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Premier League toughen rules on club ownership and directors ahead of Man Utd takeover

Manchester United are in the midst of a club sale as the Premier League has decided to crackdown on club owners and directors with a new ban

Daily Mirror

3 ways Ottawa can rebuild trust following changes to the Safe Third Country Agreement

The recent announcement to amend the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement has drawn criticism from human rights groups, refugee advocates, lawyers, researchers and the federal NDP.

The Conversation

Israel is on 'rampage' against human rights, new HRW chief says

Israel's government is "on a rampage" against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday and urged the United States and other allies to do more to hold it accountable for alleged abuses and persuade it to change course.

Reuters

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Premier League strengthen new owners test to block human rights abusers from buying clubs

Clubs agree to new requirements in Owners and Directors’ Test

Evening Standard

New rules stop anyone guilty of human rights abuses owning Premier League clubs

The league’s clubs have voted to strengthen the owners’ and directors’ test.

The Independent UK

Premier League announces changes to owners and directors test amid bids to buy Manchester United

The Premier League's announcement comes after Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe have submitted bids to buy Man United.

Manchester Evening News

Premier League owners’ test to include disqualification for ‘human rights abuses’

Amnesty International said the Premier League were setting a ‘very low bar’ and warned that the rules could make ‘little difference’

The Independent UK

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How to see Little Amal as she returns to London

Little Amal has become an international symbol of compassion and human rights

Evening Standard

Situation in Palestinian Territories 'is completely hopeless if you’re young'

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this first of a two-part series, he lamented the lack of hope and prospects for Palestinian youth.

France 24

Explainer-Can ICC's Philippines drugs war probe make progress if Manila cuts contact?

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said this week he would cut off contact with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it rejected his government's request to suspend a probe into thousands of killings during his predecessor's "war on drugs".

Reuters

Refugees subject to widespread physical ill-treatment, Council of Europe finds

Human rights body says European states are increasingly resorting to illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

North Korea executes people for South Korean videos, drugs - report

North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.

Reuters

Morocco Denies Amnesty International Claims on Gdeim Izik Prisoner Case

Morocco’s General Delegation for Prison Administration denied on Tuesday recent claims by Amnesty International regarding torture and human rights violations against a prisoner detained in connection with the Gdim Izik Incidents. The country’s prison authority said in a statement that the prisoner, detained at the local prison of Tiflet 2…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Defends Its Libya Migrant Work as UN Points the Finger

The European Union defended on Tuesday its work with migrants in Libya after UN-backed investigators accused the 27-nation bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes in the largely lawless north African country. Libya is a major departure point for people from northern Africa and elsewhere desperate enough to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Guardian - AU

Human rights commissioner’s view of Indigenous voice ‘likely to mislead voters’, five predecessors say

Exclusive: In joint statement former Australian human rights commissioners say opinion piece by Lorraine Finlay made ‘serious error’

The Independent UK

Kentucky Republicans strike down governor’s veto of sweeping anti-trans law

A state lawmaker whose trans son died by suicide last year pleaded with Republicans to reject the law, derided by LGBT+ advocates as a ‘desperate and cruel effort by extremist politicians’

The Independent UK

Minneapolis council to discuss post-Floyd policing lawsuit

The Minneapolis City Council is set to hold a special meeting to discuss a potential settlement in a lawsuit filed by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights over the city’s policing practices after the murder of George Floyd

France 24

Opposition protesters in Senegal barricaded by police

In tonight's edition: Senegal’s state prosecutor claimed on Tuesday that a small but organised cell of opposition supporters have plotted to use violence to stop the trial of the country’s opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko. Also, a UN-backed fact-finding mission in Libya has released its final report on human rights in…

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Al Jazeera

Biden kicks off Summit for Democracy with $690m funding pledge

NATO allies Turkey and Hungary not invited to the summit; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the event.

France 24

'No information about my son': El Salvador's state of emergency over gang violence drags on

Protesters gathered in El Salvador's capital on March 28 to denounce ongoing human rights abuses under the state of emergency that was first enacted a year ago in response to rampant gang violence. Since then, Salvadoran authorities have apprehended approximately 66,000 individuals, accusing them of being gang members, but many…

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s human rights watchdog warns UK over illegal migration bill

Council of Europe’s experts say bill is ‘step backwards’ in fight against modern slavery

Radio France Internationale

French, Swiss climate policy goes on trial in European rights court

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday began hearing cases against the governments of France and Switzerland over their alleged failings to protect the environment.

Reuters

Elderly Swiss women bring European court's first climate case

Thousands of elderly Swiss women have joined forces in a groundbreaking case heard on Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that their government's "woefully inadequate" efforts to fight global warming violate their human rights.

The Independent UK

Biden starts summit with $690M pledge for democracy programs

President Joe Biden is kicking off his second Summit for Democracy with a pledge for the U.S. to spend $690 million bolstering democracy programs around the globe

Asharq Al-Awsat

SNHR: 10,024 Syrians Died in Feb. 6 Earthquake

The number of Syrians killed by the earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6, has now reached 10,024, including 4,191 in non-regime areas, and 394 in regime-held areas, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed in a report released Tuesday. The report also said the death toll…

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