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The National Human Rights Commission and other related agencies must step in to examine allegations that the government has routinely used phone spyware to surveil dozens of politicians and pro-democracy activists known for playing active roles in demanding the reform of major institutions.

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice's jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against…

Amnesty International United Kingdom warned that the new trade deal between Britain and Israel could allow the latter to consolidate its settler-colonialism and apartheid in the occupied Palestinian territories. It stressed in a statement on Thursday that the new UK trade deal with Israel “must not be a betrayal of…

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says three non-Syrians were also killed in the Israeli attack.

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Tactical teams from civil and military police raid a complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro to take down an alleged criminal organisation, but public defenders say there are signs of human rights violations carried out during the operation.

If the objections are dismissed, the court can begin to discuss the evidence for the alleged atrocities.

Restrictions introduced during the pandemic are still keeping loved ones away from some care homes in England, MPs and peers said.

Join labour rights defender Malcolm Bidali, FairSquare’s James Lynch, BHRRC’s Isobel Archer and The Independent’s chief football writer Miguel Delaney, hosted by international editor David Harding