The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Canadian tribunal seeks revamp of C$20 billion deal for First Nations children

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), whose landmark decisions on discrimination against First Nations children set the stage for a historic C$20 billion compensation agreement, threw the deal into doubt after it said the agreement does not fully satisfy its orders.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Qatar denies Peter Tatchell was arrested at LGBT rights protest

Mr Tatchell says he was 'arrested and detained for 49 minutes and subjected to interrogation'

Wales Online · Oct 25, 2022

New Zealand influencer couple detained in Iran for months leave the country

Christopher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray had disappeared after entering Iran in July and had been prevented from leaving

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2022

Peter Tatchell ‘arrested in Qatar over LGBT+ rights protest ahead of World Cup’

The veteran human rights campaigner has since been released

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022

UK failing to investigate cotton imports from Uyghur labour camps, court told

China has previously strongly denied international claims about human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

LGBT+ activist arrested in Qatar while protesting country's human rights record

CAMPAIGNER Peter Tatchell has been arrested by the Qatari security services while protesting against the country’s treatment of LGBT+ people in…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 25, 2022

Gang control of Ecuador's prisons leave inmates' families terrified

Gangs operating inside Ecuador's prisons are taking advantage of state abandonment to expand their power, extorting inmates for access to services and threatening their lives with violence, prisoners' families and human rights groups say.

Reuters · Oct 25, 2022

Peter Tatchell stopped in Qatar while staging LGBT+ rights protest

Incident outside National Museum in Doha comes less than a month before start of men’s football World Cup

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022

Qatar police break up LGBTQ+ protest by Brit activist ahead of football World Cup

Veteran human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was told to move on after holding a one-man protest against Qatar's criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people outside the country's national museum in Doha

Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022

Report: Israeli Restrictions Caused Death of 7 Patients in Gaza this Year

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report that underlined that the Israeli authorities’ restrictions on travel of Gaza Strip patients have caused the death of seven patients and obstructed the travel of 5,000 to receive treatment. The report underscores that from 2008 to 2021, the Israeli…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022