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Premium The US president noted that this shameful Act is the latest development in Uganda's alarming human rights abuses and corruption trend. Read more: Biden calls Uganda's anti-LGBTQ law "tragic violation of human rights" | MintContinue Reading

Eva Pils,'Autocracies' challenge to international human rights law: a Chinese case study,' Current Legal Problems, Vol. XX (2022), pp. Read more: Autocratic challenges to international human rights law – Research Portal, King's College, LondonContinue Reading

Uganda: President's approval of anti-LGBTI Bill is a grave assault on human rights. Responding to the news that President Yoweri Museveni assented to … Read more: Uganda: President's approval of anti-LGBTI Bill is a grave assault on human rights.Continue Reading

Apolice investigation into the killing of a Lao exiled political activist in Ubon Ratchathani province on May 17 is moving quietly. Read more: Human rights need priority – Bangkok PostContinue Reading

Brazil's Congress should reject a draft bill that would impose an arbitrary cutoff date curtailing the right of Indigenous peoples to their … Read more: Brazil: Reject Harmful Bill on Indigenous Rights – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Transport Commissioner to restrict bikes having high cubic … Read more: Restrict bikes with high cubic capacity in Kerala roads, says Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

Human rights defenders around the world on Monday condemned Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after he signed a bill criminalizing same-sex sexual … Read more: Ugandan Leader Ripped for 'Grave Assault on Human Rights' After Signing 'Kill the Gays' BillContinue Reading

The minister of human rights, Albert Fabrice Puela, issued a statement on the same day, condemning the violence and calling for an urgent … Read more: DR Congo: Peaceful Protests Violently Repressed – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Hong Kong has denied detaining a Uyghur scholar who human rights activists say went missing after arriving in the city earlier this month. Read more: Abuduwaili Abudureheman: Hong Kong denies detaining Uyghur student – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Ursuline Academy junior Emma Hingle took first place in this year's Kirkwood Human Rights Commission essay contest. Open to all juniors enrolled … Read more: Winners Named In Kirkwood Human Rights High School Essay ContestContinue Reading

Victims of human trafficking are subjected to a wide range of human rights abuses, including physical, emotional and sexual violence. Some victims of … Read more: THE NATIONAL POLICY ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTSContinue Reading

Director of MoFA's Human Rights Department Dr. Turki bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud and Director of UN Training and Documentation Centre for Southwest … Read more: Five-day regional training on international human rights mechanisms launched | The Peninsula QatarContinue Reading

However, a handful of countries outside the convention have produced or used cluster munitions. Get updates on human rights issues from around the … Read more: Cluster Munitions: Renew Global Momentum for Ban | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Governments often being accused of human rights violations, it is certain that the national and state commissions appointed by the same government … Read more: India lagging behind in human rights – MadhyamamContinue Reading