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South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a three-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2023.

Reuters

Arts and Human Rights festival set to take place this Friday

The Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival will open from October 14 until October 23

Irish Mirror

Can employers force you to keep your camera on? Dutch court rules no

A Dutch court ruled that constantly monitoring employees via their webcams could breach their human rights

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Deadly Russian Strikes May Have Violated International Law Principles, Says UN

Russia may have violated principles on the conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law with deadly strikes on Ukraine on Monday, a spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said. "We are gravely concerned that some of the attacks appear to have targeted critical…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Deadly Russian strikes may have violated international law principles - UN

Russia may have violated principles on the conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law with deadly strikes on Ukraine on Monday, a spokesperson for the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said.

Reuters

Documents reveal Kwasi Kwarteng's undisclosed meetings with Saudi Arabian oil firms

CHANCELLOR Kwasi Kwarteng held undisclosed meetings with senior executives of Saudi Arabian firms when he was business secretary, according to…

The National (Scotland)

UK firms using legal muscle to facilitate human rights and climate abuses – report

Transform Trade charity says British-based companies are among main bringers of cases based on bilateral investment treaties

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Kwasi Kwarteng’s secret meetings with Saudi oil firms revealed

Exclusive: Meetings while in Saudi Arabia undisclosed due to ‘administrative oversight’, says business department

The Guardian - UK

EU declares Nicaraguan envoy ‘persona non grata’ as tensions rise

Tit-for-tat measure comes amid ongoing international criticism of Nicaraguan government’s human rights record.

Al Jazeera

India signals its will to broaden ties with Australia in meeting with Foreign Minister Penny Wong

India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says the expanding contact between top brass in both countries showed India viewed Australia as a "serious, professional and comfortable partner".

ABC News

‘Barbaric’ practices still used in Victorian prisons, human rights advocates say

Andrews government urged to establish independent watchdog to comply with anti-torture obligations ratified by Australia in 2017

The Guardian - AU

Detained Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza wins human rights prize

Jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza has won this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize for what the Council of Europe called his bravery in standing up to Russia's leaders.

Radio France Internationale

Human rights panel orders probe into ‘botched’ surgery at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital

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The Hindu

Mahsa Amini: UK sanctions Iran's 'morality police' after death of young woman in custody

The FCDO said it had sanctioned the morality police in its entirety, as well as both its chief, Mohammed Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi, and the Head of the Tehran Division, Haj Ahmed Mirzaei

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Detained Russian opposition figure wins human rights prize

The Council of Europe awarded detained Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza the Vaclav Havel Human Rights prize on Monday for what it called his bravery in standing up to Russia's leaders.

Evening Standard

Iran’s ‘morality police’ sanctioned by UK following death of Mahsa Amini and widespread protests

The UK has accused the force of 'serious human rights violations' and 'repression of women and girls'

The Independent UK

UK slaps sanctions on Iran ‘morality police’ after death of Mahsa Amini

Liz Truss government also sanctions top security officials accused of ‘serious human rights violations’

The Independent UK

Dutch activists sue government over assisted suicide

Campaigners calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands have taken the Dutch government to court arguing that its ban on helping a person end their life breaches human rights norms

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The Independent UK

Calls mount for Filipino ex-senator freedom after jail riot

Human rights activists have pressed their call for the immediate release of a former Philippine opposition senator after she was taken hostage in a rampage by three Muslim militants in a failed attempt to escape from a maximum-security jail

Reuters

Dutch right-to-die group fights to widen legal euthanasia boundaries

A right-to-die group told judges on Monday that a Dutch law which allows physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands but criminalises others who help people end their own lives violates European human rights law and must be declared unlawful.

The Conversation

'A rebuke to Putin's dictatorship': Russian human rights group Memorial wins joint Nobel peace prize

It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of the inclusion of the Memorial Society, the Russian human rights movement, among the recipients of this year’s Nobel peace prize, which also recognised human rights campaigners in Ukraine and Belarus.

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland Protocol Bill threatens human rights protections, report finds

The Bill is set to be debated in the House of Lords in the coming weeks.

The Hindu

Peace, Prize, politics: On 2022 Peace Nobel

The Nobel can strengthen the voices of peace and human rights globally

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests Continue across Iran as Rights Group Reports 19 Minors Killed

Protests ignited by the death of a young woman in police custody continued across Iran on Sunday despite a fierce crackdown by the authorities, as a human rights group said at least 185 people, including children, had been killed in the unrest. Demonstrations that began on Sept. 17 at the…

The Times of India

NHRC seeks report from Odisha govt on overcrowding issue of Bhadrak jail

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the director general of prisons, Odisha and sought a detailed reply from the officer on the overcrowding and precarious condition of Bhadrak jail.

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