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Videos of stripped detainees in Gaza: A practice condemned under international law?

Since December 7, images of Palestinians arrested and stripped naked in Gaza by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have provoked widespread concern. Israeli authorities say they undressed the detainees as a security measure, but that photos of them in their underwear "serve nobody". The images have sparked debate on the…

France 24

The Guardian view on the West Bank: the suffering of Palestinians extends beyond Gaza

Editorial: Soaring violence is creating an explosive situation that can only be peacefully defused with a just political solution

The Guardian - UK

Rights groups decry Greek investigation into migrant shipwreck that left more than 500 dead

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International claim that authorities failed to mobilise ‘appropriate resources’, while Greece says the ship’s crew refused assistance

The Guardian - AU

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Israel is accused of using white phosphorous. Would this be against international law?

Israel’s military is accused of using white phosphorous in an October attack on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, which allegedly injured at least nine civilians.

The Conversation

Right groups say Greece has failed to properly investigate claims it mishandled migrant tragedy

Two leading international human rights groups are accusing Greek authorities of failing to properly investigate the circumstances around a migrant boat sinking six months ago that killed hundreds

The Independent UK

Let's Make Sure Humanitarian NGOs Stand For Human Rights

Human Rights Day is observed on Dec. 10 every year to commemorate the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, known as the first enunciation of human rights in the world.

International Business Times

France says 'light must be shed' on 13 October strike on journalists in Lebanon

France wants clarification about a missile strike in southern Lebanon on 13 October that killed a Reuters journalist and injured six others, including two from French news agency AFP.

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What it means for an oil producing country, the UAE, to host U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates is a major oil producing nation, and that's drawing attention to the role oil and gas has at this year's COP28 climate negotiations.

WEKU

Protesters at UN COP28 climate summit demonstrate for imprisoned Emirati, Egyptian activists

Protesters at the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit have demonstrated for imprisoned human rights activists in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, the past and current host of the negotiations

The Independent UK

Israeli military says five of its soldiers killed in war – as it happened

US uses emergency declaration to provide $106.5m worth of rounds for immediate delivery to Israel, Pentagon says

The Guardian - AU

Blinken urges Israel to finish probe into killing of journalist in Lebanon

Blinken’s comments come after rights groups say Israel should be investigated over possible war crime.

Al Jazeera

Reuters releases investigation finding Israeli tank fire killed 1 of its journalists

The news agency says it found evidence that Israeli forces were responsible for the October death of journalist Issam Abdallah. Israel's military is investigating but says it doesn't target the press.

WEKU

Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah ‘killed by Israeli tank shell’

Human rights groups call for war crimes investigation after Israeli tank fired at journalists in Lebanon

The Guardian - UK

Rights groups say Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon were likely deliberate

Two international human rights groups say two Israeli strikes that killed a Reuters videographer and wounded six other journalists in south Lebanon nearly two months ago were apparently deliberate and a direct attack on civilians

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The Guardian - UK

Taliban causing ‘irreversible damage’ to whole education system in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch warns bar on women means unqualified men now teach boys, fewer subjects are taught and beatings are routine

The Independent UK

Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says

A rights group says the Taliban’s education policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan

International Business Times

COP28 Host UAE Choking From Its Own 'Toxic' Air Pollution: HRW

The United Arab Emirates is choking under "alarmingly high" air pollution levels fed by its fossil fuel industry, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday as the oil-rich country hosts the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai.

The Guardian - UK

Air pollution is dirty secret in UAE, says rights group

Human Rights Watch says country’s air pollution is dangerously high but there is little public criticism

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Evening Standard

Women in Sudan ‘gang-raped for hours in ethnically-targeted attacks’

A 19-year-old said she was raped repeatedly for three days before being released

The Independent UK

A Pakistani province aims to deport 10,000 Afghans a day

Authorities in a Pakistani province are setting targets for police to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of Afghans who are in the country illegally

Reason

Texas Troopers Killed 74 People in Vehicle Chases Since Implementing Controversial Border Program

From March 2021 to July 2023, 74 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in vehicle chases occurring in counties affected by Operation Lone Star.

The Guardian - UK

London surgeon says he saw ‘massacre unfold’ while working in Gaza hospitals

Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah claims destruction of Palestinian health system was an Israeli objective

International Business Times

Bangladesh Arrests Thousands In 'Violent' Crackdown: HRW

Bangladesh has launched a sweeping and violent crackdown on opposition parties to "eliminate competition" ahead of general elections, including arresting almost 10,000 activists, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

The Independent UK

Activists call on France to endorse a consent-based rape definition across the entire European Union

Activists wearing masks depicting President Emmanuel Macron have urged France to change its position and endorse a law proposed by the European Union that would define rape as sex without consent in the bloc’s 27 countries

International Business Times UK

China Accused Of Genocide As Hundreds Of Mosques Are Destroyed

As part of its policy that sets out to "sinicise" religious minorities, the Chinese government has ordered the destruction of thousands of mosques.

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