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Clive Palmer’s Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence

A coal mine that was the subject of a court battle fought on climate change and human rights has been denied an environmental licence.

The New Daily

Court hears former human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique allege husband's push left her with serious wrist injury

A former human rights lawyer tells a court her husband, a prominent Perth doctor, pushed her to the ground and left her screaming in pain during an argument over another woman.

ABC News

NHRC notice to Odisha, Telangana chief secretary on mortgage of children

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought action taken reports (ATRs) from chief secretaries of Odisha and Telangana on the heart wrenching incidents of mortgaging children for final rites of their fathers, the sole breadwinner of their families.

The Times of India

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How a Canadian judge erred in ordering the repatriation of suspected ISIS members

In a January 2023 Federal Court decision, the government of Canada was ordered to request repatriation of four suspected ISIS members currently being held in Syria.

The Conversation

Mike Bianchi: Forgive me, but I enjoyed the LIV Golf experience in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — Forgive me, golf gods, for I have sinned.

Orlando Sentinel

Newcastle vs Man Utd takeover Q&A: Theories debunked and deciphering the changes

In a week where the Premier League refused to say if Newcastle's owners are being investigated, there were more warnings against Manchester United's potential takeover from a Qatari group

Daily Mirror

Activist Vahid Beheshti on hunger strike to uphold freedom, aid regime change in Iran

Activist Vahid Beheshti is entering his 40th day of a hunger strike with a simple message: designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – the military arm of Iran's government — as a terrorist organisation.

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Chinese Christians detained in Bangkok

More than 60 self-exiled Chinese Christians who were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying their visas are now at a police facility in Bangkok awaiting the authorities’ next move.

Bangkok Post

UN Experts Call For Repatriating Detained Syria Children

UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday demanded an urgent repatriation of children from northeast Syria. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of human rights while countering terrorism, released a joint statement, as the detained children enter…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexican probe into missing students beset by delays and failure, watchdog says

Mexican authorities have failed to carry out all arrests ordered by prosecutors over the 2014 disappearance of 43 students and the military has denied access to important information, a rights group said on Friday, expressing concern over continued delays in the investigation.

Reuters

‘Let him go’: Joe Biden calls on Russia to release US journalist

Human Rights Watch describes arrest of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich as ‘depraved cynical move’ designed to silence critical voices

The Guardian - UK

Children among 8 killed in Myanmar military air strike - rights group, media

At least eight civilians including children were killed in an air strike on a village in northwest Myanmar, according to a human rights group, ethnic minority rebels and media, the latest violence as the ruling military battles to consolidate power.

Reuters

#EndGenderApartheid: The need to make it an international crime

A group of leading Iranian and Afghan women are calling to make gender apartheid an international crime as the situation in both countries continues to deteriorate rapidly for women and girls. Annette Young talks to Dr Ewelina Ochab, a lawyer from the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute who is…

France 24

U.N. human rights chief decries 'shockingly routine' abuses in Ukraine war

The United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Turk deplored on Friday how grave human rights violations were "shockingly routine" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said the number of civilian casualties was far higher than official figures.

Reuters

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Alarm after Taliban arrests girls’ school activist amid crackdown

Matiullah Wesa, an advocate for girls’ education, is arrested as the Taliban cracks down on women’s rights activists.

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle and Manchester United fans unite to condemn sportswashing

Newcastle United and Manchester United fans have joined forces before the teams meet to call for a ban on the sale of clubs to states who could use their ownership for sportswashing

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Forces' Role Declines in Syria, 90 Months After their Arrival

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) published the results of its monitoring of the activity of Russian forces, with the completion of their 90 months of involvement in the Syrian crisis. The first month of the eighth year of the Russian intervention in Syria witnessed several developments within the…

The Guardian - AU

Mark Dreyfus rejects human rights commissioner’s claim Indigenous voice would undermine principles of equality

Attorney general declines to comment on calls for commissioner Lorraine Finlay to consider her future in the role

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Yemeni Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: Prisoner Swap Will Be Held on April 11

Yemeni deputy minister for human rights Majed Fadail revealed that a planned prisoner swap between the legitimate government and Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militias will take place in April. The official, who is also a member of the government negotiations delegation that took part in the talks with the Houthis over…

Al Jazeera

Lessons from Australia: UK’s migration law set to repeat mistakes

Activists, lawyers and refugees see the UK repeating the mistakes and abuses of Australia’s draconian asylum seeker law.

ABC News

Necho lost her job because she is trans. Now she's studying to become a human rights lawyer

Necho Brocchi was in the early stages of medically transitioning when she said she was fired for being trans.

The Independent UK

Giant puppet Little Amal leads walk in Brighton to raise awareness of refugees

The 3.5m puppet became an international symbol of human rights after she journeyed 8,000km from the Turkish-Syrian border to Manchester in 2021.

Daily Mirror

What Premier League ownership changes mean for Sheikh Jassim's world record Man Utd bid

Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani is hoping to become the new owner of Manchester United and is free to push on with his offer despite changes to the Premier League owner's rules

Chronicle Live

Premier League overhaul owners’ and directors’ test to include human rights abuses

Newcastle United's Saudi-backed takeover came under intense scrutiny from human rights organisations such as Amnesty International

The Conversation

In Turkey, women are feeling the worst aftershocks of the earthquake disaster – this disparity may lead to dwindling trust in government

When natural disasters strike, women and girls tend to experience disproportionate challenges and heightened risks.

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