DPIC has added a series of human rights pages to its website, reframing three aspects of the death penalty – race, conditions of confinement, and… Read more: NEW RESOURCES: Human Rights and the Death PenaltyContinue Reading
Vietnamese authorities summon human rights lawyers again Attorneys Dao Kim Lan (2nd from L), Dang Dinh Manh (C) and other lawyers have been … Read more: Vietnamese authorities summon human rights lawyers again – Radio Free AsiaContinue Reading
… of the officers shot him from a distance of a few meters for no reason”, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Read more: Police shoot dead Kurdish man in north IranContinue Reading
Then in January 2023, the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH) was dissolved. On the economic level, the old Soviet mentality … Read more: Human rights and the Russian invasion of Ukraine impact EU-Algeria relationsContinue Reading
The proposed UN cybercrime treaty must be limited in scope, protect human rights, and not be used against journalists and activists. Read more: UN: Cybercrime treaty must not put human rights at risk – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading
The mother of seven was one of the first people to sign Charter 77, a human rights manifesto inspired by Vaclav Havel. Read more: Czech human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies aged 89 | Leigh JournalContinue Reading
Human rights law requires that people not be prosecuted or punished for voicing their criticism, says Volker Turk – Anadolu Agency. Read more: UN rights chief voice concern over sentencing of human rights defenders in ChinaContinue Reading
Addis Abeba – Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is … Read more: News: German Commissioner for Human Rights due in Ethiopia today – Addis StandardContinue Reading
Dana Nemcova, a leading Czech pro-democracy and human rights dissident under Communist rule, died on Tuesday, a foundation she worked with said. Read more: Czech democracy and human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies – ReutersContinue Reading
A Moroccan national has lost a case against the Netherlands at the European Court of Human Rights over his deportation for drugs-related offences. Read more: Moroccan man loses deportation case at human rights court – DutchNews.nlContinue Reading
Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government for forcibly repatriating three men who were reportedly … Read more: Thailand criticized for returning Myanmar resistance members – ABC NewsContinue Reading
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday he was "very concerned" after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a … Read more: UN rights chief 'concerned' as China jails prominent human rights lawyers – France 24Continue Reading
Senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch Yaqiu Wang called on international governments to remand the release of the two activists “immediately … Read more: China court sentences prominent human rights activists to prison for 'subversion of state power'Continue Reading
Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, prominent figures advocating for improved civil rights, given lengthy jail terms in latest crackdown on dissent. Read more: China jails two leading human rights lawyers after closed-door trial – The GuardianContinue Reading
The Forum calls for greater supervision of the protection of human rights after the latest events in the Tindouf camps, where relatives of the … Read more: The Fórum Canario Saharaui demands from the international community more control over …Continue Reading