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The Human Rights Crisis in ICE Detention Centers

Reports of human rights abuses are piling up as the number of people in immigrant detention reaches all-time highs.

Reason

Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? International court will take years to decide, but states have a duty to act now

South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza, and requesting provisional measures. Human rights law scholar…

The Conversation

Wall Street Has Funnelled Billions To China, And Likely Used Your Retirement Savings To Do It

If you have a 401(k) or IRA, some of your money may be helping to fund Chinese companies the U.S. says threaten national security and are accused of human rights abuses. Congressional investigations and hearings over the past two years reveal that billions of dollars have flowed from American retirement…

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Britain’s rights watchdog warns against heavy-handed policing amid Gaza demos

The EHRC chairwoman said any interference with protest rights ‘must be lawful and assessed case-by-case’.

Evening Standard

Watchdog warns rights at risk over 'inaccurate' use of Supreme Court sex ruling

A human rights watchdog has warned that rights are at risk over “inaccurate interpretation and implementation” of the Supreme Court’s ruling…

The National (Scotland)

UK rights watchdog warns against ‘heavy-handed’ policing of Gaza protests

EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression

The Guardian - UK

Afghan women feel forgotten by world after four years of ‘war’ waged by Taliban on their rights

While the rest of the world pays little attention, the Taliban’s edicts eroding women’s basic rights have only grown in number. Former female inmates of the group’s prisons tell Arpan Rai they are being brutally enforced

The Independent UK

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Queensland council blocked from evicting homeless people sleeping in tents at city park

Supreme Court finds issuing move on orders to homeless placed them at ‘serious risk of harm from being exposed to the elements’

The Guardian - AU

El Salvador Plans 600 Mass Trials For Suspected Gang Members

El Salvador plans to hold around 600 mass trials for the tens of thousands suspected gang members who have been detained without charges in the country since 2022, the Central American country's attorney general said Thursday.

International Business Times

Five key points on how a long-respected US human rights report became a ‘cudgel’ under Trump

The state departments ‘human rights’ report under Trump differs hugely from those of previous administrations

The Guardian - AU

Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people wearing keffiyehs

Exclusive: Racial Justice Centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy’s Falafel

The Guardian - AU

Checks on Israeli-linked arms firms appear to be just a cosmetic formality

The Scottish Government has come under criticism in recent months for the continuing financial support it provides to companies involved in the arms…

The National (Scotland)

What parts does Australia supply for the F-35s striking Gaza – and should shipments be halted?

The Greens have urged Labor to stop supplying F-35 parts to a global supply chain accessed by Israel – while the government has criticised ‘misinformation’

The Guardian - AU

Voices: What a cheek! The US is in no position to lecture us about free speech

COMMENT: An annual global human rights report from the US state department has declared that freedom of speech is under threat in the UK. The British are too polite to tell the Trump administration what we really think about that – but I’m not, writes Sean O’Grady

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Evening Standard

NHS Fife told to ‘progress corrective actions’ urgently on single-sex spaces

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said the health board has admitted it failed to carry out an equality impact assessment previously.

The Independent UK

Voices: I watched the police arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters – I fear Britain is on a slippery slope towards authoritarianism

COMMENT: What human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger saw at the Palestine Action demonstration in Parliament Square was not public order policing – it was the suppression of lawful dissent, and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable people to send a chilling message: no cause is now safe from criminalisation

The Independent UK

Trump’s foreign aid cuts have ‘strengthened tyranny’ in Myanmar, rights groups say

USAID funding cuts have given Myanmar’s military rulers ‘carte blanche’ to escalate human rights abuses

The Guardian - US

Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’ – report

Human Rights Watch also finds that Iran abused survivors of June attack, which killed 80 people

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Latin Times

Group Accuses State Department Of Dramatically Scaling Back Human Rights Reports To Prioritize Trump Admin's Political Agenda

The State Department released its new, scaled-down version of its annual human rights reports, causing condemnation from advocacy groups

The Guardian - UK

Peru enacts amnesty for military and police accused of human rights abuses

Families of victims and advocacy groups condemn law that covers internal armed conflict from 1980 to 2000

We Got This Covered

JD Vance taunts the UK over human rights, but the Trump administration is too scared to even mention El Salvador

Not-so-surprisingly, any country that supports Trump is not getting mentioned very much.

International Business Times

Bukele Critics Face Long Exile From El Salvador Homeland

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has tightened his grip on power and made life ever-more difficult for critics -- now a growing number face the prospect of a long and painful exile.

The Independent UK

Peru enacts amnesty for military personnel and police in Shining Path insurgency

Peru’s president has signed an amnesty bill into law that prevents military personnel and police officers from being prosecuted over alleged human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict decades ago

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Enterprise panned for lack of checks on Israeli-linked arms firms

THE Scottish Government has been condemned for the lack of checks it’s performing on grants offered to arms firms supplying Israel ...

Radio France Internationale

South Africa hits back at US over ‘flawed’ rights report and land grab claims

South Africa has rejected a US government report accusing it of moving towards land seizures from white farmers, calling the allegation “deeply flawed” and “inaccurate”.

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