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Australian Sports Minister Anika Wells meets with Qatar government official ahead of Socceroos clash with France

Anika Wells, who has met with Qatar's deputy foreign minister, says Australia's own human rights record will come under the spotlight ahead of the nation hosting major sports event.

ABC News

Owen Paterson taking UK to human rights court after lobbying scandal

Former MP, who once argued UK should break free from Strasbourg court, is challenging finding he repeatedly broke rules

The Guardian - UK

Brexiteer Owen Paterson suing the government at the European Court of Human Rights over ‘privacy breach’

The former minister was suspended from the House of Commons for breaking lobbying rules

Evening Standard

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Brexiteer Owen Paterson takes Government to European court over lobbying probe

FORMER Tory Cabinet minister Owen Paterson is taking the Government to the European Court of Human Rights after he was found guilty of an…

The National (Scotland)

Owen Paterson takes Government to European court over lobbying probe

The ex-Tory MP and longstanding Eurosceptic is arguing that his right to privacy under the European Convention of Human Rights was breached.

The Independent UK

Former Tory MP Owen Paterson claims ‘unfair’ lobbying investigation breached his human rights

Brexiteer takes case to European Court of Human Rights – despite previously railing against Strasbourg influence

The Independent UK

Iran enters ‘critical’ phase as it tries to quash anti-regime protests

Activists accuse state forces of deploying heavy weaponry, as attacks on Kurdish areas intensify

The Guardian - UK

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Players are being ‘controlled’ at Qatar World Cup, says Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen

Vertonghen says players are afraid to state their support for social causes or basic human rights in the current climate at the World Cup

The Independent UK

GRA amendment ruling out impact on Equality Act backed by MSPs

Members of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee met on Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to the legislation.

The Independent UK

"It shouldn’t be here" - Manchester United icon Roy Keane criticises decision to allow Qatar to host World Cup

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said he wasn't comfortable with Qatar hosting the tournament given its human rights record.

Manchester Evening News

Graeme Souness hammers British history as he makes heartfelt Ireland admission to Roy Keane

It comes amid the debate over the World Cup being staged in the Middle East.

Daily Record

The Uighur 'influencers' peddling Beijing's propaganda narrative

While part of the international community denounces the repression of the Uighur ethnic group in Xinjiang, a region in western China, Uighur "influencers" offer an idyllic vision of their daily life. But a growing number of human rights organisations and the United Nations have documented China’s severe repression of this…

France 24

FIFA order Argentine TV channel 'to remove ribbon of respect' from World Cup coverage

Argentine TV station Publica de Argentina removed its tribute to Hebe de Bonafini from its World Cup coverage due to an alleged demand from FIFA over broadcasting matches

Daily Mirror

Lawyers explain 'horrific' reason female fans reporting sexual assault in Qatar could be jailed

As female football fans flock to watch the Three Lions in the World Cup, human rights campaigners and lawyers expose the reality of being a woman in Qatar

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

‘Treat people with decency’: Roy Keane attacks staging of World Cup in Qatar

Roy Keane has condemned Fifa’s decision to allow the World Cup to be hosted in Qatar, in view of the country’s human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers and LGBTQ+ people

The Times of India

Rape of jailed accused's wife by cop in Palwal: NHRC serves notice to Haryana CS, DGP

CHANDIGARH: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of a media report that in Palwal in Haryana, a crime branch inspector raped a woman in lieu of helping her jailed husband.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Situation ‘Critical’ with More than 300 Killed, Says UN Rights Chief

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was "critical", describing a hardening of the authorities' response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months. "The rising number of deaths from protests in Iran, including those…

The Independent UK

Roy Keane weighs in on Qatar hosting World Cup controversy

‘The way they treat migrant workers, gay people. We’re dismissing human rights, it’s not right,’ said the pundit on ITV

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Reuters

UN rights office: 17 men executed in Saudi Arabia since Nov. 10

A U.N. human rights office spokesperson said on Tuesday that 17 men had been executed in Saudi Arabia since Nov. 10 for drug and contraband offences, calling the executions "deeply regrettable".

Evening Standard

Saudi Arabia executes 12 people in 10 days for alleged drug offences, Reprieve says

A reported 12 executions have been completed in Saudi Arabia in the past 10 days for drug offences after two years without any. The report by human rights organisation Reprieve suggests the executions, mostly beheadings with a sword, are still ingrained in the society despite leader Mohammed bin Salman vowing…

Reuters

Iran situation 'critical' with more than 300 killed - U.N. rights chief

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was "critical", describing a hardening of the authorities' response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months.

Irish Mirror

Roy Keane makes passionate World Cup speech and says tournament shouldn't be taking place in Qatar

Qatar has been heavily criticised over its human rights record

Bangkok Post

EU to renew sanctions on Chinese officials over Xinjiang

The European Union (EU) is set to renew sanctions on Chinese officials it has accused of "serious human rights violations" in the western region of Xinjiang for another year.

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan fumes Meghan and Prince Harry getting human rights award is 'disgusting'

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to receive the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award from his late daughter Kerry Kennedy, for standing up to the alleged racism in the royal family

Reuters

Morocco arrests former human rights minister

Moroccan authorities on Monday arrested former human rights minister and lawyer Mohammed Ziane, the same day an appeals court upheld an initial judgment of three years' imprisonment, the prosecutor's office in Rabat said.

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