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Professor Justin Hansford from the Thurgood Marshall Civil rights department at Howard University's law school in Washington. Read more: Supreme court ruling on affirmative action 'setback' for US civil rights, human rights lawyer warnsContinue Reading

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A slew of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and… Read more: Burkina Faso's military accused of killings, torture in latest Human Rights … – Big Rapids PioneerContinue Reading

The decision follows fan protests over alleged Qatari human rights abuses. As part of the deal, Bayern Munich players had worn the Qatar Airways logo … Read more: Bayern Munich and Qatar Airways End €100 Million Sponsorship Deal Following Fan …Continue Reading

L.T.B. Dehideniya, a retired Supreme Court Judge as the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. Simultaneously, Mr. R.M.A.L. Rathnayake, … Read more: Sri Lanka : President appoints new members to Election, Human Rights CommissionsContinue Reading

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A slew of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and instances of torture by Burkina Faso's military has terrorized … Read more: Burkina Faso's military accused of killings, torture in latest Human Rights Watch reportContinue Reading

How can we improve monitoring mechanisms for human rights violations against peaceful protestors, in order to better facilitate justice and … Read more: UN HRC53: Statement on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly – GOV.UKContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 28 Jun 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Human Rights Council Hears of Urgent Need for International Solidarity in Responding to …Continue Reading

A U.N. human rights expert says that a specialized international force is needed to help fight gang violence in Haiti and that an embargo on … Read more: UN human rights official says arms embargo and deployment of special force needed for HaitiContinue Reading

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the Illegal Migration Bill, which would see the law changed so that people who come to Britain by … Read more: Watchdog 'seriously concerned' about Illegal Migration Bill's impact on human rightsContinue Reading

Izyum is in the Kharkiv oblast, where Ukraine borders Russia. Its importance as a railway hub made it a key focus for the invading army. Within days … Read more: Bombed Out and Occupied – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the UNGP, which spell out governments' obligation to protect their citizens, companies' responsibility to … Read more: Protecting human rights: clear guidance is a piece of the puzzle – Politics of Poverty – Oxfam AmericaContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the … Read more: Protest victims commemorated amid security threats in KurdistanContinue Reading

Tatyna Kotlyar, 72, is the head of the “For Human Rights” movement from Obninsk, Central Russia. On 28 June, a magistrates court in Obninsk found her … Read more: Russia: Migrants' rights defender Tatyana Kotlyar convicted solely for her human rights workContinue Reading

Given that, first, the President of the Human Rights Council has announced in his meeting with the Iranian delegation in Geneva that if the Special … Read more: Confidential Documents Expose Regime's Efforts to Derail UN Fact-finding Mission – NCRIContinue Reading