‘People’s court’ tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine | ABC News

A “people’s court” has put Russian President Vladimir Putin on trial for the crime of aggression over his invasion of Ukraine, in a symbolic move to close an “accountability gap” in the absence of an international tribunal with jurisdiction.

UK government is ‘monitoring’ human rights lawyers, minister admits | openDemocracy

The UK government is “monitoring” human rights lawyers, a Home Office minister has admitted in Parliament.

Snubbed Biden human rights nominee warns against censorship over Israel | Middle East Eye

After having his nomination to an independent international human rights post rescinded by the Biden administration, US academic James Cavallaro has warned that the Biden administration is contributing to a pattern of cracking down on speech critical of Israel.

Seattle becomes the first city in the US to ban caste discrimination | CNN

Seattle is explicitly banning discrimination on the basis of caste, making it the first city in the US to take such a step.

Yemen: Torture victims accuse Total of breaching French corporate duty law | Middle East Eye

Lawyers for two men allegedly detained in secret and then tortured by Emirati forces at a gas plant used as a prison in Yemen have filed a lawsuit against French energy giant TotalEnergies.

Detained activist fears for missing zero-Covid protesters in China | The Guardian

The detained human rights activist Ding Jiaxi has expressed concern for young protesters who have disappeared since participating in the “blank paper” protests against the zero-Covid policy in China last year.

Two Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges | Al Jazeera English

Officials from the United States have returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country after holding them for 20 years without charges at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Morocco: Human rights activist has prison sentence reduced | Middle East Monitor

Human rights activist Rida Benotmane has had his prison sentence reduced from three years to eighteen months by the Rabat Court of Appeal.

After the earthquake, EU must confront Erdoğan’s failures | EUobserver

Two decades of autocratic rule have both augmented the devastation by Turkey’s earthquake and weakened the government’s response to it, writes Sam van der Staak.