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"CBS Mornings" marks 60 years since the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. In a special edition of our series Note to Self, … Read more: Daughter of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers pens personal letter to motherContinue Reading

President Biden,. In the South Caucasus we face a crisis of democracy, human rights, and the international rules-based order. After marking the 108th … Read more: Adam Schiff Urges Biden to Defend Democracy and Human Rights in Armenia and ArtsakhContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces raided the family home of brothers Abdorrahman Gheytaran and Sadradding … Read more: Iran security forces arrest six civilians in Piranshahr's villagesContinue Reading

The Salvadoran human rights organisation assesses that the "exception regime" has become permanent, without a constitutional basis due to popular … Read more: When prisons in Latin America violate inmates' human rights – FairPlanetContinue Reading

President Maduro expressed hope that collaboration with the ICC would help correct the record about human rights in Venezuela. Read more: ICC Prosecutor Opens 'Technical Assistance Office' in Venezuela Amid Human Rights ProbeContinue Reading

Given the penchant for the US persistently raise human rights abuse with China, what level of hypocrisy is involved here? Read more: Are human rights abuses of the Chinese judicial system worse than that of the land of the …Continue Reading

A hugely significant new report was published yesterday by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights presenting the results of its inquiry into … Read more: Parliamentary human rights committee finds Illegal Migration Bill would be a clear breach of …Continue Reading

It's been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home. Read more: 60 years after Medgar Evers' murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacyContinue Reading

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has said that Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in schools in Northern Ireland does not meet … Read more: RSE in NI schools behind the times on human rights, says commission report – Belfast TelegraphContinue Reading

Facebook-parent Meta is the subject of four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users … Read more: Facebook algorithm fuels gender discrimination in job ad targeting, human rights groups allegeContinue Reading

Climate litigation is increasingly using human rights laws as basis to hold countries and companies to account on green pledges. Read more: Climate lawsuits turn to human rights in search of justice | NewsContinue Reading

The Committee has found this risks breaching the right to liberty under the European Convention of Human Rights, and that further strain on an … Read more: 'Widespread human rights failings' found in controversial Illegal Migration BillContinue Reading

The U.S., having long been self-claimed as a beacon of human rights, is the only UN member that has not ratified the Convention on. Read more: When will the 'beacon of human rights' light upon these minors? – CGTNContinue Reading

A forthcoming report to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will detail shortcomings of legal services for the state's poor. Read more: Civil rights group may seek federal probe of Maine's indigent defense systemContinue Reading