Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil … Read more: BREAKING: Louisiana House Passes Discriminatory Education Bill Targeting LGBTQ+ YouthContinue Reading
Charlotte-Anne Malischewski is the interim commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission. She was appointed before employees filed a … Read more: Human rights commission says staffers linked to workplace racism have been reassignedContinue Reading
Human rights groups have raised concerns that controversial mining companies, including one with a subsidiary under investigation by the UK's … Read more: Concerns raised over mining companies' role in battery passport scheme – The GuardianContinue Reading
Recommendations for future climate-change-responsive prison policies in Africa are warranted and should incorporate agreed human-rights-based … Read more: COVID-19, conflict, climate change, and the human rights of people living in African prisonsContinue Reading
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) rights record is being examined this week by the UN Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR), … Read more: Human rights are progressing in the UAE – opinion – The Jerusalem PostContinue Reading
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Mississippi sheriff's deputies already being investigated for possible civil rights violations after shooting a Black man are now being accused of … Read more: Deputies in civil rights probe accused of sexual assault – AP NewsContinue Reading
Solidarity, showing up, and standing out – this is key for the advancement of women's human rights. There is no time to waste. Read more: Marching for Our Rights: The Colonial Patriarchy in Northern Ireland Continues Old HabitsContinue Reading
The director of Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR), Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, said the execution of "two people for expressing their opinions" … Read more: Iran hangs two men for blasphemy as executions rise amid unrest – France 24Continue Reading
In late 2022, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs published new guidelines on supporting human rights defenders. They are intended as a practical … Read more: Finland: Foreign Service guidelines help support human rights defenders around the worldContinue Reading
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Sofi-Mohammad's transfer was ordered by the Mahabad Public Prosecutor. Read more: Kurdish prisoner of conscience begins hunger strike in MahabadContinue Reading
Throughout his career in diplomacy and as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, he played a vital role in the Dayton … Read more: The Shattuck Center for Human Rights (Department of Public Policy)Continue Reading
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 May 2023: Solomon Dersso was the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, … Read more: Prioritising Human Rights in Africa – the plan is to bring these issues to policy and …Continue Reading
An International News agency Reuters, has again released another report of alleged human rights violation by Nigeria Military in their counter … Read more: Human Right Violation: Another report incriminates the military – FRCN HQContinue Reading
This came during a meeting of a delegation of Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) with a number of US State Department and House of Representatives … Read more: US officials praise Oman's efforts in human rights – Muscat DailyContinue Reading