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Phylomène Zangio has been appointed chair of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission for a two-year term, effective today. Read more: Leadership changes at New Brunswick Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 16 Jun 2023 by OHCHR. Read more: UN Human Rights Chief: Hate speech has no place in our world – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Attending The Equality and Inclusion in Football Conference 2023 organised by the Fare network in Lisbon, Andreas Graf presented FIFA's human rights … Read more: FIFA to “expand” human rights and anti-discrimination work “across the global game”, major …Continue Reading

Some villagers near Mount Kusalan spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said that the IRGC was building a new road in the area … Read more: IRGC continues militarisation, destruction of Mount KusalanContinue Reading

The Oslo Freedom Forum saw a CBDC tracker released by the Human Rights Foundation in an attempt to track CBDCs worldwide. Read more: CBDC Tracker Launched By The Human Rights Foundation – Forbes IndiaContinue Reading

Wright Human Rights Award, the City of Madison announced on Friday. “Emanuel Scarbrough's life and work has positively impacted many individuals … Read more: Emanuel Scarbrough wins 2023 Rev. Wright Human Rights Award | Madison365Continue Reading

On 8 June 2023, the human rights defender Shahriyar Shams announced that he has been expelled from his undergraduate studies at the Azad … Read more: Human rights defender Shahriyar Shams expelled from studies while facing two trials at …Continue Reading

Dmitry Vasilets got 2,2 years behind bars for his unwillingness to go to war. The sentence is a violation of his constitutional rights, … Read more: The Murmansk officer who refused to fight in Ukraine is declared political prisoner by human …Continue Reading

Over the past two and a half weeks, four human rights defenders Mohammed Ahmed Kudia, Khamis Arabab, Abdelkhalig Matar and Khidir Sulieman … Read more: Sudan: Killing of four human rights defenders in DarfurContinue Reading

However human rights lawyer Roger Kiska, of Christian Concern, now says the government was under no obligation to implement the UN recommendation. “ … Read more: Northern Ireland Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and abortion: Human rights lawyer …Continue Reading

The Annual Reverend Wright Human Rights Award goes this year to Emanuel Scarbrough. The award will be presented at the Common Council meeting on … Read more: 2023 Reverend Wright Human Rights Award Recipient – City of MadisonContinue Reading

In a rare move to protect human rights of people subjected to hereditary bondage, Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has decided to become an … Read more: Odisha Human Rights Commission takes it upon itself to defend victims in civil courtContinue Reading

Views are being sought on plans to enshrine international human rights – including the right to health and an adequate standard of living – into … Read more: Views sought on enshrining human rights in Scots law | Scottish Legal NewsContinue Reading

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Friday for countries to clamp down on people smugglers and human traffickers after … Read more: U.N. human rights chief urges clamp-down on people smugglers after shipwreck | ReutersContinue Reading