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Saudi Arabia's 'The Line' Violates Human Rights and Common Sense

Inhumane labor practices, worker deaths, and the forced eviction and repression of local residents have characterized the kingdom's efforts to build a miles-long linear skyscraper in the desert.

Reason

Head of UN-backed team of experts cites paramilitary force in Sudan for sexual violence as war rages

The head of a U.N.-backed fact-finding team looking into human rights violations and abuses in Sudan said Friday it found the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces responsible for large-scale sexual violence in areas that it controls

The Independent UK

US, Germany and France urge China to free a human rights lawyer and his wife accused of subversion

The United States, Germany and France have called for the release of a Chinese human rights lawyer and his wife who were sentenced to prison this week

The Independent UK

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Former Police Officers Sentenced For Marielle Franco's Murder

Former police officers sentenced for the murder of Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, a champion for human rights and social programs. Justice served,...

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UN-backed experts: Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians, prisoners is a crime against humanity

U.N.-backed human rights experts say Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity

The Independent UK

UN extends mandate for UN peacekeepers in Western Sahara, with Algeria protesting over human rights

The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in protest at the resolution’s failure to include a reference to monitoring human rights in the disputed north African territory

The Independent UK

Western envoys concerned about arrests and disappearances as Kenya takes UN rights council seat

Western envoys in Kenya have raised concerns over reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged for swift investigations as the country takes up its seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council

The Independent UK

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Moroccan authorities detain a human rights activist who accused government of 'blackmailing' France

A Moroccan economist known for his work defending human rights has been detained after criticizing the government in remarks posted on social media during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the North African kingdom

The Independent UK

Fifa accused of contributing to ‘very serious’ human rights abuses in damning new report

The sport’s governing body has been accused of ‘a lack of transparency’, under mounting pressure amid pushback on the expanded Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia’s growing influence

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia World Cup bid report accused of ‘whitewashing’ rights abuses

Law firm AS&H Clifford Chance failed to include alleged abuse of migrant workers in assessment for Fifa 2034 bid, say rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Mother secures Government settlement after court claim that pollution death breached daughter's human rights

Environment, transport and health departments admit: ‘Ella’s suffering and death were a tragedy’

Evening Standard

US says Lebanon ceasefire talks making ‘good progress’ – as it happened

US secretary of state and defence secretary express hope of ceasefire in near future as Hamas rules out short-term truce for Gaza

The Guardian - AU

Leading human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike in Chinese prison, family says

Xu is protesting against what he describes as inhumane treatment in prison, including lack of contact with his family

The Guardian - UK

Europe's human rights watchdog urges Cyprus to let migrants stuck in UN buffer zone seek asylum

A senior official with Europe’s top human rights watchdog is urging the government of ethnically divided Cyprus to allow passage to nearly three dozen asylum seekers who have for months been stranded in tents inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone

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The Guardian - UK

‘One big mess’: Fifa not fit to govern football, claims human rights group

Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a new report from advocacy group FairSquare has argued

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian student stripped of UK visa after Gaza remarks wins human rights appeal

Home Office failed to show presence of Dana Abu Qamar ‘not conducive to public good’, according to tribunal ruling

The Independent UK

UN calls for thorough investigation into all killings during Bangladesh unrest

A top United Nations human rights official has called for a thorough investigation of all killings and other rights violations during the violent unrest leading up to and after the fall of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Latin Times

Taliban Prohibits Women from Being Heard by Other Women: 'A Form of Mental Torture'

Human rights activists warn that women could be banned from having conversations with one another after the Taliban declared that women's voices as "awrah."

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Gaza's collapsing public health system

Detailing Israel’s “crime of extermination,” the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident

The Guardian - UK

Here’s what Keir Starmer gets wrong about reparations: we’ve made them before, but now we have to do it right

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - AU

What happened to Bhutan’s ‘kingdom of happiness’?

The Himalayan country is facing unprecedented emigration and high youth unemployment, casting doubt on its famous happiness-based economic approach

The Guardian - UK

‘Make Britain vaguely civilised again’? Sounds great – but not the way this Tory MP would do it, thanks

Neil O’Brien’s simplistic plan isn’t really about antisocial behaviour. It’s a litany of rightwing gripes aimed at human rights, says writer and broadcaster Anne Perkins

The National (Scotland)

I'm a Scottish lawyer working in Gaza – this is why UNRWA is so important

PHILIPPA Greer had already accepted the top job in UNRWA’s field legal office in Gaza before the war unexpectedly began a year ago ...

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Burkina Faso Government Criticized For Exposing Civilians To Danger

Human Rights Watch report exposes Burkina Faso government's negligence during militant attack, leading to tragic deaths and injuries.

The Independent UK

Burkina Faso put civilians at 'unnecessary risk' during militant attack, rights group says

Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year

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