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Rights group says Lebanon electricity crisis deepens poverty

Human Rights Watch says many middle and working class families in Lebanon have been forced to spend most of their monthly income to pay shady neighborhood businessmen running private generators

The Independent UK

Strikes bill could breach UK workers' human rights and expose the government to legal challenges

UK workers’ human rights are at risk under government plans to curb strike activity, according to a report by parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights. The strikes (minimum service levels) bill 2023 aims to set requirements for the level of service needed in certain key sectors during strike action.

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UK moves to copy Australia's cruel asylum-seeker policy – and it will have the same heavy human toll

The United Kingdom’s Illegal Migration Bill, introduced in the House of Commons this week, will look very familiar to Australians.

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The Guardian view on refugee rights: a warning from history

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s pretence of serious statecraft is belied by his embrace of shabby populism when it comes to immigration law

The Guardian - UK

Former Newsnight host Emily Maitlis slams BBC 'double standards' over Gary Lineker

Emily Maitlis, who was once found to have breached impartiality rules during her time at the BBC, has offered her thoughts on the saga involving Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, the government and her former employer

Daily Mirror

What are the legal obstacles faced by the UK’s illegal migration bill?

Suella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law but experts say it faces many challenges

The Guardian - UK

Brexit trade treaty ‘could be terminated’ if UK quits ECHR over small boat crossings

Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, making cross-border law enforcement harder

The Guardian - UK

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US Targets Iranian Officials for Abuse of Women, Girls

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials and companies over accusations of serious human rights abuses, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests as Washington marks International Women's Day. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Illegal immigration bill does more than 'push the boundaries' of international law

The UK government has introduced its latest effort to deter small boat migration, by vowing to remove all those who arrive in the UK illegally by any route. The illegal migration bill, if enacted, will apply retrospectively, meaning that those who arrived even before the bill’s passage will be subject…

The Conversation

Seven Dead in Syria Drone Strike on Arms Factory

Seven people including several civilians were killed Wednesday when a drone strike targeted a weapons factory belonging to Iran-backed factions in government-held eastern Syria, a war monitor said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the strike in Deir Ezzor province, where Iran-backed factions hold sway and where a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: Banning abortion pill mifepristone would be a terrible policy choice and violate human rights

Patients’ access to lifesaving medicine is under threat because an anti-abortion rights organization sued in federal district court to overrule the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, which has been used to terminate early pregnancies for almost a quarter century in the U.S. If the judge, appointed by the…

Chicago Tribune

UN: Video of Ukraine soldier's killing 'may be authentic'

GENEVA: The United Nations said Wednesday it believes that a viral video showing the apparent execution of a captured Ukrainian soldier by Russian troops may be authentic.

Bangkok Post

Australia calls for investigation into Beirut blast after stalled probe

Australia uses an international human rights forum in Geneva to call for a swift, independent, and impartial investigation into the devastating 2020 Beirut port blast that killed more than 200 people, including one Australian.

ABC News

80,000 people could arrive in UK by ‘small boats’ in 2023 despite new crackdown, admits Suella Braverman

United Nations refugee agency brands new crackdown a ‘clear breach’ of the 1951 Refugee Convention

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Al Jazeera

Rubber duck calendar lands Thai man in jail for insult to monarch

Court ruled the desk calendar contained pictures of yellow rubber ducks that mocked Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta slams UN human rights chief's 'irrelevant' comments

Myanmar's junta has slammed the United Nations' (UN) human rights chief for making "irrelevant" remarks after he said the military may have committed war crimes as it struggles to crush resistance to its rule.

The Independent UK

Thai man gets 2-year term for calendar said to mock king

A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch

The Independent UK

United Nations refugee agency condemns Sunak’s small boats legislation

The UNHCR said the Illegal Migration Bill would undermine Britain’s proud history of offering humanitarian support.

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McCaul, Meeks trigger sanctions review for Chinese firm

WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said they triggered a requirement that the Biden administration determine within four months whether a Chinese surveillance company should be sanctioned for human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province.

The Independent UK

Campaigners brand Bill to curb Channel crossings ‘unethical and impractical’

Charities and human rights organisations have condemned the Government proposals.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Rights Chief Calls for ‘Serious’ Lebanon Blast Investigation

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for a "serious investigation" into the disastrous 2020 Beirut port explosion in a call that was echoed by dozens of other countries on Tuesday. Families of victims, rights groups, and even some political parties in Lebanon have lambasted political stonewalling of…

Al Jazeera

New UN rights chief opens ‘communication’ with China

Volker Türk’s first speech falls short of activists’ hopes for a tougher stand after UN report on abuses in Xinjiang.

The Independent UK

Small boats plan likely to fall foul of human rights convention, says Braverman

The Home Secretary said there was a more than 50% chance the Illegal Migration Bill may be incompatible with convention rights.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs urge ministers to curb European judges’ influence on UK migrant policy

The Home Secretary faced calls from her backbench colleagues to ensure the Illegal Migration Bill seeks to curb the influence of the ECHR.

The Independent UK

UN rights chief cites 'communication' about issues in China

The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans

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