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The Racial Discrimination Act at 50: the bumpy, years-long journey to Australia’s first human rights laws

On June 11, Australia marks 50 years since the Racial Discrimination Act became law. This important legislation helps make sure people are treated equally no matter their race, skin colour, background, or where they come from.

The Conversation

The Supreme Court’s sex ruling faces legal challenges – will they succeed?

“I ACTUALLY welcome the judgment because I think it gives real clarity.” Those were the words of Prime Minister Keir Starmer ...

The National (Scotland)

‘We are disappearing’: Britain’s first trans judge on Supreme Court defeat – and why she’s challenging it

THE PRIDE LIST 2025: Victoria McCloud was publicly promoted as a symbol of diversity in the justice system, but this year it changed her legal sex overnight. The Independent Pride List 2025 winner tells Emma Henderson how vulnerable trans people are leaving Britain and why she’s taking on the Supreme…

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The Latest: Trump-Musk relationship appears to implode

After long months when President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week

The Independent UK

Huge anti-austerity march to take place though central London

‘No to Austerity 2.0’ protest on Saturday will unite various groups, including trade unionists, human rights campaigners and welfare organisations

Evening Standard

Death, violence and endless delay: Inside Africa’s most troubled energy project

IN FOCUS: Africa’s largest natural gas project was expected to drive Mozambique’s economy to new heights. The reality has been far different, writes Nick Ferris

The Independent UK

Human rights activists in Pakistan protest against murder of TikTok star Sana Yousaf

Dozens of human right activists held a demonstration in Islamabad on Thursday over the murder of the teenager. A 22-year-old man has been arrested.

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Indonesian Couple Whipped 100 Times For Premarital Sex – And Other Sharia Law Punishments That Shock The West

On 4 June 2025, a young couple in Aceh, Indonesia, were publicly flogged 100 times after being found guilty of engaging in sex outside of marriage—a punishment carried out under local Sharia law. Aceh remains the only province in Indonesia that enforces Sharia-based criminal legislation, a policy that continues to…

International Business Times UK

Human rights group loses bid to bring legal action against equalities watchdog

Human rights group Liberty has lost a bid to bring legal action against the equalities watchdog over its consultation in the wake of the Supreme…

The National (Scotland)

Liberty loses bid to bring legal action against equalities body

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is consulting on guidance following the Supreme Court’s ruling on gender earlier this year.

Evening Standard

Downing Street ‘welcomes’ ECHR debate as Badenoch launches exit probe

A Number 10 spokesman said it was ‘important’ there were discussions about how the convention operated.

Evening Standard

UK Charts Own Course on Human Rights and Sanctions Amid EU Reform Push

Britain's refusal to join a European call for ECHR reform—and its growing divergence from EU sanctions policy—highlight mounting legal and compliance challenges in a post-Brexit landscape

International Business Times

NHS body revokes guidance advising hospitals to allow trans people to use chosen bathrooms

The NHS Confederation removed the guidance from its website after April’s Supreme Court ruling

The Independent UK

Trans people must accept perceived reduced rights, EHRC commissioner says

TRANSGENDER people must accept a perceived reduction in their rights after a landmark judgment by the supreme court ruled that women are defined by…

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Human rights laws need 'tightening,' says Cabinet minister amid Tory move to quit ECHR to cut immigration

Environment Secretary Steve Reed’s comments came as the head of the Council of Europe, whose role includes promoting human rights, argued the ECHR needed to be ‘adapted’ for the modern world

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What’s Your Ism? Degree Prasad Chouhan on appropriation of Adivasi identity in Maoist war

In this episode of What’s Your Ism?, human rights activist Degree Prasad Chouhan discusses how Adivasi identities have been appropriated by Maoist movements. He delves into the symbolic use of figures like Hidma, highlighting the lack of genuine representation and decision-making power for Adivasis within these movements.

The Guardian - UK

‘She lived without fear’: daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

Lana Estemirova promised to tell story of her mother, a renowned human rights activist. This month it is published

The Guardian - UK

Convention on human rights must adapt, says Council of Europe head

Alain Berset acknowledged growing criticism of the 75-year-old treaty, but said any changes must also respect ‘our core values’

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Badenoch ‘increasingly’ supportive of leaving ECHR as she launches exit probe

The Conservative leader is expected to set out her plans for a commission about whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Independent UK

Badenoch to launch probe into UK exiting European Convention on Human Rights

The Tory leader will use a speech on Friday to set out her plans for a commission on whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Conservatives and international law: a party trapped inside its own destructive obsessions

Editorial: Kemi Badenoch’s European human rights withdrawal plan would weaken Britain, delight authoritarians and achieve none of the goals the Tories imagine

Radio France Internationale

RFI joins 135 NGOs and media groups in urging unrestricted press access to Gaza

The press freedom group Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has published an open letter signed by 136 human rights organisations and media groups, including RFI, calling for immediate, independent, and unrestricted access for international journalists to the Gaza Strip.

The Guardian - UK

Hungary’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ content violates human rights, says EU lawyer

ECJ advocate general condemns ‘stigmatising’ law that bars such content from schools and primetime TV

Euronews

Hungary's LGBTQ+ law breaches EU regulation, top court advocate says

The legal case, labelled as one of the most significant human rights cases in the history of the EU, saw the European Parliament and 16 member states join it, demanding that Hungary annul the law.

The Conversation

Getting away with it … sort of. How a dictator and a fugitive Nazi advanced international human rights law

Pinochet and Rauff? They were alike. Each had two faces. One gentle, the other hard. They were joined.

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