Brazil's Congress should reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would entrench the criminalization of drug possession for personal use. Read more: Brazil: Reject Bill That Entrenches Failed Drug Policy – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
Twenty years have passed since the media broke the story that US forces and the CIA were torturing “war on terror” detainees at Abu Ghraib and … Read more: Abu Ghraib Torture Case Finally Goes to Trial | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
After a 2023 amendment to include gender identity in the Minnesota Human Rights Act, some representatives want a religious exemption added. Read more: Religious exemption to Minnesota Human Rights Act draws mixed reactions among faith …Continue Reading
Those speaking out include Russian dissident and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, Chair of the Human Rights Foundation and Co-Founder of … Read more: Human rights activists condemn attack by Islamic regime in Iran – UN WatchContinue Reading
The proposed sale of Shell's onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria risks worsening human rights abuses and should be … Read more: Nigeria: Government must halt Shell's sale of its Niger Delta business unless human rights …Continue Reading
Ms Caisley said early testimony heard so far from human rights groups has been “incredibly scathing” of this bill. “They say no amount of renovation … Read more: Human rights groups have been 'incredibly scathing' of Labor's migration billContinue Reading
Sir, Your leading article “Mission Creep” (Apr 12) urges the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to “get back to basics” in its interpretation … Read more: Times letters: Diktats from European human rights judgesContinue Reading
… the other 82% feels is caused by Israel's attack on the doctrine of universal human rights, a doctrine expressed in the Declaration of… Read more: Kurt Heidinger: Democratic voters support universal human rights – Daily Hampshire GazetteContinue Reading
… Nigeria should be blocked by the government to ensure adequate safeguards for human rights, said civil society groups led by Amnesty International. Read more: Amnesty International Urges Nigeria to Block Shell Asset Sale – BloombergContinue Reading
Grant Bartley from Philosophy Now discusses the philosophical foundations, implications and limits of human rights with Saladin Meckled-Garcia, … Read more: The Philosophy of Human Rights – YouTubeContinue Reading
Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality (WAVE) and the Human Rights Law Centre will give evidence to a Parliamentary inquiry today calling for the … Read more: Senate Committee to hear evidence calling for the Deportation and Travel Ban Bill to be scrappedContinue Reading
The B.C. Human Rights Commissioner's multi-year Baseline Project is profiling issues in Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Terrace and Cranbrook. Read more: Significant human rights challenges reported in Cranbrook, B.C. – YouTubeContinue Reading
… human rights court sided with their argument that Switzerland's government must do more to protect people from the consequences of climate change … Read more: Swiss women win landmark climate case in European human rights court: AP explainsContinue Reading
Verily, human rights are an integral part of the more comprehensive Bill of Rights that FLP espouses in its philosophy of “safeguarding liberty and … Read more: Better to be invited than to gatecrash | Inquirer OpinionContinue Reading
Units of the Gendarmerie of the Polisario Front intervened this morning to dismantle the jaima (canvas tent) of Mrs. Mahmuda Mint Said and to take … Read more: Sahrawi Movement for Peace denounces new human rights violations in Tindouf campsContinue Reading