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It will drastically limit their human rights, and put them at risk of detention and destitution, the UN officials said. "As a result, their rights to … Read more: New UK migration bill will damage human rights: UN – Chinadaily.com.cnContinue Reading

From emergency medicine in the jungle to rural civilian targets, Sky News told the hidden story of the civil war in Myanmar being fought out of … Read more: UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar says international community 'not doing enough'Continue Reading

Download logoThe President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia), has appointed Carlos Castresana Fernández of Spain as a … Read more: Human Rights Council President appoints Carlos Castresana Fernández to serve as …Continue Reading

Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned by the lawsuit against the human rights organisation and human rights defender and believes that the … Read more: Austria: SOS Balkanroute and its chairman Petar Rosandić are facing a SLAPP caseContinue Reading

Human rights activist Hossam Bahgat, who runs the EIPR where Zaki worked, said no appeal is possible against the conviction over an article he … Read more: Egypt jails rights researcher Patrick Zaki for 3 years, NGO says – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

First-term Democratic County Executive Metzger is involved in a controversy with the County Human Rights Commission, which began when Metzger … Read more: Ulster County officials clash over Human Rights Commission – WAMCContinue Reading

Promote and Protect Human Rights … the entrance to Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 2 July, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Read more: Iran security forces detain 14-year-old Kurdish child in OshnaviehContinue Reading

A new human rights campaign by nature-focused coalition Link puts an issue firmly on the UK agenda – and it has the backing of the public. Read more: Brits back call for new law that empowers them with a vital human right – CanaryContinue Reading

The Chinese authorities' intimidation tactics have a chilling effect on human rights and the rule of law. It fosters a climate of fear and insecurity … Read more: Systemic persecution of human rights lawyers in China – The Law SocietyContinue Reading

Residents file petition with human rights commission. The electric pole and transformer along a road in Ludhiana cause long traffic jams during … Read more: Residents file petition with human rights commission – Tribune IndiaContinue Reading

Photo courtesy of Lawyers for Lawyers. Numerous ways in which human rights failings harming Sri Lankans should be set right were flagged up on … Read more: Government's Feeble Response to UN Human Rights Review – GroundviewsContinue Reading

A source that spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said: “On 11 July, a mountainous area near the village of Kani Pasha caught fire … Read more: Iran's IRGC shoots dead Iraqi Kurdish man fighting border fireContinue Reading

Though less harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill proposes a three-year prison … Read more: LGBT rights in Africa: Will Kenya be the latest to pass anti-gay law? – BBC NewsContinue Reading

After the major reforms enacted by the CCP in March to exert an even stricter political control over China's economy, the US Secretary of Treasury … Read more: It's the Economy, Stupid: Yellen's Visit to China Did Not Prioritize Human RightsContinue Reading