The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Racial hatred conviction against French far-right politician upheld by ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a conviction for incitement to racial hatred and discrimination against far-right French presidential candidate and polemicist Eric Zemmour was not a violation of his freedom of expression.

Reuters · Dec 20, 2022

Tory MP apologises after telling human rights campaigner to ‘go back to Bahrain’

A CAMPAIGNER who says he was tortured in Bahrain has made a police complaint after Conservative MP Bob Stewart told him to “go back to…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 20, 2022

Beijing human rights activist immobilized by COVID-19 app

Wang Yu has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Human rights activist complains to Tory party after MP tells him to ‘go back to Bahrain’

Exclusive: In video footage, Bob Stewart MP heard telling Sayed Alwadaei ‘you’re taking money off my country’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022

Arab League Rejects European Parliament Resolution on Bahrain

The Arab League expressed on Monday its “full solidarity” with Bahrain and rejection of a European Parliament resolution on human rights in the kingdom. In a statement, the Arab League said its general secretariat has observed over the years the development of the rights situation in Bahrain. It has recorded…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 19, 2022

Australia seeks direct resolution of trade dispute with China before WTO ruling

As Penny Wong heads to Beijing for the first such visit in four years, trade minister says he is confident economic issues can be resolved

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2022

U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

WEKU · Dec 19, 2022

UK’s bid to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ‘lawful’: High Court

Judges say the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal.

Al Jazeera · Dec 19, 2022

Watch: Plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, High Court rules

A legal challenge to the government’s controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has failed after High Court judges concluded the policy is lawful.A bitter battle over the flights to the East African nation has been waged since then-Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the policy in April, when she…

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2022

This World Cup should be remembered for its racism. But Qatar is not the victim

The misery of migrant workers involved in staging the tournament is plain to see. No amount of spin can cover up the structural racism involved

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022