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Home Office’s Windrush payout scheme needs urgent reform, study finds

Human Rights Watch says claimants’ rights are being violated, with high obstacles to making claims and low awards

The Guardian - UK

Calls to ‘strip’ Home Office of Windrush compensation administration

A report from a humans rights organisation said the administration of the compensation scheme should be handed to an independent body.

The Independent UK

Palestinian Authority blocks registration of legal aid group

The Palestinian Authority has blocked the registration of a legal advocacy group representing critics and opponents detained in Palestinian jails, a move condemned as the authority’s latest effort to stifle civil society in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

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US seeks jailed Vietnam blogger’s release before Blinken visit

The US called on Vietnam to release blogger Nguyen Lan Thang, who was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for anti-state activities, ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weekend visit for talks in Hanoi.

Bangkok Post

Hours before Blinken visit, US condemns Vietnam's jailing of activist

Hours ahead of a visit to Hanoi by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the United States on Thursday condemned Vietnam's jailing of a prominent political activist and said ties could only reach their full potential if the country improved its human rights record.

Reuters

Two Prominent Chinese Rights Activists Jailed for Over a Decade

The heavy sentences of lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are longer than Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s 11-year jail term.

The News Lens

China jails 2 prominent human rights lawyers for over 10 years

Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for over a decade, an advocacy group and one of the men's wives said Monday.

Bangkok Post

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China jails two human rights lawyers for ‘subversion’

Human rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are sentenced to more than 10-year jail after a closed-door trial.

Al Jazeera

Family of Australian man jailed in Vietnam calls on governor-general to raise his case during visit marking 50 years of diplomatic ties

The governor-general is in Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam, and human rights groups are calling on him to raise the plight of political prisoners in the communist South-East Asian nation.

ABC News

‘Let him go’: Joe Biden calls on Russia to release US journalist

Human Rights Watch describes arrest of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich as ‘depraved cynical move’ designed to silence critical voices

The Guardian - UK

Israel is on 'rampage' against human rights, new HRW chief says

Israel's government is "on a rampage" against human rights, the new head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday and urged the United States and other allies to do more to hold it accountable for alleged abuses and persuade it to change course.

Reuters

Explainer-Can ICC's Philippines drugs war probe make progress if Manila cuts contact?

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said this week he would cut off contact with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it rejected his government's request to suspend a probe into thousands of killings during his predecessor's "war on drugs".

Reuters

Why is Canada rejecting evidence of Israeli apartheid against Palestinians?

For the past two months, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have been demonstrating against proposed judicial reforms by the country’s new far right-wing government that could seriously threaten their human rights.

The Conversation

Amnesty says West's response to Ukraine reveals 'double standards' on rights

In its annual report for 2022, rights group Amnesty International criticises the West for double standards regarding human rights abuses around the world. Amnesty underlines the silence of western governments on Saudi Arabia's rights record, widespread repression in Egypt, and Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

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Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage

New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Bills intended to shame and scare transgender students are despicable

Republican lawmakers across the nation have introduced more than 400 bills to restrict the rights of LGBTQ people in the current legislative cycle, according to Human Rights Watch. One of them is Assembly Bill 1314, an odious proposal by California Assemblymembers Bill Essayli, R-Corona, and James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, to…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Is it antisemitism or political discourse? Professor plans to sue Cabrini University after he was fired for tweets about Israel

PHILADELPHIA — Kareem Tannous said he was getting good reviews after he started his job in 2020 as an assistant business professor at Cabrini University.

Al Jazeera

Uganda’s new anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ

Law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ): Rights Watch

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The Independent UK

Uganda's legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community

Al Jazeera

From murder to stadium crush: Can Indonesia’s police reform?

Indonesian police have found themselves in the dock in some high-profile cases amid hopes of greater accountability.

The Guardian - UK

What does the ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin mean in reality?

International criminal court warrants for Putin and children’s commissioner are not recognised by Russia – but send signal to officials

Daily Mirror

What next for Vladimir Putin after 'significant' arrest warrant over abducting kids

Aisling Reidy, legal advisor at Human Rights Watch, says the significance of the arrest warrant for Russia's brutal ruler Vladimir Putin "should not be downplayed"

ABC News

What are incendiary weapons and how are they being deployed in Ukraine?

Such attacks can look like "fireworks" but could in fact be dangerous incendiary weapons, experts warn, which burn at around 2,000 degrees Celsius and cause excruciatingly painful burns to the skin.

Al Jazeera

HRW: Egyptian dissidents denied identity documents

Human Rights Watch says Egyptian authorities refuse to renew documents to pressure dissidents to return to Egypt.

Al Jazeera

‘Forcible transfer’: Orphans from Ukraine ‘taken’ by Russia

Thousands of children have been transferred to Russia or occupied territories, says the watchdog’s report.

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