On 30 November 2024, the Ankara 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace ruled for the arrest of woman human rights defender Nimet Tanrıkulu after she was held … Read more: Woman human rights defender Nimet Tanrıkulu arrested on baseless chargesContinue Reading
NACTs could support legal battles for animal rights by providing evidence of nonhuman animals' health, preferences, suffering, and social lives. They … Read more: Listening to the More-Than-Human World: Legal & Ethical Principles for Nonhuman Animal …Continue Reading
The previous day, on 29 November 2024, law enforcement officers raided the human rights defender's appartment, before arresting and detaining him. He … Read more: Human rights defender and lawyer Samat Matsakov arrested and detainedContinue Reading
This case marks an important win for language justice rights for Black and racialised language speakers. Related Areas of Law. Civil Liberties and … Read more: Crown offers no evidence on racially aggravated public order charge against Black child …Continue Reading
… human rights of internally displaced persons. 6 December 2024. A large group of newly displaced people gather with their belongings in front of a … Read more: Commemorating 15 years of the Kampala Convention | UNHCR UKContinue Reading
Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) welcomes the ruling issued by the Supreme Court of Grenada, … Read more: IACHR welcomes the decision issued by Grenada's Supreme Court against corporal …Continue Reading
The HRC, a civil rights nonprofit, graded 506 cities in the 2024 MEI. These cities included all state capitals, the 200 largest U.S. cities and 75 … Read more: Human Rights Campaign gives Providence perfect score on LGBTQ+ indexContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Wednesday documenting extensive human rights abuses by Saudi employers and apathy by state agencies. Read more: Human rights group raises concerns about abuses faced by migrant workers in Saudi ArabiaContinue Reading
A Charles Sturt University legal academic argues UN Human Rights Day on Tuesday 10 December is an opportunity to reflect on the role of lawyers and … Read more: UN Human Rights Day the role of lawyers in upholding human rights – CSU NewsContinue Reading
AS a trained HIV physician, it has been inspiring to witness the steady development of effective treatments for HIV. The continual expansion of … Read more: Upholding human rights key to better public healthContinue Reading
The human rights group Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza – the first … Read more: Human rights group accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza – VOAContinue Reading
FILE – Rufat Safarov is a former prosecutor who heads the Defense Line human rights organization. He attributed his recent detention to being … Read more: Rights groups, Western governments urge Azerbaijan to release human rights defenderContinue Reading
The 10 corporations evaluated are all implicated in ongoing forest destruction and human rights violations worldwide, with only one company––Unilever– … Read more: Global Consumer Brands Lag on Deforestation, Human Rights Protections in 2024 Keep …Continue Reading
… -Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, have strongly criticised the arrest and remand of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the police. Read more: Atiku, Afenifere knock police as court remands human rights lawyer, FarotimiContinue Reading
The UN human rights chief on Thursday told a conference in the Ukrainian capital that in the face of Russia's continuing full-scale invasion, … Read more: World News in Brief: Human rights in Ukraine, multilateralism gets airborne, enforced …Continue Reading