Norway unveils plans to boost spending to combat antisemitism against the backdrop of rising terrorism threats linked to Jewish and Israeli targets ~society politics Article 77 words 7 votes
British government urged to pause financial cooperation with Egypt until UK national Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed ~society politics Article 1560 words 5 votes
Swedish government accused of trying to ‘outlaw poverty’ over begging ban – critics say proposal may not be lawful and would not tackle root cause of vulnerability ~society politics Article 542 words 36 votes
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare ~society politics Article 397 words 13 votes
Digital apartheid in Gaza: Big Tech must reveal their roles in tech used in human rights abuses ~tech amazon google microsoft Article 953 words, published Aug 13 2024 22 votes
Sweden's snitch law immigration plan prompts alarm across society – forcing public sector workers to report undocumented people decried as utterly inhumane ~society politics Article 1082 words, published Aug 11 2024 23 votes
Tell San Mateo County: Stop for-profit tech companies denying mail to incarcerated people ~life Article 365 words 23 votes
Finland's deportation law puts EU's migration norms to the test – human rights organizations sound the alarm over the controversial measure ~society politics Article 20 votes
Swedish human rights activist Anna Ardin accused Julian Assange of sexual assault, but is glad he's now free ~society politics Article 1566 words 18 votes
Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids ~news usa.la politics law crime Article 1156 words 39 votes
Nespresso's B-Corp Certification raises questions about the legitimacy of the B-Corp rating system ~finance business Article 2876 words, published May 4 2022 19 votes
Case before Norway's Supreme Court claims that depriving sex offender of a Snapchat account is unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights ~tech social media Article 296 words 15 votes
US Government removes sanctions on Zimbabwe, imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe's president ~finance Article 2515 words 8 votes
Delaying parenthood via the cryopreservation of live-born children - the unintended consequences of blurring embryonic and human rights ~life parenting Article 2799 words 18 votes
NGOs allowed to seize €2.9 million from Belgian government for failure to shelter asylum seekers ~society politics Article 560 words 13 votes
The West needs to show it values all human life – Accusations of double standards sting because they have a point ~society politics Article 1083 words 23 votes
Can doctors in England detain you under the Mental Health Act if they've only met you in MS Teams? (No, not any more) ~health.mental Article 465 words, published Dec 14 2023 14 votes
Finland's government has cited security concerns for the closure of all border crossings with Russia – Russian-speaking Finns say their rights are being violated ~life family Article 1268 words 24 votes
European Court of Human Rights rules that sex workers can seek compensation for lost profits, reversing Bulgarian decision about human trafficking victims ~life work Article 220 words 17 votes
Israel's Gaza evacuation order could breach international law [by forcibly transferring civilians] ~news israel palestine law.international Article 432 words 34 votes
India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says ~news india politics Article 671 words 16 votes
‘We can’t drink oil’: How a seventy-year-old pipeline imperils the Great Lakes ~enviro water energy Article 2281 words 31 votes
Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants ~life Article 885 words 23 votes
G20 leaders must hold Indian government to account for its human rights violations and political persecution ~society politics Link 20 votes
The ordeal of Tigrayan women in Ethiopia: 'Whether you shout or not, no one is going to come and rescue you' ~life.women Article 527 words, published Sep 6 2023 13 votes
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses ~tech social media Article 1155 words 21 votes
Lesbian group seeks human rights exemption to exclude trans women from Melbourne event ~lgbt transgender Link 41 votes
One thousand inmates at a Wisconsin prison have been confined mostly to their cells for months, with little explanation ~life Article 2340 words 41 votes
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in extreme isolation ~news norway Article 236 words 28 votes
The King of Jordan approved a cybercrime bill that will crack down on online speech deemed harmful to national unity ~tech internet Article 304 words 18 votes
US lifts human rights violation designation on Ethiopia ~news ethiopia usa Article 862 words 11 votes
How Olivier Vandecasteele became a pawn in Iran’s deadly diplomatic game ~society politics Article 1555 words 4 votes
Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact ~life Article 411 words, published Feb 10 2023 9 votes
Nepal: Court orders recognition of same-sex spouse ~lgbt Article 784 words, published May 2 2023 5 votes
Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations ~society politics Article 730 words 8 votes
Sanna Marin's human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi fails – Sámi Parliament Act failed to get past the final committee stage in Finnish parliament ~society politics Article 952 words 3 votes
Norwegian Jehovah's Witnesses no longer registered as religious community – due to exclusionary practices when someone breaks religious rules ~humanities religion Link 7 votes
Young Australians just won a historic human rights case against an enormous coal mine ~enviro Article 1123 words, published Nov 25 2022 5 votes
Sanna Marin's Finnish government could collapse, as human rights laws stalled – new Sámi Parliament Act is the right of self-determination ~society politics Article 1666 words 6 votes
FIFA reject Denmark request for pro-human rights training shirts at 2022 World Cup in Qatar ~sports.football Article 330 words 6 votes