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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Advocacy groups fear Trump pressure will force Big Law into civil rights retreat | FT
US advocacy groups and small legal offices fear Big Law will retreat from civil rights cases after Donald Trump’s executive orders put pressure on firms to choose between ethics and profits.
Met Police assessing report accusing Britons of war crimes in Gaza | BBC News
The Metropolitan Police is deciding what action to take after receiving a report accusing 10 British nationals of war crimes and crimes against humanity while they served in Israel’s military in Gaza.
US ‘alarmed’ as American faces years in jail on charges of insulting Thai monarchy | CNN
Thailand’s arrest of a prominent American academic on charges of insulting the monarchy has “alarmed” the United States, the State Department said, in a rare case of a foreign national allegedly falling foul of the kingdom’s strict lese majeste law.
The UK’s shadow justice secretary has said it is ‘sickening’ to see a London law firm argue that Hamas should no longer be designated as a terror group.
Sudan tells ICJ that UAE is complicit in genocide | Middle East Eye
Sudan has accused the United Arab Emirates of complicity in genocide at a hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands.
US Supreme Court orders return of migrant wrongly deported to El Salvador | Al Jazeera
The US Supreme Court has ordered the government to “facilitate” the return of a wrongly deported Salvadoran man, in a decision seen as a small victory against President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.
Slovakia seeks to further curb LGBTQ rights in child adoptions | Bloomberg
Slovakia has moved a step closer to changing its constitution in a way that could further curb the standing of gay and transgender people.
Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take action.
Greece moves to ban surrogacy for gay male couples and single men | Pink News
Greece has moved to ban surrogacy for gay male couples and single men, despite legalising same-sex marriage and adoption last year.
Human rights organisations have appealed to the UK and EU to intervene and secure the release of poet and rights activist Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, who was forcibly extradited and has been in enforced disappearance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 8 January 2025.
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