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India’s anti-terror laws being used to target non-profits, activists, says report ahead of FATF visit

Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s India visit to probe alleged misuse of local laws to crackdown on non-profits, a report published by a US-based rights group has alleged that India’s expanding scope of anti-terror laws have “wide-ranging adverse impacts” on rights defenders and non-profit organisations.

Newslaundry

Leftist Democrats invoke human rights law in scrutiny of Israel military aid

Congressional progressives say proposed $14.3bn breaches 1997 Leahy act as assault on Gaza has overwhelmingly harmed civilians

The Guardian - US

Gavin Newsom's Visit to China Demonstrated the California Governor's Lack of Statesmanship

Instead of looking like a future president, Newsom comes off as just another small man in a big office.

Reason

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Israel pushes thousands of detained cross-border workers into war-torn Gaza

Following weeks of detention in Israel, the cross-border workers are being sent into the battered enclave.

Al Jazeera

'In Senegal, homophobia follows you even after death': Mob exhumes, burns corpse

A mob in a small town in Senegal dug up the body of a man suspected of being gay, dragged his body through the streets and then burned it during the night of October 28, 2023. While there have been other instances of exhumations of people suspected of being gay,…

France 24

Yellen says the US economic relationship with China must consider human rights and national security

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Washington wants to build an economic relationship with Beijing that takes into account national security and human rights and is fair to both sides

The Independent UK

US, west condemn UN for allowing Iran to host human rights council meeting

US declares Iranian participation in human rights discussion ‘affront’ to collective conscience

The Independent UK

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Israel-Gaza Conflict: Concerns Of War Crimes Emerge As Humanitarian Effort Begins

Israel's attacks on Gaza's refugee camp raise concerns of disproportionate force, while evacuation efforts are underway.

Zenger

A year after the ceasefire in Tigray, Ethiopia is little closer to peace

Ongoing atrocities cast a shadow on the first anniversary of the ceasefire that officially ended hostilities in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to Human Rights Watch. One year into the peace deal, there are multiple reports of abuses in Tigray as well as conflicts in other regions.

Radio France Internationale

Rights groups report widespread war crimes across Africa’s Sahel region with communities under siege

Rights groups say in new reports that security forces and armed groups are committing alleged war crimes against civilians in Africa’s Sahel region where extremists and rebels are increasingly fighting to exert dominance and control resources in communities

The Independent UK

Football heading back to a ‘dark time’ with Saudi Arabia World Cup

Saudi Arabia is the sole bidder for the 2034 men’s tournament and Fifa looks set to confirm the Middle Eastern nation as hosts

The Independent UK

King Charles’s ‘deep regret’ for colonial atrocities was a ‘miss’, Kenyans say

Rights groups repeat calls for apology while President William Ruto says ‘much remains to be done to achieve full reparations’

The Guardian - UK

Iranian mother jailed for 13 years for demanding justice for son shot during protest

Mahsa Yazdani to serve five years without parole

The Independent UK

UN decries Amazon, Walmart, DoorDash for ‘shameful’ wages and union-busting

Human rights expert says US companies trap workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on food stamps and Medicaid

The Guardian - US

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France 24

'Israel should stop dropping explosive weapons in densely populated areas': HRW

After the Israeli military struck Gaza's largest refugee camp for a second straight day, the UN warned that the strikes on the densely populated residential area "could amount to war crimes". Those attacks came even as the humanitarian situation in Gaza continued to worsen. Sari Bashi, Program Director at Human…

Al Jazeera

Will Egypt accept Palestinians if Israel pushes them out of Gaza?

Analysts say Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi fears instability at home if Palestinian refugees cross the border.

Al Jazeera

‘Genocide’, Colombia says as Latin American states condemn Israel over Gaza

Colombia’s president says Israel wants ‘to remove the Palestinian people from Gaza and take it over’.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Israel's troops advance as diplomatic efforts aim to at least pause Gaza fighting

Israel’s ground troops were advancing toward Gaza City as diplomatic efforts intensified for at least a brief pause in the fighting in Gaza’s deadliest war

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The Hindu

Survey begins to recover excess land owned by Kerala MLA P.V. Anvar

Revenue dept. in Kerala has started survey measures to recover excess land held by P.V. Anvar, MLA, at Kakkadampoyil in kozhikode. 6.25 acres of land to be forfeited after survey work. Thamarassery tahsildar to lead forfeiture measures based on report submitted to Kerala State Land Use Board. High Court directed…

The Guardian - UK

Iranian mother jailed for 13 years after denouncing death of son shot at protest

Mahsa Yazdani convicted of blasphemy and ‘insulting supreme leader’ as Iran regime targets families of those killed in protests

The Independent UK

Executions in Iran are up 30%, a new United Nations report says

A new report from the United Nations says Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Former UN official Craig Mokhiber on Gaza, Israel and genocide

Human rights expert says UN must hold Israel accountable for its military actions in Gaza.

The Independent UK

Prevent anti-terror programme incompatible with human rights, says Amnesty

The human rights campaign group called for it to be scrapped.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s new UN counter-terror chief fears world repeating ‘same mistakes’ of the past in Israel-Gaza conflict

Prof Ben Saul cautions that exceeding the limits of international law only breeds extremism and discontent, and is no recipe for peace

The Guardian - UK

Amnesty calls for Prevent strategy to be abolished over ‘human rights abuses’

Group accuses programme of encouraging ‘thought policing’ and being incompatible with international human rights

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