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Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

Bangkok Post

EU toughens stance on non-EU countries taking back citizens denied right to stay

Campaigners say bloc’s plan to use development aid, trade policy and access to visas as ‘leverage’ fails to put human rights first

The Guardian - UK

Colombia must strengthen rule of law, state presence in areas hit by violence -UN

Colombia must strengthen the rule of law and the state's presence to tackle violence in areas affected by the country's internal armed conflict, Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said on Wednesday.

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Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead

Judges rule Russia eligible for trial for alleged war crimes in Ukraine because of its effective control over separatist-held areas

The Guardian - UK

ECHR says it can hear case against Russia over MH17 downing

The Netherlands and Ukraine are pursuing Moscow over its pre-February 2022 actions in eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Moscow court orders closure of Russia's oldest human rights group

A court in Moscow on Wednesday ruled to shut down Russia's oldest human rights organization, in the latest move amid a months-long, relentless crackdown on independent media, rights groups and opposition activists.

France 24

European court rules Ukraine cases against Russia admissible

Europe’s top human rights court has ruled that it can adjudicate cases brought by the Netherlands and Ukraine against Russia for alleged rights violations in eastern Ukraine in 2014, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

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Russian court shuts down country's oldest rights group

A court in Moscow has ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization

The Independent UK

Adriaan Vlok: the case for accepting the late South African politician’s apology for apartheid

The recent death of Adriaan Vlok, the prominent South African apartheid-era law and order minister, brought the issue of political apologies for past wrongs back into the public arena.

The Conversation

European rights court rules Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia are admissible

The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, and the shooting down of Flight MH-17, were admissible.

Reuters

Lewis Hamilton sent emotional plea by prisoner begging F1 star not to be "muzzled" by FIA

An inmate in a Bahrain prison has called on Lewis Hamilton to continue his protests against human rights abuses, amid FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem's call for drivers to stop making political statements

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak told to ditch plans to overhaul human rights laws

MPs and peers say bill will damage people’s ability to enforce rights and harm UK’s international reputation

The Guardian - UK

Why Modi doesn’t want India to watch BBC film on Gujarat carnage

India has used emergency powers to block airing of the documentary that questions the India PM’s role in the 2002 riots.

Al Jazeera

Peru protesters tear-gassed after president calls for truce

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets amid clashes with security forces just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a “truce” in almost two months of protests

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Sunak urged by MPs to abandon ‘damaging’ Bill of Rights

The Joint Committee on Human rights said the legislation will undermine people’s ability to enforce their rights through the courts.

Liverpool Echo

Inquest told disabled man's death was 'breach of human rights'

Matthew Dale, who had severe learning difficulties and autism, choked to death on his own incontinence pad

ABC News

Australians urged to be vigilant against continued cyber attacks from Iran's regime

Iran's Revolutionary Guard-affiliated actors have launched targeted cyber attacks on Australian organisations, aiming to use the data obtained for extortion, a report tabled in parliament shows.

Capital & Main

Right-Wing Rings of Power

Lord of the Rings fans from Trump-supporting libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni find archconservative lessons in Middle-earth. Why?

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The Guardian - UK

Eswatini: murder of pro-democracy activist prompts outrage

Fears security agencies may have been involved in shooting of Thulani Maseko in his home on Saturday

Daily Mirror

FIA slammed by human rights group over rule against Lewis Hamilton and F1 driver protests

The FIA says it has changed the rules around protests to bring them in line with similar regulations from other major sporting governing bodies, but one group claims it may impact the human rights of F1 drivers

The Independent UK

Rights groups dismayed at lack of criticism for Peru abuses

In less than two months, more than 50 people have died in Peru, largely protesters at the hands of police officers

Belfast Live

PSNI condemn Derry shooting as "clear human rights abuse"

"These attacks are not only placing the victims at risk, but also the local community"

Daily Record

Labour calls on SNP and Tory Governments to publish trans law legal advice

Pam Duncan-Glancy told the Record the Tories were not "good faith actors" when it came to equalities and human rights.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Threatens Retaliation over Sanctions Imposed by EU, Britain

Iran on Tuesday strongly condemned fresh sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain and said it would retaliate, after the West stepped up pressure on Iran over its crackdown on protests. Tehran “will soon announce the list of new sanctions against the human rights violators of EU and England,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

HRW: New Israeli Guidelines Risk Turning West Bank into Another Gaza

Human Rights Watch warned on Monday that Israeli guidelines for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territories into another Gaza, cutting residents off from the outside world. The regulations have faced waves of condemnation from the European Union and United States. Israel said the rules, which came…

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