The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Trump Says 8 Iranian Women Were Saved Thanks to Him, but Tehran Says It Never Planned to Kill Them

President Donald Trump stepped into the center of Iran's human rights crisis Wednesday with a triumphant message that read like a rescue announcement. "Very good news!" he wrote, saying he had just been informed that eight women protesters who were to be executed that night in Iran would no longer…

Latin Times · Apr 22

Roman Abramovich takes Jersey to European human rights court over criminal investigation

Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

Why Pope Leo wants to visit a notorious prison in Equatorial Guinea

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The Independent UK · Apr 22

Channel Seven’s Spotlight dug for dirt on renewable energy. Here’s what they left out

Program portrayed efforts to wean Australia off fossil fuels as morally bankrupt, trashing rainforests and enslaving Australia to China

The Guardian - AU · Apr 22

Sde Teiman Torture Camp Allegedly Involves Dog-Related Sexual Abuse of Palestinian Captives, Activist Claims

Human rights groups allege severe mistreatment and sexual violence against Palestinian detainees at Israel's Sde Teiman. Shaiel Ben-Ephraim calls for independent investigations.

International Business Times UK · Apr 22

Israel’s death penalty law could spell suspension from rights body role, says chief

Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says president

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22

Human Rights roadshow to push for landmark federal act

The federal government still won't commit to a human rights act, but the Human Rights Commission has pledged to keep pushing the barrow out.

AAP · Apr 21

Nearly 500 alleged MS-13 members in El Salvador face a sweeping mass trial

Nearly 500 alleged gang leaders face a collective trial in El Salvador, a practice criticized by human rights groups

The Independent UK · Apr 21

Terrorist who plotted to bomb London Stock Exchange was allowed to stay in UK on human rights grounds

Bangladeshi national Shah Rahman was one of four extremists found guilty over a bomb plot in 2012

Evening Standard · Apr 21

Rabbi who boasts of bulldozing Palestinian homes will light torch for Israel’s national day

Human rights campaigners say honour for Avraham Zarbiv endorses ethnic cleansing and war crimes

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21