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‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects

Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago and other U.S. cities show masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents in military-style gear pointing weapons at people protesting or observing immigration enforcement actions. These are not typical firearms; they are riot control agents, and they emit cascades of projectiles or…

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Sudan conflict worsening with mass killings and famine, HRW warns

Sudan’s war has been marked by mass killings, famine and the deliberate blocking of aid as rival forces carried out war crimes across the country, Human Rights Watch said, while the United Nations warned the conflict has become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Trans prisoner guidance could lead to ‘mixed sex provision’ – EHRC

The UK’s equalities watchdog says the guidance should be reconsidered.

Evening Standard

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No automatic breach of rights from trans women in female prisons, court told

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the current policy on transgender prisoners.

Evening Standard

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia has again failed to curb refugee abuses and rampant discrimination, including against Indigenous people, in its human rights report card.

AAP

Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says

Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order

The Guardian - UK

He Lost His Family, His Youth and 20 Years of Life - The Court Finally Set Him Free

In early 2026, a clip began circulating widely on social media. It shows a man stepping out of prison and breaking down, unable to hold back his tears. For many viewers, it looked like another fleeting viral moment - raw, emotional, unsettling. But behind that moment is a story far…

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‘Supermax-style units’ for most dangerous criminals to be introduced in England and Wales

David Lammy also tells MPs he will draw up legislation to stop prisoners using human rights laws to challenge tougher conditions

The Guardian - UK

RE provision in NI to be reviewed but ‘Christianity will remain central’ – Givan

It comes after a Supreme Court judgment that Christian religious education at schools in the region does not comply with human rights standards.

Evening Standard

'Executions, torture, abductions, rape': Ethiopia’s hidden conflict

Ethiopia’s Oromia is the country’s biggest state, with 35% of the population and home to the capital, Addis Ababa

The Independent UK

Peter Tatchell arrested at London Palestine march over ‘intifada’ placard

The human rights campaigner was carrying a sign that read, ‘Globalise the intifada: Non-violent resistance. End Israel’s occupation of Gaza’.

Evening Standard

‘Justice is optional’: why Trump’s pardon of Honduran ex-president scares nature defenders

Honduras is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists – and the release of Juan Orlando Hernández has reinforced its ‘crisis of impunity’, say critics

The Guardian - UK

Omid Djalili: ‘Iranians will fight to the very end against this regime’

British-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili talks to Caspar Barnes about the brutal protest crackdown – and whether US intervention could usher in a new era for Iran

The Independent UK

Venezuela announces a general amnesty for political prisoners incarcerated since 1999

Delcy Rodríguez has proposed an amnesty law that would cover political prisoners detained during the entire Chavista period. The measure excludes cases of murder, drug trafficking and human rights violations. Families are waiting cautiously.

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The Independent UK

Venezuela announces bill that could lead to mass release of prisoners detained for political reasons

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has announced a bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons

The Guardian - US

Human rights group warns New York officials against investing public funds in Israeli bonds

Group advised Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani, and city and state comptrollers of ‘legal obligations’ not to abet crimes

The Independent UK

Dissident Ai Weiwei hits out at Western hypocrisy over raising human rights with China

Artist said the West is ‘not even (in a) position to accuse China’ as he accused governments of hypocrisy

Radio France Internationale

Pressure grows to bring French Islamic State suspects home from Iraqi prisons

A French human rights group is calling for the repatriation of 47 French nationals held in Iraqi prisons after being transferred from Syria, where they were first detained on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group.

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The Conversation

Inside the challenges faced by journalists covering Iran’s protests

Iran is enduring one of the darkest periods in its modern history. Protests that erupted in late December initially over economic hardship have clearly transformed into a nationwide rejection of the Islamic Republic and a call for regime change.

The Guardian - UK

Iran accused of ‘campaign of revenge’ as doctors arrested for treating protesters

US state department calls for the release of all detained healthcare workers as at least one arrested surgeon reported to be at risk of execution

AAP

UN human rights focus mulled as protest law challenged

Protecting human rights after terrorist events could be considered by three judges as activists challenge anti-protest laws brought in after the Bondi massacre.

The Independent UK

Chinese man who secretly filmed Uyghur human rights abuses granted asylum by US

Guan Heng first released the secret footage on YouTube before taking the risky boat trip to US

Euronews

MEPs urge EU to block ICE from entering Europe for Winter Olympics

Several European lawmakers have urged the EU to impose restrictive measures on ICE, arguing that the agency should not operate in Europe due to concerns over democratic oversight and human rights.

Latin Times

'Remain in Mexico' Program Set to Resume Asylum Seeker Removals This Week: Report

Also known as the "Remain in Mexico" program, it was launched by the Trump administration in 2019 and terminated by former President Joe Biden in 2021.

Evening Standard

Starmer should apologise to Iraq veterans ‘harassed through courts’ – Badenoch

The Prime Minister worked on a human rights claim that paved the way for fresh inquiries into deaths in Iraq, it has been reported.

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