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Inspiring graduate was first in her family to go to school after fleeing Taliban

Gurvin Chopra has graduated from the University of Bristol with a master’s degree in human rights law

Evening Standard

Executive Actions On Immigration Not Detering Migrants At Border

Despite Trump's executive actions, migrants continue to cross the US-Mexico border, causing concern for human rights advocates.

Top News

Indonesia tightens polygamy rules for civil servants

Critics are calling for the practice to be abolished entirely, citing its discriminatory nature and harmful impact on women

The Independent UK

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Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages under army’s protection

Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, set vehicles on fire and injure several residents in the West Bank.

Al Jazeera

Victorian lesbian group cannot exclude transgender and bisexual women from events, tribunal rules

Review tribunal upholds Human Rights Commission’s earlier finding to deny group a five-year exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act

The Guardian - AU

Denmark to ditch ‘parenting competency’ tests for Greenlandic families

Human rights bodies have long criticised the tests as culturally unsuitable for Greenlandic people

The Guardian - UK

An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus and is one of hundreds of its political prisoners

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Briton jailed in Dubai for 16 years ordered to sign document claiming his human rights are being upheld

Exclusive: Imprisoned British businessman Ryan Cornelius has appealed to the Foreign Office for help after his Dubai jailers tried to force him to sign a document claiming his human rights were being upheld, we can reveal

The Independent UK

Venezuela Releases Detained Free-speech Advocate

The head of a leading Venezuelan human rights group was released from detention Thursday, his NGO said, after nine days in custody following a crackdown on critics of President Nicolas Maduro.

International Business Times

Hate crimes, surveillance and social cleansing fuels rights concerns in France

France saw mounting human rights challenges in 2024, including a sharp rise in hate crime and controversial surveillance during the Paris Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual World Report.

Radio France Internationale

Sean Brown murder has left ‘indelible stain’ on British state, court hears

A barrister for the GAA official’s family urged judges to reject a Government bid to overturn a court order compelling it to hold a public inquiry.

Evening Standard

Israeli Bombardment Kills Palestinian Human Rights Worker And Family In Gaza

Tragic deaths of a Palestinian human rights worker, his wife, and daughters in an Israeli bombardment in Gaza spark outrage and calls for justice.

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Australia 'reversing' human rights for children: report

An advocacy group has accused the federal and state governments of violating human rights for children, Indigenous people and asylum seekers in the past year.

AAP

Bangladeshi and British politics collided to bring down Tulip Siddiq

After allegations of corruption, the former government minister’s family legacy now lies in tatters in both countries, says author Salil Tripathi

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Evening Standard

Elianne was standing up for friend ‘doing what she thought was right’

The teenager had planned to become a human rights lawyer, police who investigated her killing said.

The Independent UK

A brave girl stood up to her friend’s violent ex. Minutes later she was murdered in front of horrified friends

An aspiring human rights lawyer, Elianne Andam’s family said the ‘vibrant’ and ‘beautiful’ beautiful girl ‘would have changed the world’ but her life was stolen

Al Jazeera

Biden showed ‘double standard’ on human rights amid Israel’s Gaza war: HRW

Human Rights Watch’s annual report says liberal democracies were generally ‘not reliable’ on human rights.

The Guardian - UK

2024 witnessed ‘absolute failure’ of west to lead fight for human rights, says watchdog

Leading democracies have stood by while allies have committed atrocities or supported perpetrators, Human Rights Watch chief says ahead of annual World Report

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The Guardian - UK

UK accused of undermining democratic rights with climate protest crackdown

British director of Human Rights Watch attacks ‘dangerous hypocrisy’ of government

The Independent UK

Judge wrong to order public inquiry into murder of GAA official, court told

The Government is challenging a High Court ruling that compelled it to establish a public inquiry into the killing of Sean Brown in 1997.

The Guardian - UK

Lawyer for Ugandan opposition politician ‘arrested and tortured’

Eron Kiiza, who was representing regime opponent Dr Kizza Besigye, was assaulted and sentenced to nine months’ jail, say colleagues

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Director Of Independent Commission For Human Rights In Gaza Killed

Director of ICHR in Gaza killed in Israeli airstrike, along with 12 family members. Escalating violence in the region.

The Conversation

The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails

Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on Racism at Australian Universities.

The Guardian - AU

I owe Alaa Abd el-Fattah my life, which is why I am going on a hunger strike to help free him

If anybody represents the very British values of democracy, respect for human rights, justice and due process, it is the Egyptian activist

The Independent UK

UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into exile

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