I'm writing this piece in the run-up to International Human Rights Day, celebrated every December 10 to mark the anniversary of the Universal … Read more: Human Rights Day: UK's heartless and inhumane refugees-to-Rwanda plan contrasts …Continue Reading
AS we mark World Human Rights Day today, Dec 10, it is worth asking whether much has changed over the year past…. Read more: Human Rights Day – Newspaper – DAWN.COMContinue Reading
Today's “trying times” highlight the need for a recommitment to human rights, which are central to solving global problems, UN Secretary-General … Read more: Guterres: Put human rights at the heart of efforts to reverse today's damaging trendsContinue Reading
The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Austria's Volker Turk, granted a wide-ranging interview to FRANCE 24 from Geneva. Read more: New UN human rights chief Volker Turk condemns 'war crimes' in Ukraine – The InterviewContinue Reading
To mark Human Rights Day (10 December 2022), Ai Weiwei will take to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park to sign sheets of A4 paper in UV ink. Read more: Ai Weiwei to sign blank sheets of paper with UV ink for Refugees International in London …Continue Reading
Activists across the globe will mark this year's Human Rights Day by taking part in the world's biggest human rights event: Amnesty … Read more: Write for Rights: World's biggest human rights event returns for Human Rights Day 2022Continue Reading
The human rights lawyer Dr. Nadia Schujman has been suffering judicial persecution and a smear campaign due to her previous work as Director of … Read more: Statement – Argentina: Judicial harassment against human rights lawyer Nadia SchujmanContinue Reading
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, observed annually on Dec. 10, the UConn Foundation announced that its Dodd Human Rights Impact … Read more: UConn's Dodd Human Rights Impact Campaign Raises .5 Million to Advance Human …Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday he was determined to engage with Beijing over the findings of a report … Read more: UN human rights chief 'determined' to follow up with China on Xinjiang concerns – WHBLContinue Reading
The Australian Government is imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on 13 individuals and two entities involved in egregious human rights violations … Read more: Targeted sanctions in response to Iranian and Russian human rights violations and invasion …Continue Reading
Imprisoned human rights defenders are subjected to extreme hardship and abuse in Tajikistan and kept in terrible conditions sometimes with minimal … Read more: Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur's visit offers opportunity for reform and to release …Continue Reading
“Corrupt actors and human rights abusers both rely on deficiencies in the international financial system to perpetrate their activities,” said Under … Read more: Treasury Sanctions Over 40 Individuals and Entities Across Nine Countries Connected to …Continue Reading
This year's Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Ales Bialiatski will not be able to receive the award in person. The human rights activist and opponent of … Read more: Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights warrior – DW – 12/09/2022Continue Reading
We reiterate our condemnation of Iran's brutal acts of violence against peaceful protestors, ongoing denial of human rights and fundamental freedoms, … Read more: Combatting Global Corruption and Human Rights Abuses – State DepartmentContinue Reading
For Human Rights Day, UN launches yearlong campaign to mark adoption 75 years ago of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more: UN: Growing Disregard for Human Rights Threatens Global Peace and DevelopmentContinue Reading