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Miss South Africa finalist faces xenophobic abuse over Nigerian heritage

Human Rights Watch says anti-immigrant rhetoric soared in South Africa ahead of this year’s election

The Independent UK

NATO And EU Welcome Release Of US Nationals From Russia

NATO and EU express satisfaction over release of prisoners from Russian captivity, emphasizing commitment to human rights.

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2 Belarusian journalists sentenced to sent to prison in a closed-door trial, rights group says

A human rights group says two Belarusian journalists who worked for news outlets that the country's authoritarian government has declared extremist have been sentenced to prison terms

The Independent UK

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Bangladesh protests: brutal security crackdown sparks calls for international probe

Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets throughout July in nationwide protests sparked by students demanding reforms to the government’s job quota system. Security forces have quelled the unrest by deploying what many see as excess force.

The Conversation

Should children in Scotland be given the right to a healthy environment?

THERE are calls for children in Scotland to be given the right to a healthy environment after the Scottish Government enshrined the UN Convention on…

The National (Scotland)

China sanctions US lawmaker McGovern for 'interference' in its domestic affairs

China has sanctioned another U.S. lawmaker for “frequently interfering" in China’s domestic affairs

The Independent UK

Tanzania's Maasai relocation scheme slammed in new HRW report

A Human Rights Watch report says Tanzania is forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Maasai from their ancestral lands, claiming that government rangers beat some members of the community with impunity.

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Cameroon releases activist arrested over TikTok posts, lawyer says

Cameroon on Wednesday provisionally released an activist imprisoned after he posted videos on TikTok urging democratic change ahead of 2025 presidential elections, his lawyer said.

Radio France Internationale

WED PM - Cameroon arrests activist over TikTok posts, says HRW

Cameroon has imprisoned an activist who posted videos on TikTok urging democratic change ahead of 2025 presidential elections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.

Radio France Internationale

U.N. Report Reveals Allegations Of Torture In Israeli Detention

U.N. report exposes torture allegations against Israeli authorities and human rights violations in Gaza conflict, raising concerns over arbitrary detention...

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UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment

The U.N. human rights office has issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks and other torture and mistreatment

The Independent UK

Labor’s disability royal commission response ‘deeply disappointing’, advocates say

Government announces $371m package but disability representatives said it failed to respond to the scale of exploitation

The Guardian - AU

Rich countries are paying poorer ones to manage their refugee crises: 3 reasons this is dangerous

In recent years, western nations have been sending asylum seekers who arrive at their borders to other countries. This is a practice known as offshoring. The UK has become the recent poster country of this practice.

The Conversation

Morocco Frees Journalists After King's Pardon

Morocco's release of imprisoned journalists signals progress for press freedom and human rights.

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The Guardian - UK

EU states ‘not properly investigating’ reports of rights violations at borders

Fundamental rights body warns of flawed approach to credible accounts of ill-treatment and loss of life

The Guardian - UK

Portrait of Peter Tatchell hung in National Portrait Gallery

LGBTQ+ and human rights campaigner ‘delighted and honoured’ to have painting by Sarah Jane Moon on display

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Human Rights Watch Accuses Sudan Paramilitary Of Sexual Violence

Human Rights Watch accuses Sudan's paramilitary group of sexual violence against women, urging UN intervention in the conflict.

The Independent UK

Paramilitaries gang rape girls as young as nine in Sudan, report warns

Human rights organisation accuses paramilitary group of perpetrating sexual violence against women and girls in war-torn country

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UN Cybercrime Text Faces New Scrutiny From Tech Firms, Rights Groups

UN member states meet Monday seeking to finalize an international treaty on the fight against cybercrime, a text strongly opposed by an unlikely alliance of human rights groups and big technology companies.

The Conversation

International review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission can provide limited gains for anti-racism advocacy

The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) has decided to conduct a special review of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). A coalition of civil society organizations, including the Black Class Action Secretariat, Canadian Association of Public Employees, and others, requested the review.

Radio France Internationale

Exiled Iranian dissidents welcome UN's call for investigation into 1980s purge

A United Nations expert called this week for an international investigation into a range of "atrocity crimes" committed in Iran in connection with a purge of dissidents in the 1980s. Most of the victims were part of a group now based in France and Albania, in a sometimes uneasy relationship…

Latin Times

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia says his government would be 'for everyone' - Interview

González answered a series of questions from the Latin Times ahead of the country's consequential elections

The Independent UK

Lammy urged to drop ‘ludicrous’ financial aid to Cuba over concerns troops are fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Britain needs to rethink financial support, a leading US congressman has told The Independent

France 24

Why Chinese TikTok is being accused of deleting Tibetan content

It’s not new for the Chinese Communist Party to censor any social media content about Tibet that has a political bent. However, in recent weeks, Tibetan users of Douyin, China’s TikTok equivalent, have said that any and all content in the Tibetan language is being censored, whether it is political…

Radio France Internationale

Human rights in Niger 'in free fall' a year after coup, rights groups say

Military authorities in Niger have committed numerous human rights violations a year after seizing power in a coup, according to a report published Thursday by three international NGOs.

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