China releases tortured rights lawyer Chang Weiping | Radio Free Asia

Chinese authorities have released human rights attorney Chang Weiping, sending him to live in the southern island province of Hainan under a travel ban following the completion of his three-and-a-half-year jail term for “subversion” his US-based wife has said.

Amnesty urges Egypt to lift travel bans on human rights lawyers | Middle East Monitor

Amnesty International has called for Egypt to immediately lift travel bans imposed on prominent human rights lawyers Nasser Amin and Hoda Abdelwahab.

Prominent Turkish human rights lawyer dies of cancer in exile | Stockholm Center for Freedom

Ömer Turanlı, a 54-year-old human rights lawyer who fled persecution in Turkey and has been living in exile, died last Friday in a London hospital after battling cancer.

Human rights lawyer whose family was target of Israeli bomb attack in plea to Ireland for support | Irish Independent

Ireland must challenge attempts by the UK government to delay an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister for alleged war crimes, one of Gaza’s foremost human rights lawyers has said.

Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital | The Guardian

A ruling described by activists as “historic”, a court in Ecuador has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through the country’s capital, Quito.

New president won’t improve Iran’s human rights situation: UN rapporteur | Iran International

UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman says due to systemic issues within Iran’s judicial system, a change in presidency is unlikely to improve the country’s human rights situation.

Burkina Faso’s military junta to ban homosexual acts | BBC News

Burkina Faso’s military junta has announced a ban on homosexual acts, making it the latest African state to crack down on same-sex relations despite strong opposition from Western powers.

Nigeria violated human rights during police brutality protests | Voice of America

A regional African court has ruled that Nigerian authorities violated the rights of protesters during mass demonstrations against police brutality in 2020.

Cameroon president’s daughter hopes coming out will change anti-gay laws | BBC News

The daughter of Cameroon’s president has said she hopes that her coming out as a lesbian can help change the law banning same-sex relations in her country.

‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up to fight for the oceans | The Guardian

A rising number of lawsuits in courts around the world are holding governments and corporations to account for their treatment of the seas and those who rely on them.