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WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2023 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy … Read more: CAIR Welcomes Congressional Letter Urging Biden Admin to Better Ensure Human … – YubaNetContinue Reading

A human rights advocate says she wants every Australian to understand that the heart of the voice proposal will empower Indigenous people to have … Read more: Human rights advocate says voice 'lets our mob speak' – Neos KosmosContinue Reading

A Chinese court has sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to jail terms of more than a decade each, a relative and rights groups say, … Read more: Rights watch | Irish Legal NewsContinue Reading

Human rights shareholder activism. Nike is not alone in receiving ESG-related proposals from activist shareholders. Between 2016 and 2022 activist … Read more: Nike urged to do more to prevent human rights abuses from occurring in its supply chainContinue Reading

On 11 April 2023, the Sudanese police arrested and detained human rights defender Yasir Mirghani on corruption charges. The charges are allegedly … Read more: Detention and judicial harassment of human rights defender Yasir MirghaniContinue Reading

A decision by the Australian Federal Police to end the use of spit hoods has been welcomed by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Read more: Commission welcomes banning of spit hoods by AFPContinue Reading

… on sentencing of human rights lawyers by Chinese Communist Party … where they discussed exercising the right of free speech in China. Read more: The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party: Rep. Gallagher, Krishnamoorthi …Continue Reading

Since the occupation of Crimea in 2014, Russia has been systematically violating human rights on the peninsula | Uacrisis.org. Read more: Analysis of human rights violations in the occupied Crimea | UACRISIS.ORGContinue Reading

As the primary international human rights body, the HRC has the capacity to prevent and respond to mass atrocity crimes, as systematic violations and … Read more: Atrocity Prevention and the UN Human Rights Council's 52nd SessionContinue Reading

There is no reason whatsoever that can be derived from the theories of evolution and human psychology that undermines the case for human rights. Read more: Human rights: Ideology, illusion, source of hope? | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was in Beijing for day two of a three-day visit to China to hold strategic talks. Read more: German FM embarrasses Xi Jinping in his own country; 'Human rights curtailed in China' | WatchContinue Reading

2023.04.14. HRDC Logo. In recognition of April as Autism Awareness Month, Teamsters Human Rights & Diversity Commission Chair Anthony Rosa released … Read more: Teamsters Human Rights & Diversity Commission is Proud to Recognize Autism Awareness MonthContinue Reading

States that sign on to the treaty would adopt these offenses and procedures into their national criminal codes. Without appropriate human rights … Read more: Latam Media Briefing: Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty Lacks Sufficient Human Rights …Continue Reading

The UN human rights chief has called for an expansion in search-and-rescue operations after an increase in the number of refugees and asylum … Read more: UN rights chief seeks help as Mediterranean refugee deaths surge – Al JazeeraContinue Reading