EXCLUSIVE – A poll for the Express has found widespread opposition to any policies that would weaken women’s rights in favour of trans people. Daily Express :: News Feed
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UN human rights office says Israel may have violated laws of war in Gaza
Israeli forces may have repeatedly violated the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and fighters in the Gaza conflict, the UN human rights office said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »5 election questions party leaders must answer in trans rights row
Exclusive: Olympian Sharron Davies is among campaigners calling for politicians to be clear about their commitment to single-sex spaces and female only sports. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Blondie and 50 Cent music rights owner to be acquired for £1.3bn after first deal crushed
Hipgnosis had already accepted a lower deal worth £1.2billion before Blackstone swooped in. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
Read More »This court case could set groundbreaking precedent for Indigenous land rights in Europe
A case before Norway’s Supreme Court could see an area in the north of the country transferred to local, Indigenous control and would be the first time such a land claim succeeded in Europe. If it fails, the process the Indigenous Sámi helped establish could be called into question. CBC | World News
Read More »Why rights groups say so many Palestinians in the West Bank are being attacked with impunity
When word came over the weekend that Israel’s closest ally, the United States, reportedly plans to hold members of an Israeli military battalion accountable for violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, rights groups saw it as progress. CBC | World News
Read More »EU nations obligated to protect citizens from climate change, human rights court rules
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government’s inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves. CBC | World News
Read More »Rishi Sunak’s brutal slap down of ‘stupid’ SNP question on European Court of Human Rights
In a bizarre Parliamentary question, Scottish MP Patrick Grady asked the Prime Minister “for what reasons he considers the European Court of Human Rights to be a foreign court”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »France to enshrine abortion in its constitution in response to rollback of rights in U.S.
France’s Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron in response to a rollback in abortion rights in the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »Four Beatles movie biopics announced in unprecedented granting of life and music rights
The Beatles legends John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are getting a scripted movie biopic each, directed by James Bond’s Sir Sam Mendes. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
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