The Egypt v Iran World Cup 2026 match in Seattle has been dubbed the "Pride Match" by local organisers, with FIFA confirming rainbow flags are permitted inside the stadium

Demonstrators in the US will spend decades in prison after being sentenced for taking part in a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre last July. Journalist Mehdi Hasan called the sentences “insane” and noted the hypocrisy and authoritarian nature of the punishments. Protesters Accused of Antifa Ties Sentenced to Up to 100 […]

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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez described the new sanctions from the U.S. State Department as a crime, denouncing the extraterritorial nature of the blockade and its impact as collective punishment.

Peru’s Congress approved a contentious reform on Tuesday, in a second vote with 52 in favor and 43 against, that modifies the Military Police Penal Code to remove members of the armed forces and police from ordinary civilian jurisdiction when they commit crimes in the line of duty, disregarding explicit warnings from the UN High […]

The Canary has reported previously on the Business and Human Rights Centre’s Transition Minerals Tracker. And now the latest report reveals a dramatic and accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the global transition to clean energy. The figures for 2025 show a staggering 111% overall increase. There were 329 allegations of abuse linked […]

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A joint UN report exposed the devastation in southern Lebanon, where Israel’s bombings destroyed 17,891 homes and left millions of cubic meters of rubble, killing 4,192 people dead. The United Nations Development Programme revealed that Israeli military aggression in southern Lebanon killed 4,192 civilians and caused 1.38 billion dollars in physical infrastructure damage since last […]

From Fatou Bensouda, a former International Criminal Court prosecutor, to UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, sanctioned by the Trump administration. There are also Palestinian human rights workers killed in Israeli airstrikes. An Al Jazeera investigation finds US and Israeli retaliation spans from from the courtroom to the incinerated streets of Gaza. Al Jazeera has once against exposed tactics…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of law that changes nothing overnight. The classrooms look the same the morning after it passes. The teachers haven’t changed. The children getting on buses are the same children who got on buses yesterday. But something has shifted underneath: what was once a promise has […]

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In 2009, I was arrested for the first time after participating in protests against the bauxite mining project in Vietnam’s Central Highlands and speaking out about Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands. Seven years later, I was arrested again and sentenced to ten years in prison for my writings and advocacy on behalf of human rights and freedom of expression. By Nguyễn Ngọc…

A new report by Mona Deely — CEO of Reform Initiative for Transparent Economies (RITE) — lays bare how support for Israel’s settler-colonial aggression in Palestine depends on disregard for international law by Israel and its allies. Deely, also a UK-certified lawyer, presents a detailed account of how unconditional support for states engaged in genocide […]

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Millionaire model Lily Phillips says regulation is needed but no one is listening as a new documentary exposes the widespread corruption going on by those who manage and control the content creators

One HR expert is urging women in corporate environments to stop wearing one thing when putting outfits together for the office

Kemi Badenoch has announced her intention to “repeal the public sector equality duty in its entirety”. The PSED, or simply “the duty”, requires public sector leaders to abide by equality considerations set out in the 2010 Equality Act. Principally, this means working to prevent discrimination against people with protected characteristics (race, sex, disability etc), and […]

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The Trump regime has put UN human rights advocate Francesca Albanese back under punitive sanctions for her continued opposition to and scrutiny of Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people. US judge Richard Leon had ordered the lifting of sanctions after legal action by her husband and daughter, who are US citizens, but the government appealed. […]

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The Tel Aviv-based group Shurat Hadin is urging the museum in Winnipeg to pause its upcoming exhibition on the Nakba and its legacy to allow for a “legal and scholarly review”

A powerful new feature film aims to expose the sinister way ‘trans panic’ has been used across the US as a legal defence to justify the murder of transgender people. Highlighting the long history of activism, resistance and solidarity within the trans community, the film, Trans Panic, follows two trans elders who fought back against […]

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More than 71,000 children under five are at risk of acute malnutrition in Gaza as Israel continues to restrict fuel, flour, and humanitarian aid imports, pushing Gaza closer towards famine, TRT World reported. Israel tightens the squeeze on Gaza imports Israa Al-Afifi, a pediatrician in Gaza, told TRT World that: Children have been directly impacted […]

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Israel killed three community kitchen workers in Gaza on 17 May, as the apartheid state’s crimes roll on despite a supposed ‘ceasefire’. Speaking about these killings in the city of Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera journalist Hind Khoudary said: This shows that Israel is not only targeting people, but also organisations serving the community across Gaza Al […]

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A BAFTA winner broke the fourth wall during the awards' ceremony to ask BBC bosses if they would cut footage of Gaza: Doctors Under Attack winning the prize for best film about current affairs

Human Rights lawyer Harriet Wistrich has claimed that police failures in the investigation of serial rapist John Worboys allowed him to 'perfect' his crimes and continue assaulting women

For her show at the Palazzo Marin, the artist found inspiration in the story of fellow Iranian Nasim Aghdam, whose dispute with YouTube escalated into violence

Video footage circulating online shows police using a knife to slash a rubber dinghy that got stuck in the sand on a beach in France - the dinghy was carrying more than 20 people

Farage has reopened the argument, his MPs have voted for restriction, and his head of policy opposes abortion even in pregnancies resulting from rape. Reform’s evasions should fool nobody. Votes against decriminalising abortion Nigel Farage has already reopened the argument, first by saying MPs should debate cutting the 24-week limit, then by calling that limit […]

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Iran's latest 14-point proposal to the United States calls for all issues between the two countries to be resolved within 30 days - Donald Trump says "they have not yet paid a big enough price"

72-year-old man held inside a Tehran jail for 1677 days runs London marathon to raise cash to save dogs in Iran

Tiana Krasniqi, from Lewisham, South East London, has given new details of the execution of her husband James Broadnax in a Texas jail

Al Hussain was just 16 when her mother 'informed' her she was to be 'reserved' for an arranged marriage to a 40-year-old male cousin - but she couldn't be happier now

British law school graduate Tiana Krasniqi broke down as James Broadnax was given a lethal injection in a Texas prison

James Broadnax, 37, was executed by lethal injection in Texas after being convicted of the 2008 shootings of two Christian music producers in Dallas, despite his cousin allegedly confessing to the crime

Three legal developments emerging in Vietnam are drawing unusual attention from the country’s legal community First, according to mainstream media, authorities are considering criminal liability for lawyers who fail to report clients suspected of planning or committing crimes. Second, a new regulation allows commune-level authorities, in certain cases, to revoke lawyers’ practicing certificates.…