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… human rights. Working closely with the Global Programme Coordinator, the ED Programme Officer will enable EJF to deliver tailored training on … Read more: Environmental Defenders Programme OfficerContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 30, 2025: Mahmoud Gheitarani, a Kurdish man on death row for murder, was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison … Read more: Article: Mahmoud Gheitarani Hanged for Murder in Sanandaj – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

EU Statement – UN General Assembly: High-level meeting on the human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. 30.09.2025. Read more: High-level meeting on the human rights situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities …Continue Reading

At Human Rights Watch, we're relentless in our mission to protect civilians and expose the atrocities that threaten their lives. We investigate, … Read more: 2X your gift to protect human rightsContinue Reading

Tajikistan has wrongfully imprisoned human rights lawyer Yorov for ten years for exercising his human rights, 12 organisations said today. Read more: Tajikistan lawyer wrongfully held for a decade – Civil Rights DefendersContinue Reading

Mr NN v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2025) AusHRC 183 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights … Read more: Mr NN v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)Continue Reading

The North Korea human rights crisis worsens with intense repression, surveillance, and rights violations blocking the movement's progress. Read more: North Korea Human Rights Crisis: A Lost Decade of Repression and FearContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Tajikistan's authorities for wrongfully imprisoning lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov for ten years and urged … Read more: HRW urges Tajikistan to release human rights lawyer – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

Though he survived, he continued to campaign for human rights until his death in 2024. Through interviews, archival material, and personal reflections … Read more: BBC Local podcast Sanctuary: An Act of Defiance to explore a powerful story of resistance …Continue Reading

Office for Civil Rights Recommends Excluding Harvard from Federal Funding to Protect the Public Interest. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and … Read more: HHS' Office for Civil Rights Refers Harvard University for Suspension and Debarment ProceedingsContinue Reading

This phenomenon is not only a climate issue—it's a human rights failure. The rights to life, health, education, work, and shelter are enshrined in … Read more: No one left in the heat: For disabled people, heat waves are a human rights crisisContinue Reading

In a case claiming discrimination under Ontario's Human Rights Code, 1990, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled that erroneous advice from a … Read more: Non-lawyer's bad advice can't be good-faith explanation for delay: human rights tribunalContinue Reading

From 29 September to 03 October 2025, the Compass National Training Course on Human Rights Education takes place at the Lisbon Youth Centre. Read more: Human rights on the Compass – Human Rights Education Training Course in Portugal – YouthContinue Reading

– Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha and Drewery Dyke. Additional examples abound. In March 2024, the GoB arrested political and human rights activist Ebrahim … Read more: The U.S. Department of State's Bahrain Human Rights Report is Woefully InadequateContinue Reading