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Rights groups say new Cuba penal code tougher on dissent

Cuba’s parliament has approved a new penal code that officials say modernizes the country’s laws but that human rights groups warn tightens already strict limits on dissent

The Independent UK

UK MPs call for independent probe into Abu Akleh killing

Shadow minister for Middle East and North Africa joins other MPs in demanding accountability for Abu Akleh’s killing.

Al Jazeera

Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, other key bodies

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, an official said on Monday.

Reuters

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Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist

“From today, I no longer want to be called your mother, if you don’t want to change you can leave my house and come back when you are a transformed person, when you are a man.” Chris (not his real name) a queer transgender person from Rwanda recalls the words…

The Conversation

Israel's top Catholic prelate condemns police funeral attack

Israel's top Catholic prelate says the police attack on mourners during a funeral for an Al Jazeera journalist was a “severe” violation of human rights

The Independent UK

No thanks, Ma’am. For LGBT campaigners like me, your jubilee is nothing to celebrate

I was asked to join the Queen’s pageant as a ‘national treasure’, but I won’t take part in this public relations exercise, says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell

The Guardian - UK

Evil serial killer Mark Nash refused transfer from high security Midlands prison to 'cushy' Arbour Hill

Nash will likely die in jail after his application to the European Court of Human Rights over his conviction for the Grangegorman murders was rejected in 2020

Irish Mirror

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Exiles angry as Queen hosts king of Bahrain

UK is ‘haven for dictators’ says critic after Queen invites ruler who outlawed political opposition in Middle Eastern state to the Royal Windsor horse show

The Guardian - UK

Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson

PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees

The Guardian - UK

UN official on Roe v Wade: reversal would ‘give legitimacy to growing anti-women’s rights’

Special rapporteur Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng urges the US supreme court not to reverse abortion rights, which speak to who owns women’s bodies in society

The Guardian - US

Shireen Abu Akleh: US is no ‘objective observer’, advocates say

With US aid flowing to Israel, Palestine rights activists say Washington is ‘complicit’ in Israeli abuses.

Al Jazeera

Sarah Holland-Batt on fighting for her father: ‘Watching someone decline can be beyond language’

After her harrowing testimony at the aged care commission, the Australian poet’s luminous new collection bears witness to a life and troubled death

The Guardian - AU

UK falls behind on LGBT+ rights for third year, says European study

ILGA-Europe states the drop comes at a time of ‘widespread political and media anti-trans sentiment’

The Independent UK

India abstains in UNHRC resolution on deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine due to Russian aggression

In the resolution as orally revised, the Human Rights Council reiterated its demand for an immediate cessation of military hostilities against Ukraine.

The Hindu

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Egyptian Officials Hold Meetings in Europe, Tackling Human Rights, Environmental Issues

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, president-designate of COP27, co-chaired a ministerial meeting on climate pledges hosted by Copenhagen on Thursday. Britain’s Minister of State at the Cabinet Office Alok Sharma, President of COP26, and Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jorgensen also chaired the meeting. It was attended…

The Conversation

The UK's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda raise four red flags

Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK’s new deal to offload its responsibility to tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The plan is for Rwanda to process and host such refugees indefinitely.

Reuters

China says confidence in UN rights body hit by vote to investigate alleged Russian abuses in Ukraine

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Russian troops had shaken members' trust in the body.

Los Angeles Times

Finland’s leaders endorse NATO bid; Russia issues threats and continues airstrikes on eastern Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — As Finland’s leaders dealt him a blow by announcing their support for joining NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his determination to maintain Moscow’s sway over eastern Ukraine as Russian missiles pounded the area.

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Reuters

Southeast Asian leaders face rights questions, flying shoe on Washington debut

The Biden administration hopes a first-ever Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit hosted in Washington this week will demonstrate U.S. commitment to a region where it is vying with Beijing for influence, but the region's leaders faced questions, and at least one awkward moment, over human rights and democracy.

Al Jazeera

Shireen Abu Akleh: Who said what in US Congress on slain reporter

Many US lawmakers condemned the killing of Abu Akleh and called for an investigation, but few mentioned Israel by name.

WEKU

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 12)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Serial killer Levi Bellfield’s prison marriage bid is ‘inconceivable’ – Raab

The 53-year-old wants permission to marry a woman while he is serving two whole life sentences for multiple murders.

Al Jazeera

UN Rights Council approves probe into alleged Russian abuses

Inquiry will investigate alleged atrocities in regions near Ukrainian capital that were held by Russian troops.

The National (Scotland)

Human rights badge now up for grabs for Scottish Scouts

SCOUTS can now work towards a human rights badge in Scotland.

Axios

UN Human Rights Council votes to start war crimes probe in Kyiv

33 countries voted in favor and only two, China and Eritrea, voted against.

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