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Israeli media cite official accepting Hamas figure of 70,000 war dead | BBC News
Israeli media report that a senior security source has said the military accepts that more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed during the war in Gaza.
UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official has raised alarm over what he described as the growing dehumanisation of migrants in the United States, warning that current immigration enforcement practices are undermining due process, family unity and basic human dignity.
Pakistani human rights lawyers jailed for 17 years over social media posts | ABC News
A Pakistani court has sentenced two human rights lawyers to 17 years in prison each over social media posts the authorities claimed were hostile to the state and its security institutions.
Venezuela frees 104 political prisoners, rights group says | Al Jazeera
Authorities in Venezuela have freed more than 100 people listed as political prisoners, according to a rights group, including a lawyer who was imprisoned in 2024 after visiting clients at a detention facility.
The international human rights barrister wants to establish a centre of excellence in Ireland for the many ‘talented, very brilliant’ young lawyers here.
Man who exposed human rights abuses in China granted US asylum | BBC News
A Chinese national who exposed human rights abuses in Xinjiang has been granted asylum in the United States, after an immigration judge found he had a “well founded fear” of persecution if he returned to China.
‘I fear for my life’ – Video released of Argentine lawyer detained in Venezuela | Buenos Aires Times
Germán Giuliani, an Argentine lawyer detained in Venezuela since May 2025 after his arrest by security forces, says he fears for his life in a video recorded over the weekend.
Rosebank oil field ‘could breach international law’ over West Bank link | BBC News
Campaigners against Rosebank, Britain’s largest untapped oil field, have told the UK government that approving the project would risk breaching international law.
France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex | BBC News
France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex.
Palau lawmakers vote to block controversial Trump deal to resettle migrants from US | The Guardian
A controversial Trump administration deal to relocate deportees from the US to the small Pacific nation of Palau faces an uncertain future, after the senate voted to block the deal as concern about the agreement grows.
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