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EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza

Leaked document marks significant moment in relations with ally but stops short of calling for immediate sanctions

The Guardian - UK

EU review indicates Israel breached human rights in Gaza

A review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement has found "indications" that Israel breached its human rights obligations with actions in Gaza.

Euronews

Refugee numbers reach record high as global aid funding drops

Aid and human rights agencies gathered on Friday under the umbrella of World Refugee Day to call for solidarity with people forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution or famine at a time when global funding for aid is dropping.

Radio France Internationale

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Executions, forced labour and starvation persist in North Korea, UN official says

Increased repression post-pandemic in the isolated country, says human rights expert

The Independent UK

European rights watchdog raises concerns over freedom of speech in Germany amid Gaza protests

The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner has raised concerns that German authorities have curtailed the use of Arabic language and cultural symbols during Gaza protests and have allegedly used excessive force against demonstrators.

Euronews

Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest number since 2015, UN report says

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed

The Independent UK

Echoes of Brexit as Starmer is pressed to seize initiative on human rights

Labour MPs fighting Reform want action and a European renegotiation looks unappealing. How would the PM sell a third way?

The Guardian - UK

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Shabana Mahmood says UK will seek reform of human rights convention

Justice secretary says ‘public confidence in the rule of law is fraying’ but she wants to protect ECHR by changing it

The Guardian - UK

ECHR must be reformed to restore ‘fraying’ public confidence – Lord Chancellor

Shabana Mahmood told the Council of Europe in a speech in Strasbourg the ECHR ‘must evolve’ to respond to new realities.

Evening Standard

Why Keir Starmer risks making the same mistake as David Cameron when it comes to Europe

ANALYSIS : After the former prime minister’s failed attempts to reform the EU in order to see off the threat of Eurosceptics within his party, Archie Mitchell asks whether Keir Starmer will come to regret opening the door to reforming the ECHR

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Iran conflict to derail EU review of Israeli association agreement

Senior EU officials say a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement is "unlikely" now that Israel is in a new conflict with Iran, despite likelihood EU's own report will show evidence of Israel breaching its human rights clause in relation to Gaza.

Euronews

Expansion of marriage rights to same-sex couples also expanded access to the psychological benefits that come with tying the knot

Marriage and the ability to start a family are human rights. Ten years ago, on June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case extended the right to marry to same-sex couples.

The Conversation

China positions itself as a stable economic partner and alternative to ‘unpredictable’ Trump

After the second world war, the US and its western allies created a set of international agreements and institutions to govern attitudes to mutual defence, economics and human rights. For decades this created stable alliances and predictable economic plans.

The Conversation

DWP says transitional payments scheme for those losing Pip ‘one of most generous ever’ – as it happened

Department for Work and Pensions publishes text of bill cutting benefits and claims three-month transitional period is ‘one of most generous ever’

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Exclusive: EU visa rule change set to target Israeli citizens

Mechanism to suspend short-stay visa-free travel into the EU has been reformed to include human rights breaches, and Israel could be one of the first countries affected.

The National (Scotland)

Israel unleashes intense air strikes on Iran’s capital as death toll rises

INTENSE Israeli air strikes have targeted Iran’s capital in a conflict that a human rights group said had killed at least 585 people…

The Independent UK

The Latest: Israel strikes Tehran for a sixth day as Iranian casualties rise

Explosions were heard in Tehran early Wednesday as intense Israeli airstrikes again targeted Iran’s capital in a conflict that a human rights group said had killed at least 585 people across Iran and wounded 1,326 others

The Independent UK

Israeli strikes have killed nearly 600 in Iran, human rights group says

A human rights group says Israeli strikes have killed at least 585 people across Iran and wounded 1,326 others

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Al Jazeera

UN fact-finding mission says Sudan conflict escalating, aid weaponised

The crisis in Sudan has become ‘a grave human rights and protection emergency’, the United Nations mission says.

The Conversation

B.C.’s mental health law is on trial — and so is our commitment to human rights

The British Columbia Supreme Court has begun hearing a long-awaited constitutional challenge to the province’s Mental Health Act.

The Independent UK

Voices: The tide has turned against the European Convention on Human Rights

COMMENT: As two backbench Labour MPs break ranks to voice their support for rewriting the Convention – following an even more surprising intervention by Lib Dem leader Ed Davey – John Rentoul wonders if both sides of the Commons have realised that this is the only way Britain can remain…

The Guardian - US

Authoritarian-friendly Fifa fest shows why next year’s World Cup must be boycotted

The Club World Cup is being staged across the US as citizens from 12 countries are banned and masked agents demand people’s papers based on the color of their skin

The Independent UK

UN rights chief decries 'horrifying' suffering in Gaza and urges leaders to pressure Israel, Hamas

The U.N. human rights chief says Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on Palestinians and has urged government leaders to exert pressure on Israel’s government and Hamas to end it

The Independent UK

Councils and institutions who failed young girls ‘will not be able to hide’ from new grooming gangs inquiry

Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

The Independent UK

A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas

An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban medical brigades is roiling countries in the Caribbean and the Americas

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