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Editorial: A devastating defeat for the rights of women

Overturning Roe v. Wade is not the first time the Supreme Court has driven a dagger into the heart of human rights and further divided a deeply troubled nation. But not since the 19th century have there been other decisions so dreadfully indefensible and consequential.

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Iran-Backed Militia Arrests 30 Syrian Fighters

Iran-backed militias continue to arrest local fighters who refuse to participate in combing operations in the Deir Ezzor countryside desert. The militias arrested at least 28 Syrian members amid reports of apprehending others who refused to comb the al-Bokamal desert down to al-Salihiyah and al-Suwayyah. The sources of the Syrian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Separatist violence increases in English-speaking parts of Cameroon - HRW

Separatists fighting to carve an independent state out of Cameroon's English-speaking regions have increased the number of violent actions this year, including killings, kidnappings and attacks on schools, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

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Australian Muslim group lodges complaint against Twitter for failing to remove ‘hateful’ content

Complaint to Queensland Human Rights Commission accuses platform of not taking action against posts that ‘vilify’ Muslims

The Guardian - AU

Women with children in UK face deportation to Nigeria and Ghana

Human rights campaigners raise range of safety concerns over planned removal of people on Home Office charter flight this week

The Guardian - UK

Melilla border ‘stampede’ death toll rises to 37 as police accused of ‘aggressive violence’

More than 2,000 migrants stormed the area on Friday and around 500 managed to get into a border control area

The Independent UK

U.N. official seeks Teesta Setalvad’s release

“Teesta is a strong voice against hatred and discrimination. Defending human rights is not a crime,” says U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor

The Hindu

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Teesta Setalvad: Police arrest activist who sought accountability for Modi’s role in Gujarat riots

Move comes after India’s Supreme Court cleared Modi of any wrongdoing related to Gujarat riots in 2002, when he was state’s chief minister

The Independent UK

Teesta Setalvad who fought for 2002 Gujarat riot victims arrested

Rights group say arrest of Setalvad, who campaigned for the 2002 Gujarat riot victims, will have a ‘chilling effect’.

Al Jazeera

State Human Rights Commission orders against construction license renewal in Kannur

Renewal halted for resolving grievances of a neighbour

The Hindu

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa: Journalism is 'at an existential moment'

Lies, laced with anger and hate, spread faster than facts, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has told this year's DW Global Media Forum in Bonn.

Bangkok Post

Punjab: Woman accuses husband’s accomplice of raping her

LUDHIANA: A 32-year-old woman has accused a man for raping her in a house in January 2018. The woman had lodged a complaint with the police and the Punjab State Human Rights Commission (PSHRC). The Ludhiana police on Friday lodged an FIR after almost four-year enquiry.

The Times of India

Commonwealth ends summit with call for action on climate change and trade

The Commonwealth extends membership to two African nations at a meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles.

ABC News

Exploited in a crisis: why are Sri Lankans getting on boats bound for Australia?

Poor and vulnerable people fleeing Sri Lanka are being met by Australian boat turnbacks and ‘enhanced assessments’ that may breach international law

The Guardian - AU

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The National (Scotland)

Tories drop 'human rights' and 'rule of law' from goals of Gulf trade deal

BORIS Johnson's government has dropped “human rights” and the “rule of law” from its list of objectives in securing a trade deal with Gulf…

The Independent UK

Groups in Spain and Morocco push for border deaths inquiry

Human rights organizations in Spain and Morocco have called on both countries to investigate the deaths of at least 18 Africans and injuries suffered by dozens more who attempted to scale the border fence that surrounds a Spanish enclave in North Africa

France 24

Spain calls deadly migrant rush an 'attack' on its territory

The Spanish prime minister on Saturday described a deadly migrant rush on the enclave of Melilla from Morocco as an attack on Spain's "territorial integrity", as human rights activists demanded an investigation.

The Independent UK

UK quietly drops ‘human rights’ and ‘rule of law’ from list of goals in Gulf trade deal

Ministers are desperate to sign new trade deals after damaging the UK economy with Brexit

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Cuba dissident leaders receive jail sentences following heavily-critiqued trial

A Cuban court sentenced a leading artist-dissident to nine years in jail on Friday and another to five years in a high profile case that human rights groups branded a "farce" but that Cuban state media said was a fair trial over "common crimes."

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Rights Office Says Its Findings Suggest Al Jazeera Journalist Killed by Israeli Forces

Information reviewed by the UN human rights office suggests Israeli security forces fired the shot that killed Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May, not indiscriminate firing from Palestinians, a spokesperson said on Friday. "It is deeply disturbing that Israeli authorities have not conducted a criminal investigation," Ravina Shamdasani told…

The Independent UK

UN body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women, girls' rights

The U.N.’s top human rights body is to hold an urgent debate next week to discuss the erosion of rights of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover nearly a year ago

The Independent UK

US reversal of abortion law is attack on women’s human rights and lives, UK providers warn

‘Restrictive laws don’t reduce abortion, they only make them less safe, and it is the poorest and most marginalised communities that bear the brunt,’ campaigner says

WEKU

Russia is disappearing Ukrainian civilians. Their families want answers

Ukrainians who were held in Russia detail their detention, hoping to help find a teacher still missing. She is one of more than 200 civilians that U.N. human rights workers say Russia has disappeared.

Daily Mirror

Inside the empty hostel in Rwanda where Britain wants to send its asylum seekers

So far only a handful have visited the empty hostel where the first refugees will be sent - but the Mirror's Dan Bloom has been given a tour

The Independent UK

UN office points to Israel in Al Jazeera reporter's death

The U.N. human rights office says veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh and her crew were targeted by “seemingly well-aimed bullets” fired from the direction of Israeli troops

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