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Why Did YouTube Delete Over 700 Videos Of Alleged Israeli Human Rights Violations?

YouTube quietly removed the accounts of three major Palestinian rights groups, including hundreds of their videos.

International Business Times UK · Nov 6, 2025

Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information

When the Trump administration gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a massive database of information about Medicaid recipients in June 2025, privacy and medical justice advocates sounded the alarm. They warned that the move could trigger all kinds of public health and human rights harms.

The Conversation · Nov 5, 2025

Germany bans one Muslim group and raids two others amid antisemitism claims

The government has accused the banned group of violating basic human rights

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

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Stubborn workplace racism sparks call for major inquiry

From exploiting migrants to hindering careers, persistent workplace racism prompts calls for an inquiry similar to the national probe into sex discrimination.

AAP · Nov 4, 2025

ECHR chief is ‘absolutely ready’ to discuss changes to human rights law

The Council of Europe’s secretary general Alain Berset told the BBC he was open to engage on migration issues over the treaty.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

Criminalising identity: Turkey’s LGBTQI+ community under threat

International human rights groups are calling for the withdrawal of proposed legislation against Turkey’s LGBTQI+ community, who warn that the law could effectively criminalise their community, which is already facing a growing legal crackdown.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 4, 2025

Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates

Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man were chartered to the former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2025

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Counter-terror police investigate claim UK university halted research after Chinese pressure

Sheffield Hallam University ordered professor to cease human rights study into Uyghurs forced labour in China

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Latvia's president sends law withdrawing from Istanbul Convention back to Saeima

The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.

Euronews · Nov 3, 2025

Chile to end Pinochet henchmen’s pampered prison life of tennis and barbecues

Punta Peuco – where military human rights offenders enjoy privileged conditions – set to join public prison network

The Guardian - US · Nov 3, 2025

Senate Investigations Find Medical Neglect and Other Human Rights Violations in Immigration Detention Centers

Two reports find that the detention system is failing to provide detainees with adequate food, water, and medical care.

Reason · Nov 3, 2025

A single shell, fired by the IDF at a fertility clinic: peace prize recipient explains what lies behind her genocide finding

Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2025

British public show more support for staying in ECHR than leaving, poll suggests

The European Convention on Human Rights was first signed on November 4 1950 and came into force on September 3 1953.

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2025

How the European convention on human rights became a battleground between the centre and the right

For 20 years, populists have been blaming the ECHR for endangering Britain by offering basic protections to immigrants, says author Daniel Trilling

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025

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The Conversation · Nov 3, 2025

Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed

By the end of 2024, the number of people worldwide who had been “forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order” and had fled their countries stood at approximately 42.7 million, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Whether they are asylum…

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry to defend human rights

Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025

UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet

Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governments

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The Conversation · Oct 31, 2025

Why is it so difficult for the UK to deport foreign criminals?

A convicted sex offender has been deported from Britain to Ethiopia after being accidentally released from prison. Following a national manhunt, home secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed that Hadush Kebatu – an asylum seeker who came to the UK without authorisation on a small boat – would be returned to his…

Latin Times · Oct 31, 2025

UN Human Rights Head Claims U.S. Attacks Against Alleged Drug Boats 'Violate International Human Rights Law'

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean "unacceptable" and called for an investigation on them.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

US ‘drug boat’ strikes are illegal and need to be investigated, UN human rights chief says

Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States

Euronews · Oct 30, 2025

Germany's Merz urges deeper European ties with Turkey despite disagreements on Gaza

The advocacy group, Human Rights Watch, had urged Merz to speak out against Turkey's crackdown on the opposition, including the arrest of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Dubai: the dark truth — It's a magnet for Londoners, but what lies beneath the wealth and glamour?

Thousands of Londoners flock to the Middle East city each year — but behind the façade is a brutally repressive regime where human rights are non-existent

Euronews · Oct 30, 2025

Fossil fuel projects face stricter scrutiny after Europe’s top human rights court ruling

The case worked its way through European legal systems for nearly a decade before the ruling.

The Conversation · Oct 29, 2025

How Turkey is cracking down on the media

Hakan Tosun, a 50 year-old Turkish journalist, died on October 13 three days after he was assaulted in a street attack in Istanbul. Two people have been arrested. The motive for the attack remains unclear, but several political groups have suggested that it may be linked to Tosun’s work. He…

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