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Congo tests boundaries of democracy, climate action during Blinken visit

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — America’s top diplomat on Wednesday was hoping to showcase the potential for democracy and climate action here in one of Africa’s largest countries. But backsliding reality got in the way.

Los Angeles Times

Afghan women are refusing to remain silent one year after the Taliban takeover

On Aug. 15, it will be a year since the Taliban’s forceful takeover of Afghanistan for a second time.

The Conversation

David Beetham obituary

Other lives: Politics professor known for his work on democracy and human rights whose teaching style made political theory accessible and relevant

The Guardian - UK

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UK must curb influence of European human rights rules, says Braverman

Attorney general says it is ‘national priority’ to extricate UK from influence of European court of human rights

The Guardian - UK

End protest crackdown: UN, rights groups tell Sri Lanka president

Human rights experts urge the newly appointed leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to end the crackdown against the protesters.

Al Jazeera

ICC Pushes Probe on the Philippines’ Drug War

The Philippines’ decision not to rejoin the International Criminal Court sets a precedent for other countries to leave multilateral institutions whenever state leaders feel intimidated or uncomfortable.

The News Lens

China labour watchdogs face tough tradeoffs to keep access alive

The Better Cotton Initiative faced scrutiny over its work after partnering with Chinese firm accused of rights abuses.

Al Jazeera

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Rabia Siddique's husband, WA doctor Anthony Jenner Bell, charged with domestic violence

A Fremantle magistrate lifts a suppression order against St John of God doctor Anthony Jenner Bell, who is accused of assaulting his wife, human rights lawyer Rabia Siddique.

ABC News

Human rights without handicaps

When the United Nations was built from the rubble of World War II, it would have been inconceivable for someone like me -- a young, black, gay wheelchair user -- to be considered for a top job in the organisation.

Bangkok Post

Drugmaker Gilead to help fund monkeypox education for LGBTQ+ groups

Drugmaker Gilead Sciences plans to announce on Tuesday that it will provide up to $5 million in grants to help a coalition of LGBTQ+ and human rights advocacy groups craft public health responses to monkeypox outbreaks, the company said.

Reuters

US Secretary of State Blinken visits DRC, Rwanda amid tensions over M23 rebels

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the second leg of his three-nation African tour that began in South Africa at the weekend, and is due to wrap in Rwanda.

Radio France Internationale

Spyware is huge threat to global human rights and democracy, expert warns

Cybersecurity expert Ron Deibert to testify to Canadian MPs about troubling spread of invasive surveillance tools

The Guardian - US

Staff 'breached human rights' of residents at Glebe Villa care home in Bristol

Staff allegedly restrained a resident without training and fed a pescatarian a hotdog

Bristol Post

Saudi Arabia executes 80 prisoners in mass beheading as 120 inmates killed in 2022

Human rights groups fear the rapid escalation of death penalties could see the country break its grim record of 186 killings throughout the whole of 2019.

Daily Record

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The Independent UK

Dominic Raab wants to curb judges’ powers over government, leaked document suggests

Reported proposals aimed at making it harder to bring successful judicial reviews

The Independent UK

Dominic Raab ‘considering measures to curb judges’ powers’

The Guardian claims to have seen a leaked Ministry of Justice document detailing the potential move.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Resolve pending cases, NHRC Chairman tells Tirupati administration

It also seeks report on the action taken in the cases already addressed

Reuters

Suspected Islamists kill 20 in east Congo village attacks

Suspected Islamist militants killed around 20 people in attacks on two villages in eastern Congo over the weekend, the army and a local human rights group said on Sunday.

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The Times of India

Pay Rs 5L to next of kin of man who hanged self in jail in 2018: OHRC

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has recommended to the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of Jitendra Kumar Biswal, who had hanged himself inside the bathroom of Jharpada special jail here on May 11, 2018.

The Hindu

Stalin reiterates demand for Supreme Court Bench in Chennai, use of Tamil in Madras High Court

‘The vacancies at State Human Rights Commission will be filled’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine: Amnesty Int’l Report Sparks Furor, Resignation

The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine chapter has resigned, saying the human rights organization shot down her opposition to publishing a report that claimed Ukrainian forces had exposed civilians to Russian attacks by basing themselves in populated areas. In a statement posted Friday night on Facebook, Oksana Pokalchuk accused her…

Daily Record

Archie Battersbee's mum: 'I've done everything I promised my little boy I'd do'

A last-ditch plea to the European Court of Human Rights to intervene in the case was rejected late on Friday, following a High Court ruling that he must remain at Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London.

The Guardian - UK

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – truth and memory in Palestine

A human rights lawyer charts the history of his country through his late father’s papers

Reuters

Head of Amnesty's Ukraine office quits after group accuses Kyiv

The head of Amnesty International's Ukraine office has quit the human rights body in a disagreement with it after the group accused Ukraine's armed forces of endangering civilians by basing troops in residential areas during the Russian invasion.

Wales Online

Archie Battersbee's family told European Court of Human Rights will not intervene in case

The boy has been in a coma since April and is being kept alive by medical intervention

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