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What would a British bill of rights look like?

Plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a UK-focused alternative will be presented this week

The Guardian - UK

Tories will block courts from ruling on human rights violations in 'dangerous power grab'

Boris Johnson is accused of 'ransacking' Brits' human rights as he plans to stop some human rights cases being heard in the High Court - and overrule European judges entirely to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Daily Mirror

European decisions halting Rwanda deportations could be ignored under Raab plans

The Deputy Prime Minister wants the successor to the Human Rights Act to assert British courts do not always need to follow case law from Strasbourg.

The Independent UK

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Dominic Raab claims he's strengthening 'freedom' with human rights changes

THE Tories are pushing ahead with a "power grab" on human rights as they promise to stop “trivial claims from wasting judges’…

The National (Scotland)

U.N.: Executions, trial procedures in Iran of deep concern

Top U.N. officials voiced deep concern on Tuesday about human rights violations in Iran amid reports of rising numbers of executions, including of minors and Afghan migrants for drug-related offences.

Reuters

Turkey Violated Rights of Syrian Refugee by Expelling Him, Says ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had unlawfully repatriated a Syrian refugee after forcing him to sign a document that said he was returning voluntarily. The Strasbourg-based court ordered Turkey to pay around 12,250 euros ($12,940) including costs and expenses to Muhammad Fawzi Akkad,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden's Middle East Trip Pits Human Rights Against Realpolitik

U.S. officials want to reset relations with Saudi Arabia and Israel amid rising gas prices and new security challenges

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Human rights body finds no 'concrete' concerns over GRA reform impact

Witnesses to a Holyrood committee told MSPs that the proposed reforms will not impact the rights of women and girls in areas such as single sex…

The National (Scotland)

From AIs to an unhappy elephant, the legal question of who is a person is approaching a reckoning

Happy the elephant’s story is a sad one. She is currently a resident of the Bronx Zoo in the US, where the Nonhuman Rights Project (a civil rights organisation) claims she is subject to unlawful detention. The campaigners sought a writ of habeas corpus on Happy’s behalf to request that…

The Conversation

Raab urged to let parliament scrutinise Human Rights Act replacement

Letter from 150 organisations adds to MPs’ concern about the bill of rights bypassing pre-legislative process

The Guardian - UK

On World Refugee Day: Half Syrian Population Unable to Safely Return to Syria

Refugees and internally displaced persons, who now comprise half the Syrian population, will be unable to safely return to Syria until it achieves a political transition towards democracy, a report by a human rights group has stated. According the Syrian Network for Human Rights, atrocious violations are still ongoing in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US ban on Xinjiang imports comes into force

A new US law that imposes a near-blanket ban on imports from China's Xinjiang province comes into force this Tuesday. Companies now have to prove that goods they bought from the region were not made with forced labour. Beijing accuses Washington of fabricating accusations of human rights abuses. Plus, the…

France 24

Gangsters killed Maria’s sister in Honduras. A note on the door told her she was next …

Maria and her family were given help to start a new life in safety, but she is just one of a quarter of a million people in the country internally displaced by violence

The Guardian - UK

Mexican migrant advocates demand end to deportations, detention

Mexican human rights organizations marked World Refugee Day on Monday by speaking out against the government's response to migrants entering the country, as record refugee claims are met with mass arrests and deportations.

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The Independent UK

UK to ask European Court of Human Rights to reconsider Rwanda flight decision

The expected first flight in the controversial policy was grounded on June 14.

Mic

Swimming’s governing body has effectively banned trans women

A new policy says only swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 will be allowed to compete in women’s events.

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel says migrants 'exploiting' Britain as she launches fresh attack on European judges

The European Court of Human Rights effectively grounded a deportation flight to Rwanda last week just minutes before it was due to take off

Radio France Internationale

Ivorians who fled to Liberia return 'home', no longer considered refugees by UN

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has announced the end of the refugee status given to Ivorians who fled political crises in their country to reside in neighboring Liberia. To mark the occasion, the human rights organisation's Chief Filippo Grandi was in the northeastern town of Buuto on World Refugee…

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The Hindu

Migrant labourers in Bengaluru approach human rights commission seeking protection from police brutality

They alleged that the police were threatening to demolish their huts and to torture them to evict them.

The Conversation

Commonwealth leaders gather in Rwanda as UK refugee plan focuses attention on human rights

For decades, Whitehall has pondered how to make use of the Commonwealth, without tangible results. There was an expectation in some quarters that Brexit would increase its significance to the UK. But it was never clear why this would, in itself, suddenly transform an under-resourced and notoriously unfocused organisation into…

The Times of India

Madhya Pradesh: Rights panel holds intern prog for law students

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) will conduct internship programmes twice a year, once in summer and the other in winter. Law students from different colleges and universities in the country will take part in it.

Tribune News Service

Hong Kong lawyers are the next target of Xi’s national security law

Veteran human rights lawyer Michael Vidler decided it was too dangerous to work in Hong Kong the moment a judge designated to handle national security law cases implied offering legal support to democracy activists could be a crime.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Qatar’s migrant workers: football owes them

Editorial: The FA and the England team should back proposals to safeguard migrant workers’ rights after the World Cup in November

The Guardian - UK

UN urged to impose travel ban on Taliban leadership over oppression of women

Campaigners say curtailing of women’s rights in Afghanistan means Trump-era waiver must be removed

The Conversation

The Amazon rainforest is disappearing quickly — and threatening Indigenous people who live there

Forests throughout the world are shrinking year after year — and Brazil is the epicentre. According to the World Wildlife Fund, more than a quarter of the Amazon rainforest will be devoid of trees by 2030 if cutting continues at the same speed.

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