Egypt slammed for its treatment of foreign nationals doing Global March for Gaza | Middle East Eye

Egyptian authorities have detained and interrogated more than 200 individuals who travelled to Cairo to take part in the Global March to Gaza, sparking widespread criticism online.

Salvadoran lawyer arrested on money laundering charges | France 24

A Salvadoran lawyer and fierce critic of President Nayib Bukele was arrested on charges of money laundering, the prosecutor’s office said, a move branded by human rights organisations as an offensive to silence those who question the government.

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers for ‘inciting violence’ against Palestinians | BBC News

The UK has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over “repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities” in the occupied West Bank.

UK: Crackdown on family visas risks breaching ECHR rules, Starmer told | The Telegraph

A proposed crackdown on family visas aimed at reducing immigration risks breaching human rights laws, government advisers have warned.

EU approaches final hurdle to joining European Human Rights Convention | EUobserver

A possible final legal battle enabling the European Union to join the European Convention of Human Rights was set to take place yesterday.

Syria orders women to cover up on beaches with conservative new dress code | CNN

Syria has issued a conservative new dress code requiring women to wear burkinis or full-body swimwear on all public beaches, the latest cultural shift since Islamist-led rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime last December.

Australia: Human rights experts and advocates alarmed as Queensland weighs fast return to public drunkenness laws | The Guardian

Queensland’s government is “looking at” bringing back laws against public drunkenness and public urination, against the recommendation of the 1991 royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody and sparking serious concerns among human rights experts and advocates.

Scrap Chagos Islands deal and agree new one, UN panel urges UK | BBC News

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it “fails to guarantee” the rights of the Chagossian people.

French court releases New Caledonia independence leader detained over deadly riots | The Guardian

A French court freed an independence leader from the overseas territory of New Caledonia who had been detained for a year over deadly riots in 2024.

Argentina: Supreme Court upholds Cristina Kirchner’s six-year jail term and ban from public office | Buenos Aires Herald

Argentina’s Supreme Court has upheld former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction in the “Vialidad” corruption case, for which she was sentenced to six years in prison and a lifelong ban on holding public office.