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The Harvard Kennedy School's Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights offered a fellowship to Columbia University professor and Human Rights Watch staff … Read more: Harvard Kennedy School Revokes Fellowship to Human Rights Activist, Saying Offer Was PrematureContinue Reading

Abuse thrives behind prison walls. The Human Rights Law Centre works alongside partners to end cruel and degrading practices in prisons. This includes … Read more: Ending cruel practices in prisons – Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

About a dozen senior career Civil Rights Division being reassigned · Reassignments include working on FOIA and internal discrimination complaints … Read more: US Justice Department reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys amid shakeup, say sourcesContinue Reading

Athens has 13 open cases into alleged human rights violations involving migrants, the single largest number of incidents across the bloc. Read more: Greece must face punishment over abuses against migrants, Frontex official saysContinue Reading

A coalition of Canadian human rights groups is calling on the government and federal parties to commit to fighting foreign interference in … Read more: Civil rights advocates urge action on foreign interference – YouTubeContinue Reading

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to the … Read more: DOJ to Abandon Thousands of Americans by Gutting Critical ResourcesContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday to address ongoing human rights issues in discussions with … Read more: Human Rights Watch calls on Thai PM to raise rights issues in Cambodia visit – Jurist.orgContinue Reading

A group of lawyers who had filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the government of Panama for its treatment of … Read more: Those Who Fled Torture, Persecution Treated “As Less Than Animals” by U.S. Officials …Continue Reading

… human rights. CCTV in black and white shows Rhianon Bragg's ex … [right to private and family life] of the European Convention of Human Rights. Read more: Killers and stalkers should live in restricted zones, say victims – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Summary. Tunisia withdrawal from regional commitments to protect human rights; The role of the African Court amid increasing human rights violations … Read more: Tunisia undermines the African Court's jurisdiction to hear human rights violations … – ECPMContinue Reading

Rubio said the State Department's bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor was being axed after pushing for an arms embargo against Israel. Read more: Rubio unveils sweeping State Department overhaul, taking aim at human rights bureausContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); April 23, 2025: Mehdi Fathollahpour, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Rasht Central … Read more: Mehdi Fathollahpour Hanged for Drug Offences in Rasht Central Prison – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

TENI (Trans Equality Network Ireland) did find time, however, to condemn the UK Supreme Court ruling, saying that it 'is a step back for human rights … Read more: Ireland is still in denial about trans rights | The SpectatorContinue Reading

… human rights and democracy divisions – despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio's longtime record of promoting international human rights work. For … Read more: 'I don't think Marco Rubio is making these decisions': State Dept. slashes human rights bureauContinue Reading