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Commentary: Why I am steering clear of LIV Golf tournament

Should Chicago-area fans of professional golf boycott the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf Invitational being held at Rich Harvest Farms in September?

Chicago Tribune

People planning for pregnancy overcharged, discriminated against, obsetricians' group claims

A national obstetricians' group wants the Human Rights Commission to intervene so people are no longer charged the highest rate for pregnancy care.

ABC News

Passenger kept from boarding after Jetstar’s refusal to assist with wheelchair makes discrimination complaint

Exclusive: Complaint lodged with human rights commission after man turned away at gate of Sydney airport flight

The Guardian - AU

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Amnesty accuses Ukraine of basing troops in residential areas, angering Kyiv

Human rights group Amnesty International accused Ukraine on Thursday of endangering civilians by basing troops in residential areas during Russia's invasion in a report that Kyiv likened to Russian propaganda and disinformation.

Reuters

China has a new global development initiative, but who will actually benefit from it?

China’s well-publicized Belt and Road Initiative to invest in infrastructure projects in other countries has helped it expand its political influence around the world. But a newer, lesser-known development program has launched with apparently similar objectives.

The Conversation

Archie Battersbee's mum ends fight for treatment and wants 'dignified' death in hospice

This morning, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee submitted an application to move him to a hospice after the European Court of Human Rights rejected their 11th-hour bid to postpone the withdrawal of treatment

Daily Mirror

Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters

An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency laws to harass and arbitrarily detain protesters who are seeking political reform and accountability amid the island country’s economic crisis

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Two years after Beirut blast, lawsuits raise hopes for justice

Legal cases abroad are giving survivors hope for justice, but they say an independent UN probe remains essential.

Al Jazeera

European court refuses to intervene in case of British boy on life support

Europe's human rights court on Wednesday refused a request from the parents of a 12-year-old British boy with brain damage to intervene in a decision to remove life support.

Reuters

Mexican journalist killed amid rising media death toll

A Mexican journalist was killed in the central state of Guanajuato while working at his family's bar, human rights organization Article 19 reported Wednesday, the latest fatality in a deadly year for the country's media.

Reuters

European Court of Human Rights denies Archie Battersbee's family's latest appeal

Sky News reports that the European Court of Human Rights says it will not interfere with the decisions of the national courts to to block the withdrawal of 12-year-old Archie's life-support.

Daily Record

Archie Battersbee parents lose new court bid to postpone life support withdrawal

The European Court of Human Rights has refused an application by his parents

Wales Online

Archie Battersbee: Human rights court rejects mum's appeal to keep life support on

The decision from the the European Court of Human Rights comes after Archie Battersbee's parents made an 11th-hour attempt to stop doctors from turning off the schoolboy 's life support

Daily Mirror

Archie Battersbee’s parents given until 9am for bid to move son to hospice or life support will end

ECHR application was expected to be Archie’s family’s last chance to keep him on life support

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Groups Ask UN to Investigate Beirut’s Massive 2020 Blast

Lebanese and international organizations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago, as a domestic probe continues to stall. The call by groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International came as the Lebanese investigation has…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak's extremism plans 'risk criminalising independence supporters'

RISHI Sunak’s plans to treat those who “vilify” Britain as extremists could criminalise supporters of Scottish and Welsh independence, a…

The Conversation

The US and Rwanda: how the relationship has evolved since the 1994 genocide

One of the primary points of discussion between Antony Blinken and Rwandan president Paul Kagame in the US secretary of state’s upcoming visit to Kigali will be the renewed tensions between Rwanda and its neighbours, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Independent UK

Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut's massive 2020 blast

A group of Lebanese and international organizations have called on members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago

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Evening Standard

Archie Battersbee's mother: I will fight until the bitter end

The mother of Archie Battersbee has vowed to fight for her son “til the bitter end” as the family wait to hear from the European Court of Human Rights after making a last-ditch bid to postpone the withdrawal of his life support.The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he…

Reuters

In El Salvador, discrepancy over deaths and mass graves alarms critics

In El Salvador, testimony from police officers and conflicting statistics on mass graves are leading critics to question if homicides in the Central American country are being fully reported as access to official information tightens.

Daily Record

Archie Battersbee’s parents in final court bid just hours before life support ends

Mum and dad, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, had until 9am today to make an application to the European Court of Human Rights.

The Independent UK

Parents of boy in life-support battle go to European court

The family of a comatose British boy at the center of a life-support battle says it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid to stop a hospital ending his treatment

Wales Online

Archie Battersbee's mum says two countries have offered to treat him

Archie's mum and dad submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights this morning

Radio France Internationale

Human rights activists warn of police violence during Kenyan elections

Kenya's failure to hold police accountable for allegedly killing dozens of people after the 2017 elections heightens the risk of officers again abusing their power, a leading human rights group has warned on the eve of this year's poll.

The Independent UK

Archie Battersbee’s parents submit application to European Court of Human Rights

The 12-year-old has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother in April.

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