Jimmy Lai risks dying in jail, legal team warns UN | The Times (paywall)

Jimmy Lai’s legal team is making a fresh appeal for United Nations intervention after uncovering “chilling” evidence on the alleged systemic failure of Hong Kong authorities to provide life-saving treatment to prisoners with health problems.

Twenty missing in Indonesia protests, rights group says | The Guardian

At least 20 people are missing following violent protests that have gripped cities across Indonesia over the past week, a human rights group has warned.

Appeals court allows ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to continue operations — for now | CNN

A US court has temporarily blocked a judge’s order requiring Florida and the federal government to shut down and dismantle a controversial immigration detention facility built in the Everglades, widely referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz”.

European court faults France over sexual consent rules | France24

The European rights court on Thursday found France’s laws on sexual consent are insufficient, ruling against the authorities in a case involving a woman who accused her boss of coercing her into an abusive relationship. 

UK shuts embassy building in Cairo amid row over activist’s arrest | BBC News

The UK has temporarily closed its embassy in Cairo after Egyptian authorities removed security barriers outside the building, amid a diplomatic row over the arrest of an activist.

Lawyers say men deported by US to Eswatini are being imprisoned illegally | The Guardian

Lawyers for five men deported by the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, said they are being denied proper access to their clients, who they said are being imprisoned illegally.

Myanmar: Global unions call for removal of junta-aligned human rights commission | International Federation of Journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined seven global union federations in calling for the immediate removal of the junta-aligned Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) from the Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF).

One million Europeans ask Commission to secure abortion rights within the EU | The Brussels Times

A European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) submitted to the European Commission, backed by over one million signatures, is calling for an EU-wide right to safe abortion access.

Zimbabwean human rights defenders acquitted after year-long trial | New Zimbabwe

Human rights activists Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza and Samuel Gwenzi, who were arrested after being dragged off a plane last year, are finally free following their acquittal by a Harare magistrate.

Man and dog taken down from London clock tower after Iran protest | The Guardian

A man holding what appeared to be a pomeranian dog who climbed the clock tower at King’s Cross station in London to unfurl a banner calling for freedom for Iran has come down and been arrested.