Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

HRW: Israel Has Turned Gaza into Open-Air Prison

Human Rights Watch described Gaza as an "open-air prison" 15 years after Israel imposed a siege on in wake of the Hamas takeover of the coastal enclave. "Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their lives," HRW said. "Israel should…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Priti Patel says preparation for next Rwanda flight 'begins now' after first plane cancelled

The initial flight was cancelled at the last minute after a late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights

Manchester Evening News

It took a human rights court to halt No 10’s Rwanda flight – and act with basic humanity

The home secretary says she is disappointed at the failure of the deportations, but she must rethink this terrible policy, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

What is Rwanda’s record on human rights?

Plans to send asylum seekers to the central African nation, which could be about to get underway, have been bitterly attacked as ‘unlawful’ and contested at the High Court

The Independent UK

Key questions as European Court of Human Rights grounds first Rwanda flight

The plane was scheduled to depart the UK on Tuesday night.

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: How the first Rwanda asylum flight was cancelled

In today’s newsletter: Boris Johnson said ‘tens of thousands’ would be sent to Rwanda. Last night the number on the first flight was reduced to zero

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel undeterred despite late grounding of Rwanda deportation flight

The Home Secretary described the European Court of Human Rights intervention as ‘very surprising’.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

ACT releases Australian-first draft law to protect intersex children from irreversible medical harm

The Australian Capital Territory government has released a consultation draft law to protect the rights of intersex people.

The Conversation

Sad ending to Happy the elephant’s human rights push

Happy the elephant, a 37-year resident of the Bronx Zoo, must remain in her one-acre enclosure after a New York court ruled she is not legally a person.

The New Daily

A major new law aims to ‘improve the health of all New Zealanders’ – so why doesn't it include the basic human right to health?

The new Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act, due to take effect from July 1, will be a once-in-a-generation chance to reset New Zealand’s public health system. It’s a welcome effort to protect, promote and improve the health of all New Zealanders, reduce health disparities (in particular for Māori) and give…

The Conversation

Priti Patel 'surprised' as Rwanda flight halted and says many will go on next flight

The European Court of Human Rights launched a last-gasp intervention in regards to an Iraqi national, who had a judicial review, which forced the plane to remain grounded

Daily Mirror

First migrant flight to Rwanda stopped by European Court of Human Rights injunctions

Home Secretary Priti Patel described the European Court of Human Rights intervention as "very surprising".

Daily Record

Rwanda flight grounded after European Court of Human Rights intervenes

All migrants have been removed from the plane, Government sources have said.

The Independent UK

Home Office's Rwanda flight GROUNDED – as FM Nicola Sturgeon issues warning

THE Home Office has cancelled the first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda – after last-minute legal challenges and a key European ruling…

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Rwanda flights chaos: Priti Patel says ECHR has not imposed an ‘absolute bar’ on deportations to East Africa

The Home Secretary has told MPs the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg had not ruled that the policy was illegal

The Independent UK

Rwanda deportation flight called off at last minute after European judges intervene

The flight that was scheduled to deport the first refugees to Rwanda will not take off following a series of eleventh-hour interventions by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Nottingham Post

First migrant flight to Rwanda postponed as European Court of Human Rights steps in

Earlier, Boris Johnson suggested lawyers representing migrants were “abetting the work of criminal gangs”

Al Jazeera

Dozens of countries question China at UN over Xinjiang ‘abuses’

In a joint statement, 47 countries voice concern at treatment of ethnic minority Uighurs in far western region.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

WEKU

Happy the elephant is not a person, a court rules

The 5-2 decision by the court comes in a closely watched case that tested the boundaries of applying human rights to animals.

The Independent UK

Venezuelan opposition to file complaint for attack on leader

The Venezuelan opposition group backed by the United States will file a formal complaint with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the physical attack its leader suffered over the weekend during a visit to a rural community

The National (Scotland)

First flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda in doubt after ECHR intervention

THE European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has intervened at the last minute in the UK Government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which…

The Canberra Times

Canberra Airport calls off court case against ACT government

Airport owners argued that insisting on a measure which health experts say was unnecessary breach of ACT's Human Rights Act.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Barcelona to Feature UN Refugee Agency Logo on Jerseys

Barcelona will promote the UN refugee agency's logo on the back of its jerseys for the next four seasons under a partnership announced on Tuesday. The agreement comes after the UNHCR recently said an unprecedented 100 million people had been forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution,…

Tribune News Service

Biden likely to meet Saudi crown prince, reversing campaign vow

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia in July, where he is expected to break with his campaign-trail rhetoric by holding a face-to-face meeting with the kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The crown prince outraged Washington nearly four years ago by ordering, according…

Benzinga

Biden, In Policy Shift, To Meet With Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Next Month: Report

President Joe Biden is doing an abrupt policy about-face and will meet next month with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after years of denouncing the country’s human rights record.

1 … 309 310 311 312

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

European Court of Human Rights

Australian Human Rights Commission

42 stories

Detention Action

30 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.