A longtime local civil rights leader has died. The Rev. Lewis Stewart Jr. died at his home in Rochester on Friday. That's according to information … Read more: Longtime local civil rights leader Rev. Lewis Stewart has died | WXXI NewsContinue Reading
At Amnesty International we have lost contact with our colleagues in Gaza, and other human rights organizations have found it increasingly challenging … Read more: ISRAEL/OPT: Civilians in Gaza at unprecedented risk as Israel imposes communication …Continue Reading
The near-total telecommunications blackout in Gaza amid Israel's ongoing bombardment of the Palestinian territory risks providing cover for mass … Read more: "Information Blackout": Human Rights Body After Internet, Phone Network Cut In Gaza – NDTVContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch warned on Saturday that the disruption of communications and the Internet in the Gaza Strip, which is subject to intense Israeli … Read more: Human Rights Watch: Communications blackouts in Gaza threaten to hide mass atrocitiesContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar underscored the need for educating law enforcement agencies about human rights… Read more: 'Police need to be educated on human rights standards' – Newspaper – DAWN.COMContinue Reading
Eddie Izzard – who also goes by the name Suzy – is playing her first lead transgender role in Hammer horror Doctor Jekyll, a retelling of Robert … Read more: Eddie Izzard says 'trans rights are human rights. End of story' as he stars in Doctor Jekyll remakeContinue Reading
Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a complaint from a Nelson anti-abortion society that claimed the Nelson Star was discriminating based on religion. Read more: Nelson Star wins human–rights case over abortion-related adsContinue Reading
"Israel is showing once again that it is not interested in protecting civilians or respecting basic human rights. The complete cutoff of landline … Read more: Israel violates "most fundamental human rights, values": Ankara | Daily SabahContinue Reading
CODESA is a collective of Sahrawi human rights defenders. It was created in 2002, but the Moroccan authorities prevented CODESA's constituent congress … Read more: Prevention of the holding of the first national congress of the Sahrawi Collective of Human …Continue Reading
Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) outlined in a report on the recent developments and human rights violations in the embattled Gaza … Read more: Egypt Council For Human Rights highlights blatant violations of int'l humanitarian law in …Continue Reading
Moderated by Lydia Kembabazi, Advocacy Officer at the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), the panel included Deborah … Read more: NGO Forum: Enhancing civil society engagement with the AfCFTA | ISHRContinue Reading
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer reports on the United Nations Human Rights Council's annual meeting. Photo credit: Getty Images. Read more: Opinion Journal: Protecting Human Rights AbusersContinue Reading
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is appealing for an end to the violence and carnage in the Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces continue … Read more: UN Human Rights Spokesperson: 'Nowhere is Safe in Gaza' – VOA NewsContinue Reading
Human rights defenders in Afghanistan are facing systemic persecution including physical violence, arbitrary detention, torture, killings, raids, and … Read more: Threat of forced return of Afghan human rights defenders at riskContinue Reading
The University of Maine Alumni Association and Greater Bangor Area Branch of the NAACP will host the third annual Robert Talbot Civil Rights … Read more: Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series returns Nov. 2 – UMaine NewsContinue Reading