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Ministers from the Group of 20 countries have pledged to protect human rights and privacy while building digital economies. Read more: G20 digital ministers vow to protect human rights and privacy | NHK WORLD-JAPAN NewsContinue Reading

What to make of the imminent slide and how to bring the National Human Rights Commission back from the brink. Read more: The impending NHRC downgrade – The Kathmandu PostContinue Reading

Aug. 19, 1981: Shaw's 10,000 sq. foot store expansion in Augusta worries local retail competition, Maine Human Rights Commission rules in favor of new … Read more: Aug. 19, 1981: Shaw's 10,000 sq. foot store expansion in Augusta worries local retail …Continue Reading

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iranian authorities have arrested at least a dozen women's and human rights activists a month ahead of the anniversary … Read more: Iran cracks down ahead of protest anniversary | Rudaw.netContinue Reading

… who participated in efforts to repress civil society organizations, … freedoms of the Nicaraguan people and respect for their human rights. Read more: Promoting Accountability for the Ortega-Murillo Regime for Restricting FreedomsContinue Reading

GJC Among Organizations Demanding Halt to Deportations of Haitian Migrants Amidst Worsening Crisis in Haiti. Haiti Justice and International … Read more: News – Center for Human Rights & Global JusticeContinue Reading

The Basmanny District Court has been directly involved in human rights abuses against Russian opposition leaders through multiple prison sentences for … Read more: Canada announces sanctions against 13 Russian individuals and 3 entities following … – Jurist.orgContinue Reading

Help us get to 25 signers! We, the undersigned, urgently appeal to your authority to address the dire human rights crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Read more: ACT NOW: Ethiopia ICHREE Extension for Human Rights – Resistbot PetitionContinue Reading

North Korea on Saturday lashed out at the UN for accusing the Pyongyang regime of widespread systematic human rights violations and called North … Read more: North Korea Lashes Out At UN And Calls Defectors 'Scum' – Channels TelevisionContinue Reading

Their justification is that judges at the European Court of Human Rights are blocking the deportation of illegal migrants from the UK to Rwanda, which … Read more: British Conservatives' contempt for human rights – Jordan TimesContinue Reading

Caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights Khalil George addressing a press conference at Jinnah House APP02-190823 LAHORE: August 19 – Caretaker … Read more: Caretaker Federal Minister for Human Rights Khalil George addressing a press conference …Continue Reading

The U.N. Security Council discussed human rights abuses in North Korea on Thursday, with the U.S. ambassador criticising leader Kim Jong Un for using … Read more: North Korea slams UN human rights meeting as a US 'scheme' – ReutersContinue Reading

As the Parliament of the World's Religions celebrates its 130th anniversary, we examine the concept of Human Rights in Buddhism. Read more: Buddhistdoor View: Grounding our Human Values and Human RightsContinue Reading

Russian courts have ordered the liquidation of a human rights organization that preserved the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov … Read more: Russia shuts down human rights group that preserved the legacy of Nobel laureate Andrei SakharovContinue Reading