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• The foreign-national offenders that the government can’t deport

  22 Oct 2014: The deportation of foreign nationals blocked by European legislation is a small proportion of cases but media coverage has been huge

• David Cameron defends progress on bringing foreign criminals to justice

  22 Oct 2014: PM faces criticism of NAO report showing one in six foreign offenders has absconded, including 58 dangerous individuals

• Mexican military tried to cover up murders of up to 15 people, report says

  22 Oct 2014: National human rights commission calls for investigation into deaths of suspected gang members last summer

• Lawyers urge peers to reject judicial review restrictions

  21 Oct 2014: Combined statement from legal professions says criminal justice and courts bill will have ‘chilling effect’ on people seeking justice

• Inspections are not enough to fix garment factories in Bangladesh

  Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: Sarah Labowitz: With no figure on how many Bangladeshi factories produce for the export market and no commitments made to funding factory upgrades, the Bangladesh Accord is a long way from success

• In Bahrain, human rights defenders are under attack – but we won’t be deterred

  20 Oct 2014: Maryam al-Khawaja: Activists are being tortured and imprisoned for speaking freely. We need international pressure on Bahrain’s allies: the UK and US

• Getting the message across

  20 Oct 2014: It’s not only the way that you say it that matters: it helps to be a powerful man, says Katharine Whitehorn

• Humiliation replaces fear for the women kidnapped by Isis

  19 Oct 2014: Widow with child sold for marriage after raiding Isis militants shot her husband and took them into captivity

• Libya rendition victims demand disclosure of UK surveillance policy

  17 Oct 2014: The government’s refusal to reveal when lawyers’ and journalists’ communications can be intercepted is central to claim brought on behalf of Abdel Hakim Belhaj and Sami al-Saadi

• French journalists face jail for reporting from Indonesia

  17 Oct 2014:

  They were arrested for making documentary in West Papua

• South Korea urged to drop libel charges against Japanese journalist

  17 Oct 2014:

  Press freedom group says prosecution violates international standards

• Northern Ireland: 98% of sex workers oppose new law criminalising clients

  17 Oct 2014: Survey finds majority of sex industry workers not in favour of ‘Swedish model’ law targeting consumers rather than workers

• Saudi Arabia faces outcry over death sentence for Shia faith leader

  16 Oct 2014: Nimr Baqir al-Nimr’s conviction for sedition adding to unrest and promoting sectarian hatred, says Human Rights Watch

• Kyrgyzstan moves towards adoption of Russia's anti-gay law

  16 Oct 2014: Lawmakers have voted in favour of introducing a tougher version of Moscow’s controversial law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’. EurasiaNet.org reports

• FGM: more than 1,700 women and girls treated by NHS since April

  16 Oct 2014: Public health minister heralds data collection on female genital mutilation as ‘major milestone’ on road to ending FGM in the UK

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