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Israel accused of using white phosphorous in Gaza and Lebanon by human rights group

The munitions are capable of burning human flesh ‘down to the bone’, says Human Rights Watch

The Independent UK

What is the white phosphorus that Israel is accused of using in Gaza?

This wax-like, toxic substance burns at temperatures high enough to melt metal.

Al Jazeera

Israel using white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon, endangering civilians: HRW

Human Rights Watch says the use of chemical in populated areas violates legal obligation to avoid civilian casualties.

Al Jazeera

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🔴 Live: Netanyahu says Israeli bombardment of Gaza 'only the beginning'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas in a televised address on Friday, warning that the fierce bombardment of Gaza was "only the beginning" of his country's response to the deadly attacks by Hamas militants last week. His threat came as thousands of Palestinians fled to southern Gaza…

France 24

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day seven

Israel’s military has told 1.1 million people to move further south, UN says, warning of ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’; Gaza death toll passes 1,500, a third of them children

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: allegations of abuse and captivity without pay at UAE’s lucrative recruitment agencies

Domestic make claims of being locked up without salary until work is found, denied proper food and beaten for leaving abusive employers

The Guardian - UK

Court finds police in France often use racial profiling in identity checks

Practice ruled to be discriminatory, but Conseil d’État says it does not have power to force change in policy

The Guardian - UK

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Rights group accuses Rwanda of threatening, killing critics abroad

Rwanda's government has murdered, attacked and disappeared critics beyond its borders in a campaign of "extraterritorial repression" that must be challenged by the international community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

UN set to decide on Russia’s Human Rights Council membership as Putin ‘uses Ukrainian grain to buy votes’

Bringing Russia back onto the UN’s top human rights body will ‘signify a dangerous global drift into untrammelled violence against most vulnerable and innocent’, experts warn

The Independent UK

Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders

US and UK companies with foreign operations use audits to prevent worker abuse – but auditors say the checks aren’t working

The Guardian - US

Russia faces a tough fight to regain its seat in the UN's top human rights body

Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Hamas says will kill hostages if Israeli attacks on Gaza civilians continue

Human Rights Watch terms Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s call for a ‘complete siege’ on Gaza a ‘war crime’.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda accused of broad campaign of repression against dissidents

Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum plan

The Guardian - UK

‘People want change but fear the guns’: Fighting for democracy in Eswatini

Activists criticise ‘sham’ parliamentary elections in the Southern African monarchy, where political parties are banned.

Al Jazeera

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the US and Abu Ghraib: recognition and redress are long overdue

Editorial: Two decades after the invasion of Iraq, victims of abuse and torture by US forces have yet to be compensated

The Independent UK

As foreign minister speaks at UN blocks away, Venezuelan asylum-seekers strain New York City

As asylum-seekers stream in to New York City, officials have scrambled to open new emergency shelters

Al Jazeera

Darfur victims await justice at ICC as Sudan war rages on

Activists seek justice against former Sudanese Arab militia leader as new crimes are committed in the war-torn region.

Reason

Saudi Sentenced to Death for Tweets Criticizing Government

From a Thursday article by CNN (Hande Atay Alam & Celine Alkhaldi): Muhammad al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old retired Saudi teacher, was sentenced "following 5 tweets criticizing corruption and human rights violations," his brother Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi tweeted last week. According to Human Rights Watch, Muhammad al-Ghamdi was arrested last year…

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The Guardian - UK

Germany says it ended training of Saudi border forces after abuses reported

Statement comes amid concern about allegations Saudi forces have killed hundreds of migrants

The Independent UK

The Congolese military is accused of a deadly crackdown on a religious sect, killing at least 43

Congo's communications ministry says at least 43 people have died in a clash between armed forces and members of a religious sect protesting Western organizations operating in the country

WEKU

Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics

A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.

The Guardian - UK

Germany and US trained Saudi forces accused of killing Yemen migrants

Training given despite growing concern over scale of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Lebanon LGBTQ+ activists say attacks are distraction from country’s problems

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisis

The Guardian - UK

Xi urges more work to ‘control illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang on surprise visit

Visit was Chinese president’s second to the region since crackdown on Uyghurs began almost a decade ago

WEKU

Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border

The Ethiopian government said it will investigate a report of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. A Saudi government official rejected the Human Rights Watch report.

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