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The Donia Human Rights Center is a forum for intellectual exchange on issues around human rights among scholars, practitioners, students, and the … Read more: Campus briefs | The University RecordContinue Reading

14, Egyptian human rights activist Ahmed Samih received an invitation to a closed-door meeting at the Interior Ministry. By the end, he said, … Read more: The deadly Rabaa Square crackdown changed Egypt forever – The Washington PostContinue Reading

International security assistance for Haiti's police should include safeguards to prevent abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, … Read more: Human Rights Watch calls for safeguards for Haitian security force | ReutersContinue Reading

Analysis in English on Haiti about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 14 Aug 2023 by HRW. Read more: "Living a Nightmare": Haiti Needs an Urgent Rights-Based Response to Escalating CrisisContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch has repeatedly raised concerns over Chinese social media companies' overseas operations, including in Australia. Read more: China's Social Media Interference Shows Urgent Need for Rules | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Improve Tax Structure, Fulfil Right to Social Security … The declaration, organized by the civil society-led Arab Region Hub for Social … Read more: Middle East and North Africa: Embrace Social Protection for All | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

A movement devoted to equal rights for gays has been overtaken by … Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, in Washington, … Read more: Pinkwashing the Thought Police – Tablet MagazineContinue Reading

In response, a group of New York legislators have introduced a bill that would explicitly apply state human rights law to the criminal justice system. Read more: Human rights watchdog under scrutiny | News | pressrepublican.comContinue Reading

These mass killings most likely constituted crimes against humanity and require an international investigation, Human Rights Watch said. National … Read more: Egypt: Rab'a Massacre Reverberates 10 Years Later | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Quadri is pursuing justice at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and is awaiting a decision on admissibility there. Delay in Justice. Read more: On final appeal, Court finds Mexican civil society leader guilty of “gender-based political …Continue Reading

The directive respects the fundamental rights and principles recognised in the European Convention on Human Rights and in the EU Charter of … Read more: Family reunification – Language selection | Migration and Home Affairs – European UnionContinue Reading

The prize is awarded by the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice and is named after late U.S. representative and activist Tom Lantos, a … Read more: Canadian Irwin Cotler, who helped free Mandela, given prestigious human–rights awardContinue Reading

Gun violence is a contemporary global human rights issue. Anyone can be affected by firearm violence worldwide, but the rising trend of … Read more: Will there ever be a farewell to guns in the USA? – Pakistan TodayContinue Reading

"Humanity was killed in Egypt on that day," he says. … But in a report, published one year after the dispersal, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said … Read more: Egypt Rabaa killings pain lingers 10 years on – BBC NewsContinue Reading