Friday's executions drew condemnation from the West and human rights groups based outside the Islamic Republic. Iran witnessed waves of nationwide … Read more: Iran executes man convicted of leading a human trafficking and prostitution ringContinue Reading
The transgender community was as old as human kind itself, but in modern times, laws were enacted to provide rights and security to every … Read more: Shariat court's decision termed 'attack on human rights of transgender persons' – DawnContinue Reading
Pakistani police have carried out mass arrests and detained more than 4000 people in the wake of protests over the arrest of former Prime Minister … Read more: Pakistan: Mass Arrests Target Political Opposition | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
The National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD), Kolkata celebrated the Global Accessibility Awareness Day Friday by conducting a special … Read more: 'Digital accessibility a matter of social justice, human rights' | Kolkata News, The Indian ExpressContinue Reading
… second time, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. … Since her arrest, Parvaneh has been denied the right to legal counsel … Read more: Detention of former Kurdish political prisoner extended for second timeContinue Reading
human rights commission committee Daniel McHenry, founder of Black Queer Tulsa, addresses Tulsa City Council. On Wednesday, March 1, Tulsa City … Read more: Tulsa Human Rights Commission approves 2SLGBTQ+ CommitteeContinue Reading
Some human rights activists have unveiled #FREESEUNKUTI campaign to demand for the immediate release of the detained Afrobeat singer, … Read more: Human Rights Activists Begin #FreeSeunKuti Campaign, Demand Immediate Release Of …Continue Reading
The present UN Human Rights Council – UN HRC has been functioning since March 2006, replacing the UN Commission on Human Rights – UN CHR that … Read more: Sri Lanka And The UN Human Rights Council – OpEd – Eurasia ReviewContinue Reading
The Australian Human Rights Commission has urged the federal government to include these facilities under the OPCAT scheme. “We have a continued level … Read more: Exclusive: UN set to sanction Australia over human rights abuses | The Saturday PaperContinue Reading
At the same time, the Pope added, Skorka had sought to demonstrate that “people of faith can and must stand up for human rights in all of life's … Read more: Human rights and religious tradition are not in conflict – L'Osservatore RomanoContinue Reading
After its request for a conversation with Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) leadership last month went unanswered, the Human Right Campaign (HRC) has … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Suspends A-B's Perfect Corporate Equality Score – BrewboundContinue Reading
King & Spalding has advised Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan President, before the UN Human Rights Committee in a case stemming from the 2017 … Read more: King & Spalding advise Carles Puigdemont before the UN Human Rights CommitteeContinue Reading
After his arrest, the activist was transferred to the ministry's detention centre in the city, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has … Read more: Security forces arrest trade unionist in Sanandaj, IranContinue Reading
The 'Sport and Human Rights' award, now in its fifth year, is part of a collaboration between Amnesty International and the Italian organisation … Read more: Gary Lineker to receive 'Sport and Human Rights' award at ceremony in RomeContinue Reading
Tea plantations supplying firms including Tesco, Unilever and Marks & Spencer are still abusing workers' human rights, it has been claimed. Read more: Tea companies 'failing to address' human rights abuses in supply chains – CIPSContinue Reading