Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘Human Rights’

Australia's world-first social-media restrictions for children under 16 appear to be facing a fundamental enforcement problem. New usage data indicates the initial decline following the December 2025 ban lasted only weeks, with young Australians steadily returning to major platforms and some younger children now using them at rates exceeding those recorded before the restrictions. INR Report: Based on reporting by David Lindfield for Slay News…

The Trump administration has moved to end federal taxpayer funding for medical gender-transition interventions for minors, arguing that children should be protected from treatments carrying potentially irreversible consequences. The decision comes amid a wider international reassessment of the evidence supporting medical transition of children and adolescents. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE · US President Donald Trump has ordered an…

Roger Foley, a severely disabled Canadian man living with a rare neurological disease, says he is fighting for his life against a healthcare system that has repeatedly encouraged him to consider assisted dying while failing to provide the basic support he needs to survive. His allegations have attracted renewed international attention and raise difficult ethical questions about disability care, patient autonomy and the safeguards surrounding…

France has taken another significant step towards legalising euthanasia after lawmakers approved a bill permitting assisted dying. The legislation has reignited debate over medical ethics, personal autonomy and the expanding role of the State in decisions surrounding the end of life. INR Report: Based on reporting by Matthieu Buge for RT. · France has moved closer to legalising euthanasia after the National Assembly approved legislation…

Frank Bergman · Alarming new data out of Belgium is fueling growing concern over the rapid expansion of state-sanctioned euthanasia, with record numbers of citizens now being killed under the country’s “assisted suicide” regime. · Official figures show that in 2025, a staggering 4,486 people were euthanized. · The data reveal that euthanasia now accounts for 4% of all deaths nationwide. · The death toll for 2025 marked a 12.4% increase…

What the euthanasia of Noelia Castillo reveals about the future of European society · By Marina Akhmedova, member of the presidential human rights council of Russia · Noelia Castillo. ©  Antena 3 · Today in Spain, a 25-year-old woman named Noelia Castillo is scheduled to undergo euthanasia. Born into a dysfunctional family in Barcelona, Noelia spent her childhood in shelters and fell victim to gang rape in 2022. This…

Reflections on the limitless resources and ingenuity devoted to killing, and how little is devoted to conflict resolution. · John Leake · When I was a kid I had a friend who was obsessed with the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, and one of his favorites was the carro armato con falci — scythed chariot, sometimes referred to as a man harvester. · “Isn’t it cool?” my friend said. “You get a couple of guys mounted on really strong horses and…

Chronic manpower shortages have pushed Kiev into forced mobilization, which is growing increasingly brutal · © Getty Images / Libkos / Contributor · [RT] Fewer than one in ten Ukrainians joining the country’s armed forces are doing so voluntarily, making it impossible to abandon forced mobilization, a senior Kiev lawmaker has acknowledged. · The general call‑up of able‑bodied men aged 25 to 60 has not been enough to cover…

Frank Bergman · A Canadian lawmaker and former provincial premier is sounding the alarm after reports revealed that an elderly woman was euthanized against her will, warning that the killing amounts to a “cold-blooded murder” carried out under Canada’s so-called “assisted suicide” regime. · In a statement posted Monday on X, Jason Kenney reacted to reports detailing the death of a woman in her 80s identified only as “Mrs. B.” ·…

Frank Bergman · Canada’s federal government has assembled a parliamentary committee packed with euthanasia supporters to review whether the country’s controversial “assisted suicide” program should be expanded to people suffering solely from mental illness. · The move has alarmed critics who warn the Trudeau-era Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) regime is already spiraling out of control. · The Special Joint Parliamentary Committee…