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The Moscow court considered the appeal and upheld the decision on 13 years in prison for Maksym Butkevych, the Ukrainian human rights activist, … Read more: Moscow upholds 13-year prison sentence for Ukrainian human rights activist – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

The Ethiopian government announced its intention to investigate a report released by a human rights organization detailing hundreds of alleged … Read more: Ethiopia to probe alleged killings at Yemen-Saudi border amid human rights concernsContinue Reading

The Moscow First Appellate Court has upheld a decision by Russian authorities to sentence Ukrainian human rights defender and soldier Maxim … Read more: Moscow court upholds 13-year prison sentence for Ukrainian human rights defender Maxim …Continue Reading

CNN's Salma Abdelaziz reports on allegations by the group Human Rights Watch, accusing Saudi border guards of killing Ethiopian migrants and … Read more: Rights group: Ethiopian migrants killed by Saudi border guards – CNNContinue Reading

Titles VII and IX of the Civil Rights Act are designed to protect equality of educational opportunity for all students and of employment for all … Read more: Protect and Respect Our Scots – Civil Rights – Alma CollegeContinue Reading

A new report from Human Rights Watch claims Saudi Arabian border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, including women and children, … Read more: Saudi border guards killed, maimed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, Human Rights Watch saysContinue Reading

UNAMA documented at least 800 human rights violations against former Afghan government officials and security forces between Aug. Read more: More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN saysContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre have welcomed the draft Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 … Read more: Australia trailing big tech as disinformation spreads like wildfire on our democracyContinue Reading

Deadline: October 15, 2023. Applications are open for the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic 2023. This Prize is awarded in recognition and … Read more: Human Rights Prize of the French Republic 2023 (€70000 total prize) – Opportunity DeskContinue Reading

UN Document in English on Peru about Protection and Human Rights and Water Sanitation Hygiene; published on 26 Jul 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Visit to Peru – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water …Continue Reading

Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative has re-released its trauma-informed practices online module for K-12 educators after upgrading … Read more: Penn State Human Rights Initiative re-releases trauma-informed online trainingContinue Reading

On 14 August 2023, the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) listed the Homiel branch of the Human Rights Centre Viasna (HRC Viasna) as an … Read more: Homiel branch of human rights organisation Viasna labelled as extremist organisationContinue Reading

India's persistent detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba is an inhumane and senseless act, a United Nations expert said. Read more: India must end inhumane detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba, says UN expertContinue Reading

Together with survivors of the sarin gas attack, Civil Rights Defenders and other human rights organisations filed police reports in Germany, … Read more: Ten years after the chemical weapons attack in Syrian al-Ghouta, the victims are still waiting …Continue Reading