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Life as a professional eavesdropper: why listening to what’s said in court can be hell

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By Catherine Ford

Voices are uncanny barometers of personality, but what I hear in court cases can be hard to forget

A year ago, feeling hopeless about my work as a freelance writer, I began to look for other ways to bring in money – something steadier to tide me over, with possibly even fair pay.

One night I saw a 50-something scientist talking on TV about her job dissatisfaction, how she’d left her position, moved to a coastal town with ocean views, and was loving the freedoms of being a remote court transcriber. I thought maybe I could do that and, while I didn’t …read more

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Deportation flight lacks ‘common decency’, Home Office warned

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By PA Media

Inspection criticises 14 hours of restraint and privacy failings on plane to Nigeria and Ghana

A Home Office-chartered deportation flight is lacking “common decency” towards detainees who have been restrained for up to 14 hours and refused privacy while using a toilet, an inspection has warned.

Waist restraint belts were still being used on cooperative detainees for extremely long periods on the flight to Nigeria and Ghana, the report said.

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UN rights chief decries latest US sanctions targeting Venezuela

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By AFP in Geneva

‘Extremely broad’ measures could increase suffering in the country, says Michelle Bachelet

The UN rights chief has intensified criticism of US sanctions targeting Venezuela, condemning the latest measures as “extremely broad” with the potential to exacerbate suffering among an already vulnerable population.

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, has raised concern about previous sanctions imposed by Washington against the government of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

Related: ‘It will not work’: experts question Venezuela sanctions as Bolton touts them

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New Report Documents Lives in Danger, Denial of Due Process under Remain in Mexico 

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By plummerc

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today issued a new report documenting the impact of the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols—commonly known as “Remain in Mexico”—on asylum seekers at the southern border. Delivered to Danger: Illegal Remain in Mexico Policy Imperils Asylum Seekers’ Lives and Denies Due Process&nb

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First Remain in Mexico Refugee Granted Asylum, Yet Government Threatens to Return Him to Danger

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By DuffyC

San Diego, California—Yesterday in San Diego the first individual forced to remain in Mexico under the “Migrant Protection Protocols” was granted asylum based on his status as an Evangelical Christian church leader in Honduras. Despite this grant of asylum from an immigration judge, the individual—who is represented by Human Rights First and goes by the name Alec—has been threatened with return to Mexico by the U.S. government. His lawyer, Human Rights First’s Robyn Barnard, issued the following statement:

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First Remain in Mexico Refugee Granted Asylum, Yet Government Threatens to Return Him to Danger

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By DuffyC

San Diego, California—Yesterday in San Diego the first individual forced to remain in Mexico under the “Migrant Protection Protocols” was granted asylum based on his status as an Evangelical Christian church leader in Honduras. Despite this grant of asylum from an immigration judge, the individual—who is represented by Human Rights First and goes by the name Alec—has been threatened with return to Mexico by the U.S. government. His lawyer, Human Rights First’s Robyn Barnard, issued the following statement:

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It’s oppressive not strict in Saudi Arabia | Letter

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By Letters

The controls against women in the kingdom are not ‘strict’, as they were described in a Guardian article. Much more accurate to describe them as ‘oppressive’, writes Emma Laughton

Your article “Saudi women ‘no longer need male approval to go abroad‘” (2 August) struck the wrong note for me. It referred to the “strictest controls” over women, which seems to rather understate the nature of the situation and existential impact on the suffering of women there. Could I suggest that it would be more appropriate to describe the controls as “oppressive”? Perhaps this is a silly quibble, but the …read more

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