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(Beirut) – A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter, and YouTube activity, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more: Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

On behalf of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, I am writing to you regarding the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council … Read more: Letter to UN Human Rights Council members on atrocity prevention priorities at the …Continue Reading

Prominent Saudi human rights activist Lina al-Hathloul is to speak at a public meeting organised by Newcastle fans campaigning against… Read more: Saudi human rights activist to speak at Newcastle fans' forum | The Northern EchoContinue Reading

Human rights text from wooden blocks on desk. In 2009, after receiving a report from prominent Catholic priest Frank Brennan which recommended it, the … Read more: Toothless tiger: Human Rights Committee sits helplessly on the sidelinesContinue Reading

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected criticism of his government's human rights record [File: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters]. Read more: Venezuela using arbitrary detention as 'tool of repression': Amnesty | Human Rights NewsContinue Reading

This week, their efforts received an endorsement from an independent panel of experts that interprets United Nations human rights law, … Read more: Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says – The New York TimesContinue Reading

A prominent Pakistani human rights lawyer who criticised the powerful military has been re-arrested hours after a court granted her bail. Read more: Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Lawyer who called Pakistan army 'terrorists' re-arrested – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Most worryingly, this included suspending the Human Rights Act – for the second time – to allow for detention of children in adult watch houses … Read more: The sudden removal of children's human rights proves – yet again – why Queensland needs …Continue Reading

The Office of Equity and Human Rights will host educator Megan Red Shirt-Shaw at noon on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Red Shirt-Shaw will discuss how … Read more: Office of Equity and Human Rights to host land acknowledgements webinar | Calendar | Iowa City, IAContinue Reading

Deadline: 10-Sep-23 Applications are now open for the Human Rights and Democratisation (HRD) Scheme to provide support for Civil Society … Read more: Human Rights and Democratisation Scheme to support CSOs (Palestine) – fundsforNGOsContinue Reading

Concerns have been raised over whistleblower laws, with a report raising doubts about the system's effectiveness. The Human Rights Law Centre … Read more: Human rights group blows whistle on protection failures | Mandurah MailContinue Reading

Analysis by the Human Rights Law Centre has found federal protections have not led to a single successful decision in favour of a whistleblower. Read more: Human rights group blows whistle on protection failures – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

South Korea's National Human Rights Commission has recently concluded that not allowing the entry of infants and toddlers to department stores' … Read more: Korea's human rights authority says No Kids zones are discriminative – Pulse by Maeil …Continue Reading

Seventy-eighth session. Item 73 (c) of the provisional agenda. Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of … Read more: Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea – ReliefWebContinue Reading