Human Rights (Page 1,176)

“We know from Human Rights Watch work around the world that denying girls who are pregnant or adolescent mothers the right to study in public schools … Read more: Tanzania: Court to Rule on Education Ban for Pregnant Students – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

HYDERABAD: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), complaining that the State government has … Read more: Telangana: BJP State chief seeks human rights body intervention in cancelled ration cards issueContinue Reading

Dobbs also puts the US on a collision course with international human rights laws and norms. … In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe vs Wade that … Read more: America's body politics – Times of IndiaContinue Reading

So Near and Yet So Far: The International Arms Trade Treaty and Human Rights. By Dr Gilles Giacca – The renewed United Nations Conference on the … Read more: Conflict and Human Rights | OHRHContinue Reading

“In Iraq, we hear about human rights and women's rights in Europe. But here there are no rights”, said a Yazidi woman who was detained in the … Read more: Lithuania: Pushbacks, illegal detention, deception and abuses against refugees and migrantsContinue Reading

Talks between the government and an alliance of legal and civil liberties groups to discuss the new draft criminal code have stumbled. Read more: Indonesia 'democracy, human rights at risk' as row over criminal code heats upContinue Reading

Kaos GL Association, which campaigns to promote the human rights of LGBTQ people against discrimination, said on Twitter police detained more than … Read more: Police break up Istanbul Pride march, detain over 150 – France 24Continue Reading

The Indian authorities must immediately release Teesta Setalvad, and end the persecution of Indian civil society and human rights defenders,” Amnesty … Read more: Gujarat riots 2002: Amnesty India condemns Teesta's detention, says 'targeting human rights …Continue Reading

International law gives each human being the right to seek refuge from such persecution in another country and to find asylum there. Countries must … Read more: Czech Govt Human Rights Commissioner declares her strong opposition to racially … – Romea.czContinue Reading

UK should stop preaching on human rights … Since striking a deal with Rwanda in April this year on sending asylum seekers who arrived illegally in … Read more: UK should stop preaching on human rights – People's Daily OnlineContinue Reading

Unfortunately, the U.S. allowed many of these rich human-rights abusers into their country and gave them citizenship, instead of holding them … Read more: So-called Cuban 'resistance' is protecting its property, not human rights – Toronto StarContinue Reading

On Friday, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a statement saying that it is “deeply disturbing that Israeli … Read more: UN Human Rights Office pins death of journalist Abu Akleh on Israeli military – JNS.orgContinue Reading

Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg holds a sign reading 'Health and safety is a human right' at the launch of the Cabricanecos Campaign in early March. Read more: In NY, Liberal rabbis demonstrate for workers' rights and a Hasidic company listensContinue Reading

UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan and UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on June 13 issued an open letter urging … Read more: UNCTAD and UN Human Rights issue open letter | Sunday ObserverContinue Reading