20 h. ago Trans killer says 'human rights breached' over leaked recording of 'joke'

Sophie Eastwood, a trans prisoner who is serving life for the murder of cellmate Paul Algie, is claiming her rights were breached when a recording was made of her at Wishaw General Hospital

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28 h. ago Trans killer moans "human rights breached" over leaked recording of her cracking joke

Life prisoner Sophie Eastwood has raised the matter as a breach of human rights – specifically to hers and the guard’s right to privacy – and called for him to be allowed to return to work, and his female colleague disciplined.

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58 h. ago Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules

Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate changeThere is a human right to a stable climate and states have a duty to protect it, a top court has ruled.Announcing the publication of a crucial advisory opinion on climate change on Thursday, Nancy Hernández López, president of the inter-American court of human rights (IACHR), said climate change carries “extraordinary risks” that are felt particularly keenly by people who are already vulnerable. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations to their duty to address climate change

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64 h. ago Albanian accused of two murders who got British citizenship under a false name will NOT be deported home because it 'would be flagrant denial of his human rights'

Ilirian Zeqaj, 52, is accused by authorities in Albania of shooting dead two men in the late 1990s, which he denies, before claiming asylum and being granted citizenship in the UK.

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67 h. ago I’m no fan of Elon Musk. But Trump’s threat to deport him is sickening | Justice Malala

The president said he would ‘take a look’ at deporting the US citizen amid a political feud, as Republicans make similar remarks about Zohran MamdaniElon Musk is an utterly deplorable human being. He has unashamedly flashed an apparent Nazi salute; encouraged rightwing extremists in Germany and elsewhere; falsely claimed there is a “genocide” in South Africa against white farmers; callously celebrated the dismantling of USAID, whose shuttering will lead to the deaths of millions, according to a study published in the Lancet this week; and increased misinformation and empowered extremists on his Twitter/X platform while advancing his sham “I am a free speech absolutist” claims. And so much more.So the news that Donald Trump “will take a look” at deporting his billionaire former “first buddy” Musk has many smirking and shrugging: “Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur

Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutionsThe UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has called for sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel and for global corporations to be held accountable for “profiting from genocide” in Gaza.A report by Francesca Albanese to the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday points to the deep involvement of companies from around the world in supporting Israel during its 21-month onslaught in Gaza. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Jamaican murderer wins legal battle in bid for asylum after claiming he can't go home due to threats from notorious gang who killed his family

The killer won the human rights appeal against a decision to deny him asylum after explaining his 'fear' of One Order - one of Jamaica's most powerful gangs.

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69 h. ago Jamaican murderer wins bid for asylum after claiming he can't go home due to threats from notorious gang who killed his family

The killer won the human rights appeal after explaining his 'fear' of One Order - one of Jamaica's most powerful gangs.

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4 d. ago Child snatch murder plot suspects fail at 'human rights' bid to remain in Scotland

US citizens Valerie Hayes, Gary Reburn and Jennifer Amnott were found living in Glasgow in 2018 - as the FBI identified them as suspected of being behind a plot to kidnap five children and kill their parents.

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5 d. ago Trans charity demands investigation into EHRC following Supreme Court ruling on gender

Exclusive: Leading trans campaign group files formal complaint over EHRC conduct

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5 d. ago PETER TATCHELL: How can chanting five words provoke more outrage than Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza? 

No-one at Glastonbury is going to kill an Israeli soldier as a result of Bob Vylan’s words. It’s protest rhetoric - says human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell

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5 d. ago Human rights group loses challenge over jet part exports amid Gaza conflict

Al-Haq challenged the Government over exports of military equipment to Israel.

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5 d. ago Judges rule against Palestinian human rights group's claim that the UK is illegally arming Israel

A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets

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5 d. ago Killer who suffocated girl, 10, to 'sue Parole Board for breaching his human rights’

Paul Smith, who was jailed for life for the murder of 10-year-old Rosie May Storrie in Normanton, Leicestershire, in 2003, is claiming a breach of human rights after he was refused parole

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5 d. ago Human rights group loses legal challenge over exports of jet parts to Israel

Al-Haq challenged the Government over exports of military equipment to Israel.

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5 d. ago Palestinian human rights group loses legal challenge against UK government over arms exports to Israel

Al-Haq had challenged the Department of Business and Trade over its decision to continue supplying parts for F-35 fighter jets to Iraeli forces

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6 d. ago UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harmsA leading UN expert is calling for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation about the climate crisis and a total ban on fossil fuel industry lobbying and advertising, as part of a radical shake-up to safeguard human rights and curtail planetary catastrophe.Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change who presents her damning new report to the general assembly in Geneva on Monday, argues that the US, UK, Canada, Australia and other wealthy fossil fuel nations are legally obliged under international law to fully phase out oil, gas and coal by 2030 – and compensate communities for harms caused. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Judges to rule on Palestinian group’s legal action over Israel military exports

Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq is taking legal action against the Department for Business and Trade over exports of parts for F-35 jets.

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6 d. ago Turkish police arrest more than 50 people before banned Istanbul Pride parade

City’s bar association says people ‘deprived of their liberty through arbitrary, unjust, and illegal detention’Police arrested more than 50 people in Istanbul on Sunday ahead of a banned LGBTQ+ Pride march, the city’s bar association said.“Before today’s Istanbul Pride march, four of our colleagues, including members of our Human Rights Centre, along with more than 50 people, were deprived of their liberty through arbitrary, unjust, and illegal detention,” the Istanbul Bar’s Human Rights Centre posted on X. Continue reading...

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