Human rights should be introduced in professional health education: Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka

Justice Prasanna B. Varale delivered the convocation address of at the 25th annual convocation of ‘Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Bangkok Post

Activists navigate defamation minefield

Sutharee Wannasiri knew the poultry company had violated labour laws. She went on Twitter in 2017 to share a video containing an interview with an employee who said he had to work day and night with no day off.

Daily Mirror

Inside 'sportswashing' Saudi Arabia - regime using golf and Newcastle to clean up image

This week the nation stunned the golf world by effectively taking control of a large slice of the sport – just one year after launching a multi-billion pound circuit to rival America’s PGA Tour

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Belfast Live

Man in his 20s taken to hospital after Belfast City Cemetery shooting

"This shooting is a clear violation of the victim’s human rights"

The Independent UK

The trick that made Erling Haaland the ultimate finisher – in more ways than one

The Norwegian has provided the perfect solution to Man City’s ‘problem’ on and off the pitch

The Independent UK

Renowned human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov on trial for “discrediting” Russian military

The co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, Oleg Orlov, has gone on trial in Moscow, charged with “discrediting” the Russian military in his criticism of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Zenger

European Parliament’s Awards: Reflections Of Political Bias And Controversy

Allegations of politicization and corruption challenge the credibility of the Sakharov human rights prize and other awards.

The Independent UK

Rights group says Myanmar's military rulers have cracked down on lawyers, abused legal system

A human rights organization says lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even torture

Belfast Live

Rory McIlroy finds ally in tennis star Andy Murray over LIV Golf controversy

Andy Murray has previously turned down invites to play exhibition tennis events there due to the nation’s human rights record

The Hindu

Consider restoring internet services: Manipur rights panel to State government

The Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has asked the State government to consider restoring internet services since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3

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