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… concerns about Peng Shuai, but her wellbeing should remain the focus, a senior human rights advocate told Reuters on Friday. Read more: WTA must keep Peng case in public eye on China return, says human rights advocateContinue Reading

The Scottish Government's new short-term let licensing policy could be in breach of human rights laws, operators have warned. Association of … Read more: Short-term let licensing scheme 'could breach human rights laws' – STV NewsContinue Reading

The position aims to “foster and support the development of human rights education for young learners,” the Winnipeg-based museum said in a … Read more: Windsor educator named to key post at Canadian Museum for Human RightsContinue Reading

The Supreme Court of Canada notes that human rights have a “special, quasi-constitutional status” in our laws. Therefore, they deserve the same status … Read more: Make human rights education mandatory for the legal profession | Canadian LawyerContinue Reading

A Spanish-Venezuelan businessman has complained to the European Court of Human Rights over the Dutch courts' refusal to review the dismissal of a … Read more: Failed BIT claim leads to human rights complaint – Global Arbitration ReviewContinue Reading

Minister for Human Rights Tara Cheyne has announced the appointment of distinguished law professor Penelope Matthew as president and commissioner … Read more: ACT Human Rights Commission welcomes international law expert as new presidentContinue Reading

The Red Wing Human Rights Commission is hosting a community conversation this Saturday, Sept. 16. Read more: Community conversation with the Human Rights Commission | Local News | republicaneagle.comContinue Reading

A group of 72 human rights organizations called for the immediate and unconditional release of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of the Bangladeshi … Read more: Human rights organizations call for release of 2 Bangladesh human rights activists – JURISTContinue Reading

ATHENS. The Council of the EU on Friday announced that it listed four more individuals and six more entities from Iran over serious human rights … Read more: EU lists more Iranian individuals, entities over human rights violations – Anadolu AjansıContinue Reading

A representative of Human Rights Watch (HRW) testified to a senate committee hearing about the violations that the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which … Read more: Newcastle's Saudi Arabian ownership 'facilitated and benefited from human rights abuses …Continue Reading

… Human Rights defender (Left), Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury (Right). Choudhury was tried and handled brutally when Adilur Rahman was in power. Read more: Adilur Rahman Khan: Bangladesh's human rights champion or political puppet? | BLiTZContinue Reading

Human rights groups are demanding their immediate release. Al Jazeera's Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subscribe to our channel … Read more: Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years – YouTubeContinue Reading

… Rights Council, deeming them “unqualified” due to their human rights records as well as their voting records on UN resolutions concerning human rights … Read more: Report: China, Russia, Cuba Running for Seats on U.N. Human Rights Council – UN WatchContinue Reading

An international human rights lawyer claims the Department of Education is "divorcing" the sexual rights of children from the rights of parents to … Read more: Northern Ireland Sex and Relationship Education (RSE) plans: Human rights … – Belfast News LetterContinue Reading