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A Turkish court has convicted Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association and a renowned human rights activist, … Read more: Turkey's top doctor and human rights activist Fincancı convicted in chemical weapons trialContinue Reading

A backlog of 9000 cases at the human rights tribunal means thousands of Ontarians are waiting months, even years, to see their violations … Read more: Ontarians' human rights are at risk because the system designed to protect them is brokenContinue Reading

Download logoThe Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release four human rights defenders who were detained solely for their … Read more: Ethiopia: Human Rights Defenders Held for Documenting Forced Evictions Must be …Continue Reading

Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledges a series of incidents amounting to "gross human rights violations" have taken place in his country's … Read more: Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledges his country's past 'gross human rights violations'Continue Reading

The failure of governments and corporate leaders to listen to the voices of human rights organisations has contributed to many of the biggest … Read more: Mary Lawlor: States must recognise that human rights defenders are not the enemyContinue Reading

In the Bilateral Strategic and Human Rights Dialogue, the Governments of the Republic of Honduras and the United States of America reaffirmed … Read more: Joint Statement on the U.S.-Honduras Strategic and Human Rights DialoguesContinue Reading

Roth had been nominated to the position by Mathias Risse, director of the Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. He called the decision a … Read more: Harvard's decision to not offer fellowship to leading human rights activist brings uproarContinue Reading

Under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, President Biden has until January 20 – 120 days after receipt of the letter – to … Read more: Biden Must Sanction Russians Involved in Kara-Murza's Detention – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

The Iranian Government faced renewed strong condemnation from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday, who accused it of the … Read more: Iran: UN rights chief Türk warns against further 'State-sanctioned killing' | UN NewsContinue Reading

Ecojustice Canada, an environmental law charity, is now attempting to use the Canadian Human Rights Code to stop the trucks. Read more: Ottawa truck corridor: Downtown residents cite human rights violations | CTV NewsContinue Reading

… deal due to the armed conflict, economic and political instability, and gross violations of human rights," foreign minister Melanie Joly said. Read more: Canada imposes sanctions on 4 Sri Lankan officials over human rights violationsContinue Reading

Kenneth Roth, who headed Human Rights Watch until recently, was recruited last year by the school to become a fellow. He accepted. Read more: Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist | WBUR NewsContinue Reading

For companies like Apple, decoupling from China can be an opportunity to improve their human rights record. Read more: Tech giants' pivot out of China can usher in a human rights reset | Opinions – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

OTTAWA — The federal government announced Tuesday it wasappointing a ministerial special representative who will be tasked with providing … Read more: Ottawa moves toward creating Indigenous and human rights ombudsperson roleContinue Reading