UK’s Rwanda bill ‘incompatible with human rights obligations’
Damning report by MPs warns policy places UK’s reputation for rule of law and human rights ‘in jeopardy’ The UK government’s controversial Rwanda legislation that...
Month : February 2024
Australia paid companies linked to suspected drug and weapons smuggling to run offshore detention, review finds
Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says scathing report shows offshore processing ‘used as a slush fund by suspected criminals’ Follow our Australia news live blog...
German firm BASF to pull out of Xinjiang after Uyghur abuse claims
Chemicals producer says audits revealed no wrongdoing but recent media reports crossed red line The German chemicals producer BASF has said it will withdraw from...
‘They’re treating us like thieves’: Rio de Janeiro traders rage as historic flea market shuts
Feira de Acari is closed down by the mayor after claims that gangsters used it to sell stolen goods Manoel Ribeiro has never known a...
Beijing accused of using spying, threats and blackmail against Tibetan exiles
China ‘threatens relatives in Tibet’ to exert control over activists in exile, with greater transnational repression at Tibetan new year Thousands of Tibetans around the...
Fujitsu won £1.4bn in new government contracts after court ruling on Post Office software bugs
MPs find Treasury-affiliated bodies have engaged Horizon firm since damning 2019 high court judgment The Japanese technology company Fujitsu, whose flawed technology for the Post...
UK to send specialist assistance to Turks and Caicos after surge in fatal shootings
It is the second time in less than two years the Caribbean archipelago is seeing escalating violence, attributed to warring drug gangs The United Kingdom...
Venezuela building up troops on Guyana border, satellite images show
Aerial evidence follows months of President Nicolás Maduro ramping up claim to Essequibo region Venezuela is expanding military bases near its border with Guyana and...
Senegal: police and protesters clash in first major unrest over vote delay
Student reportedly killed in the northern city of Saint-Louis while Dakar sees clashes between security forces and demonstrators Clashes between security forces and protesters gripped...
Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president
Haitian American Joseph Vincent, who admitted to helping plot assassination of Jovenel Moïse, is among 11 people accused Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the...
