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HARARE, Zimbabwe. Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Angolan police of killing over a dozen anti-government protesters since January. Read more: Human Rights Watch accuses Angolan police of killing protesters – Anadolu AgencyContinue Reading

Catherine Latimer is the executive director at the John Howard Society of Canada. Today, Canada will receive an assessment of its human rights … Read more: Opinion: Canadian prisons need international oversight to prevent human rights violationsContinue Reading

BINDURA magistrate Joyline Mudhege on Tuesday freed human rights activist, Onai Chitakunye, who was facing charges of convening an illegal meeting … Read more: Court frees human rights activist – NewsDay ZimbabweContinue Reading

Earlier this month, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected two new Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Read more: Many Congratulations to Dapo, Chichele Professor – EJIL: Talk!Continue Reading

Between January and June 2023, Human Rights Watch interviewed by phone 32 people, including victims of abuses and their relatives, witnesses, … Read more: Angola: Grave Police Abuses Against Activists – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Sexual violence in sport often happens because of poor governance and an imbalance of power that enables abusers and punishes survivors. Human Rights … Read more: FIFA Must Show The Red Card To Sexual Abuse – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), an independent, non-profit organisation … Read more: The Dreams of Saudi Human Rights Defender Loujain Al-Hathloul in a Children's BookContinue Reading

Aug. 6 (UPI) — Civil rights attorney Charles Ogletree has died at 70 years old. Ogletree, a Harvard Law School professor, died from Alzheimer's … Read more: Charles Ogletree, civil rights attorney and mentor to Barack and Michelle Obama, dies at 70Continue Reading

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq's Parliament Speaker, Mohammed Al-Halbousi, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, … Read more: Parliament Speaker, UN Commissioner discuss forming Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

Viet Nam has ratified the Convention Against Torture and is a State Party to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Read more: Viet Nam: Man believed to be at imminent risk of execution in case beset by forced …Continue Reading

The most serious type of corruption identified is political corruption. The issue is gaining increased prominence, and last week President Volodymyr … Read more: Fight corruption, support Ukraine – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

Lynch commended the Guyana Defence Force for its commitment to human rights after it signed onto the U.S. Southern Command Human Rights Initiative. Read more: Tradewinds 23 exercise highlights multinational partnerships > Air Force > Article Display – AF.milContinue Reading

Analysis in English on Zimbabwe about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 3 Aug 2023 by HRW. Read more: “Crush Them Like Lice” Repression of Civil and Political Rights Ahead of Zimbabwe's … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

It was filled with shaven-headed inmates stripped of dignity, humanity or rights and frequently subjected to abuse. Some of the 1,200 patients … Read more: A grotesque denial of human rights is dragging on – The TimesContinue Reading