Masih Alinejad and Juju Chang, renowned human-rights advocates, to share the stage at the 44th Simmons Leadership Conference for a timely discussion … Read more: Masih Alinejad and Juju Chang, renowned human–rights advocates, to share the … – Yahoo FinanceContinue Reading
Police arrests Moses Sserugga, a member of 'Torture Survivors Movement Uganda' at the headquarters of Uganda Human Rights Commission during a … Read more: Ugandan Activists Decry Closure of UN Human Rights Office in UgandaContinue Reading
Defending human rights also entails safeguarding the civic space that enables political dissent and grassroots collective action to thrive. Read more: Upholding the human rights of Manila's urban poor | Pursuit by The University of MelbourneContinue Reading
Nevertheless, the lack of transparency in how gross human rights abusers have been able to join UN bodies such as the United Nations Human Rights … Read more: Reforming the United Nations: How Canada Can Lead on Human Rights – Policy MagazineContinue Reading
Since the civil war and the Rwandan genocide of 1994, … As detailed in the yearly report published by Human Rights Watch in December, in 2022, … Read more: Kagame's achievements should not blind us to his tyranny | Human Rights | Al JazeeraContinue Reading
Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalized, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday, ahead of a … Read more: Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea | UN NewsContinue Reading
GENEVA (9 February 2023) – A UN expert* today condemned the criminalisation and repression of human rights defenders involved in sea-rescue … Read more: Italy: Criminalisation of human rights defenders engaged in sea-rescue missions must … – OHCHRContinue Reading
… a year ago in a medical facility outside Orumiyeh Central Prison, is in critical condition, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Read more: Kurdish political prisoner in critical health condition; denied medical careContinue Reading
Police in Kampala have vowed to disperse any attempt at demonstrations outside the shuttered UN offices for human rights. Read more: Uganda: Police Warns Against Demonstrations Outside Closed UN Human Rights OfficesContinue Reading
Mr. Touizi stressed that some MEPs do not seek to defend human rights but to “attack the territorial integrity of the Kingdom”, explaining this … Read more: Morocco not required to provide certificate of good conduct in human rightsContinue Reading
Pastor Abe Johnson and Rob Ryden of Emmaus Church talk about the Human Rights Award presented this year to Emmaus by the City of Northfield. Read more: Pastor Abe Johnson and Rob Ryden of Emmaus Church discuss Human Rights AwardContinue Reading
“Human Rights First has tracked 13,480 reports of murder, kidnapping, rape, torture, and other violent attacks against people blocked in or expelled … Read more: 62 Organizations File Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court on Title 42's Deadly ImpactContinue Reading
In a letter to the Office of the UN high commissioner for human rights (OHCHR) in Uganda dated 3 February, the foreign affairs ministry said it will … Read more: Uganda condemned for 'shameful' decision to close UN human rights office – The GuardianContinue Reading
MPs have accused HSBC and other British banks of tacitly endorsing the suppression of human rights in Hong Kong. "British banks such as HSBC Bank … Read more: HSBC complicit in suppressing human rights in Hong Kong, MPs allege – CityAMContinue Reading
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the demonstrations that gripped … Read more: Nasrin Sotoudeh: Iran's protests have quieted but anger remains, says renowned human … – CNNContinue Reading