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This is, she says, because “embedding the human right to housing in a country's constitution makes its centrality clear and provides legal grounding … Read more: Making the case for housing as a human right | GBH – WGBHContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch has called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Turkmen activist Umidajan Bekchanova, who is currently detained in … Read more: Human Rights Watch urges Turkey to halt deportation of Turkmen activistContinue Reading

Reframe housing decisions and improve accountability — requiring government to consider housing as a human right within legislation, policy … Read more: Right to adequate housing in the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) – Advocacy for InclusionContinue Reading

Though decades have passed, the ideals the students fought for — human rights, liberty, and democratic reform — remain alive. The Chinese Communist … Read more: Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre – Human Rights FoundationContinue Reading

US airstrikes on the Ras Isa oil port in Yemen last April killed 84 people and wounded more than 150 others. Read more: Human Rights Watch Calls for War Crime Investigation Into Deadly US Bombing | TruthoutContinue Reading

According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a statement by the Council for Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Diversity at the Ministry of Foreign … Read more: Human Rights Council urges global pressure on Russia to return Ukrainian childrenContinue Reading

We spoke with UN Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif at the UN Pavilion at the 2025 Expo Osaka Kansai on global human rights issues, the role … Read more: UN Human Rights Leader Nada Al-Nashif on the Need for an Active Japan | Nippon.comContinue Reading

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration's extensive travel ban Proclamation that will fully restrict and limit … Read more: President Trump's New Travel Ban Doubles Down on Xenophobic PolicyContinue Reading

In returning Labor to power, Australians look to the Albanese government to lead their 2nd term with courage and a commitment to human rights. Read more: Labor is in: Here's what that means for human rights in Australia – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Among the agreements being looked into is the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Badenoch is expected to appoint Tory peer and former … Read more: Badenoch launches review into possible ECHR exit – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… Human Rights, whose tight constraints, they claim, prevent them from expelling foreign nationals with criminal records. Contesting international … Read more: Why Denmark's left (not the far right) got tough on immigration – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief · Common-Sense Thinking on Medical Care · Quick Takes: Sudan; US/Yemen; Australia · Readers' Recommendations · Support Our … Read more: We Trust Doctors Over Politicians | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Prominent lawyer and human rights activist Ruth Lopez yells "God and the truth are with me" as arrives to court to face corruption charges. Read more: Detained human rights activist Ruth Lopez arrives to court to face corruption charges | AFPContinue Reading

Since the “humanitarian mechanism” began operating on 27 May, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has documented daily … Read more: Atrocity Alert No. 442: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Myanmar (Burma) and BelarusContinue Reading