Human Rights (Page 144)

For 62 long years, the Turkish Cypriot people have been denied their most basic human rights as a result of this mentality. … humanity. The … Read more: President Ersin Tatar condemns the Greek Cypriot leadership's primitive mentalityContinue Reading

The high commissioner observed patterns of surveillance and harassment of human rights defenders, civil society actors, and families of the … Read more: UN report on Sri Lanka sparks human rights concerns – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has also documented “widespread abuses, including mass arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture, and ill- … Read more: U.S. says “no credible reports of significant human rights abuses” in El SalvadorContinue Reading

BEIRUT – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Aug 15 condemned a five-year jail sentence it said had been handed down by a Qatari court against the leader … Read more: Human Rights Watch slams Qatar for handing Baha'i leader five-year jail termContinue Reading

Words like democracy, freedom, justice, fairness, human rights, along with lofty invocations of “protecting the rule of law,” have been co-opted by … Read more: Weaponizing Democracy and human rights in the age of doublespeakContinue Reading

The Advisory Opinion recognises climate change as a human rights issue but overlooks children – despite their advocacy and existing jurisprudence. Read more: The missing children in the ICJ climate change Advisory Opinion – Leiden Law BlogContinue Reading

… human rights defenders and journalists. Following Kobakhidze's announcement of Georgia's decision to defer negotiations on its accession to the EU … Read more: Georgia: Meeting under “Any Other Business” : What's In Blue – Security Council ReportContinue Reading

In May, for instance, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the Honduran government to "put an end" to the state of … Read more: How an emergency declaration deepened Honduras's crime crisis – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Air freight connections between the Xinjiang region in north-western China and Europe have expanded rapidly over the past year. Read more: Human rights group highlights growing slave goods' air cargo corridor – The LoadstarContinue Reading

… human rights. These guarantee a right to free speech and peaceful assembly. Disproportionate governmental decisions – that do not properly balance … Read more: Palestine Action arrests: what happens next, and what it tells us about the breadth of …Continue Reading

The UN human rights office said Friday that a government plan to greenlight the construction of thousands of Israeli homes in a contentious area … Read more: UN human rights office: E1 plan is illegal, settling occupied land is a war crimeContinue Reading

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. Read more: Human rights watchdog warns police to rethink 'heavy-handed' Palestine protest clampdown …Continue Reading

The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission has also warned against a “heavy-handed” approach, urging the government and police to ensure … Read more: UK to prosecute 60 more people for backing banned Palestine Action group – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

I therefore call on the German government to show more courage. The courage to clearly condemn human rights violations in Afghanistan, to … Read more: Afghan Women Are Resisting the Taliban—Germany Should Show the Same CourageContinue Reading