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The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, titled They Fired On Us Like Rain, contains graphic testimony from migrants who say they were shot at and … Read more: Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards – report – BBC NewsContinue Reading

The killings, which have been both widespread and systematic, could qualify as crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch says. Read more: Saudi forces killed hundreds of Ethiopians at Yemen border, report says – Washington PostContinue Reading

Human rights group says border guards at frontier with Yemen opened fire on unarmed civilians. Read more: Saudi forces accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants – Financial TimesContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch interviewed 42 people, including 38 Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between … Read more: Saudi Arabia Accused of Mass Migrant Killings at Yemen Border – Mirage NewsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch said it spoke to 38 Ethiopian migrants and four relatives of people who attempted to cross the border between March 2022 and … Read more: Rights group says Saudi Arabia border guards fired on and killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrantsContinue Reading

Less than a quarter of the public think Britain should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), according to a new poll. Read more: Poll suggests leaving ECHR would cost the Tories votes – The TimesContinue Reading

A lesbian community group has applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission for an exemption from anti-discrimination laws to hold an event … Read more: Lesbian group seeks human rights exemption to exclude trans women from Melbourne eventContinue Reading

… Rights (ECHR) of 1950 and the Human Rights Act of 1998. Thus, the United Kingdom's human-rights record has been central to successive gov… Read more: [Gordon Brown] British Conservatives' contempt for human rights – The Korea HeraldContinue Reading

Islamabad, Aug 20 (PTI) Imaan Mazari, the daughter of Pakistan's former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, was arrested early on Sunday from … Read more: Pakistan's former human rights minister Shireen Mazari's daughter arrested; family calls it 'abduction'Continue Reading

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in "extreme" … Read more: Norwegian mass killer sues state over human rights for 'extreme' isolation in custodyContinue Reading

Among the city's boards and commissions is the Human Rights Commission (HRC). This five-person board “works to protect the human rights of all … Read more: Human Rights Commission embraces 'Welcoming Communities' work – Fergus Falls Daily JournalContinue Reading

Renowned legal luminary and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has criticized the move taken by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation … Read more: Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana criticises NNPC's "illegal" billion loan – TheNewsGuruContinue Reading

Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories' failure to appoint commissioners to defend them. Read more: 'Heartless' government fails to fill two key human rights watchdog roles – The GuardianContinue Reading

Stephanie Hilborne, CEO of Women In Sport, said that 'it shouldn't be up to the women to raise concerns about any human rights issues' Read more: Fifa boss says women can change sport – but they should not always have to, says sports leaderContinue Reading