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Australia 'reversing' human rights for children: report

An advocacy group has accused the federal and state governments of violating human rights for children, Indigenous people and asylum seekers in the past year.

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Bangladeshi and British politics collided to bring down Tulip Siddiq

After allegations of corruption, the former government minister’s family legacy now lies in tatters in both countries, says author Salil Tripathi

The Guardian - UK

Elianne was standing up for friend ‘doing what she thought was right’

The teenager had planned to become a human rights lawyer, police who investigated her killing said.

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A brave girl stood up to her friend’s violent ex. Minutes later she was murdered in front of horrified friends

An aspiring human rights lawyer, Elianne Andam’s family said the ‘vibrant’ and ‘beautiful’ beautiful girl ‘would have changed the world’ but her life was stolen

The Independent UK

Biden showed ‘double standard’ on human rights amid Israel’s Gaza war: HRW

Human Rights Watch’s annual report says liberal democracies were generally ‘not reliable’ on human rights.

Al Jazeera

2024 witnessed ‘absolute failure’ of west to lead fight for human rights, says watchdog

Leading democracies have stood by while allies have committed atrocities or supported perpetrators, Human Rights Watch chief says ahead of annual World Report

The Guardian - UK

UK accused of undermining democratic rights with climate protest crackdown

British director of Human Rights Watch attacks ‘dangerous hypocrisy’ of government

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Judge wrong to order public inquiry into murder of GAA official, court told

The Government is challenging a High Court ruling that compelled it to establish a public inquiry into the killing of Sean Brown in 1997.

The Independent UK

Lawyer for Ugandan opposition politician ‘arrested and tortured’

Eron Kiiza, who was representing regime opponent Dr Kizza Besigye, was assaulted and sentenced to nine months’ jail, say colleagues

The Guardian - UK

Director Of Independent Commission For Human Rights In Gaza Killed

Director of ICHR in Gaza killed in Israeli airstrike, along with 12 family members. Escalating violence in the region.

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The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails

Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on Racism at Australian Universities.

The Conversation

I owe Alaa Abd el-Fattah my life, which is why I am going on a hunger strike to help free him

If anybody represents the very British values of democracy, respect for human rights, justice and due process, it is the Egyptian activist

The Guardian - AU

UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong civil war, now that former leader Bashar Assad has been ousted and sent into exile

The Independent UK

Mali’s military junta has made homosexuality a crime – what the new law says

A bloodless coup in 2020 saw the military take control of Mali. Since then there have been growing reports of a declining human rights record in the west African country.

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The Guardian - US

Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal

Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’

The Independent UK

A Moroccan activist is sentenced to prison over protests against earthquake response

A well-known Moroccan activist who led protests decrying the government’s earthquake response was sentenced to prison in a case that human rights advocates condemned as politically motivated

The Guardian - UK

No human rights concern would stop UK selling F-35 parts for Israel, say NGOs

Campaigners argue the British government has concluded that parts for the jets must be supplied in all circumstances

AAP

Rights advocate committed to trial despite 'weak' case

A human rights advocate and two co-accused have been committed to stand trial over their alleged kidnapping and assault of a man in a park.

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Nuclear engineers abducted in Pakistan, Human Rights activist raises alarm

Prominent human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has raised serious concerns regarding the reported abduction of 16 nuclear engineers from a uranium mining site in Lakki Marwat, located in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China

A group of Uyghurs who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists who say the men are at risk of abuse and torture if they are sent back

Al Jazeera

Guantanamo at 23: What’s next for the ‘lawless’ detention facility?

With 15 inmates remaining, advocates urge Biden to release more Gitmo detainees before he leaves office on January 20.

The Conversation

Kenya abductions: the powerful legal shields citizens and courts can use – expert

Kenya’s national human rights commission recorded 82 abductions or enforced disappearances between June and December 2024. Many of the people reported missing after the country’s anti-tax protests later resurfaced, but some have been found dead. Dozens of young Kenyans reported being snatched from their homes or the streets by armed…

The Guardian - UK

Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional

The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups

Al Jazeera

Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says

UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.

The Independent UK

European Investment Bank to boost funds for Bangladesh as it weathers political turmoil

A senior official of the European Investment Bank says the regional lending agency is keen to double its funding for Bangladesh, but she expressed concern over human rights as the country endures a spell of political turmoil

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