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Law makes it an offence to perform so-called ‘therapy’ on anyone under 18 and comes with sentence of up to three years’ imprisonmentNew Zealand has banned conversion practices, with near unanimity, after all but eight National party members voted in fa…
UK-based Hong Kong Watch says outage could be part of wider Beijing crackdownThe website of a UK-based advocacy group appears to have become inaccessible through some networks in Hong Kong, raising fears of mainland-style internet censorship in the Chi…
Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice“I don’t have any dreams for the future because every dream depends on money,” says Res…
Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groupsParents of men killed by Tajikistan forces have called on the international…
Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groupsParents of men killed by Tajikistan forces have called on the international…
British judges are lending credibility to an increasingly anti-democratic justice system in Hong Kong, argues Siobhain McDonaghThe Orwellian reports coming from Hong Kong will come as no surprise to those of us who have been watching its legal system d…
Exclusive: Workers in Portugal picking berries ending up on the shelves of Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco allege exploitative conditionsPhotographs by Francesco Brembati for the GuardianFarm workers in Portugal appear to have been working ille…
Victor Dawes says the group should build closer ties to mainland China amidst concerns about the rule of lawThe newly elected leader of Hong Kong barristers says that his profession should avoid politics and build closer ties to mainland China, as conc…
Watchdog’s latest report argues autocrats around the world are getting desperate as opponents form coalitions to challenge themIncreasingly repressive and violent acts against civilian protests by autocratic leaders and military regimes around the worl…
Bill Browder, who pushed for Magnitsky law, says anti-corruption laws should be used in response to deaths of at least 164 protestersOne of the architects of the UK’s updated sanctions legislation has called for the government and crime agencies to tar…
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Mexico to Hong Kong Continue reading…
Move to appoint Justice Ayesha Malik, who banned virginity tests for rape survivors, described as ‘defining moment’ for the countryPakistan’s top judicial commission has nominated a female judge to the supreme court for the first time in the country’s …
Courts in the global north have a duty to protect citizens of developing countries from plunder by corporationsIn 1977, the Myanmar military launched a national drive to register citizens and drive out people they deemed to be “foreigners”. Since then,…
Next week, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive their Nobel peace prizes. In a rare interview, Muratov says he fears the world is sliding towards fascismThe last time a journalist won a Nobel prize was 1935. The journalist who won it – Carl von Ossie…