Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a France-based independent, non-profit and non-partisan organisation promoting human rights and documentation … Read more: Paveh: Striking truck drivers threatened by text messagesContinue Reading
Basing environmental action on human rights. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are attacking decades of progress and intensifying … Read more: A landmark year for human rights – World | ReliefWebContinue Reading
Inaction or purported neutrality on matters of human rights is a deeply political choice. The FIFA World Cup and the Human Rights situation in Qatar. Read more: Jonas Baer-Hoffmann: "The voices of athletes are giving humanity to sport" – FIFProContinue Reading
Transfers of surveillance technology from the European Union to African governments are carried out without due regard for the human rights … Read more: EU fails to protect human rights in surveillance tech transfers – Computer WeeklyContinue Reading
The day coincided with the Japanese House of Councillors passing a resolution condemning human rights and religious freedom violations by China … Read more: Japanese Parliamentary Caucus to Monitor Human Rights in China FormedContinue Reading
Human rights organizations reported that Saudi authorities executed 20 men in November for drug offenses — 12 of them foreign nationals — after … Read more: Saudi Arabia Reneges on Pledge to End Death Penalty for Drug Crimes; Execution Spree …Continue Reading
He urged for solutions to a “protracted, multifaceted crisis,” adding that the French-speaking island is being ravaged by the worst human rights and … Read more: UN human rights chief warns Haiti is on 'the verge of an abyss' amid violent unrestContinue Reading
… battle for Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday. HRW said members of Al-Kaniyat militia and their affiliates detained, tortured, Read more: Human Rights Watch: ICC reignites hope for long-awaited justice in LibyaContinue Reading
* Living a life of contentment is the ultimate human right. * China respects the diversity in the approaches to human rights development and holds … Read more: Chinese outlook on human rights enriches global cause – XinhuaContinue Reading
The event will bring together 10 volunteer committees dealing with everything from human rights to Black affairs, affordable housing and other topics … Read more: Miami Beach Hosts First Human Rights ExpoContinue Reading
Access will be strictly limited to journalists. The Special Rapporteur will present a full report on the country visit to the UN Human Rights Council … Read more: South Sudan: UN human rights expert to assess trafficking in persons – ohchrContinue Reading
A leading rights group on Monday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could … Read more: Human Rights Watch warns against Mexico's 'regressive' electoral overhaul | ReutersContinue Reading
Theonila Roka Matbob stands in front of the Panguna mine pit in Bougainville. (Image courtesy of the Human Rights Law Centre). A historic independent … Read more: Environmental and human rights assessment of Rio Tinto's former Panguna copper mine beginsContinue Reading
The U.S. and the EU are deepening cooperation through the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council to expand resources in support of human rights … Read more: State Department: Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor on Twitter: "The U.S. and the EU are …Continue Reading
New human rights challenges are emerging from the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. And we are only … Read more: Human Rights 'Foundation for Human Dignity, Cornerstone of Peaceful, Prosperous …Continue Reading