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Human Rights Watch has won two 2023 Webby Awards, the leading international prize honoring excellence on the internet. Read more: Human Rights Watch Wins Two Webby AwardsContinue Reading

Brady, 73, said: “Every citizen of Scotland is protected under the Human Rights and Scotland Act. Children's Hearings Scotland thinks it is above the … Read more: Ex-Children's Panel members and volunteers claim system violates human rightsContinue Reading

Imran Khan's political outfit, PTI, saw arrests of over 564 workers for violence after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan's arrest … Read more: Human Rights Commission Pakistan "deeply concerned" by random arrests of PTI workersContinue Reading

This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay appeared in The Australian on Monday 15 May 2023. In George Orwell's 1984, … Read more: Weaponised' AI an existential threat to truth, human rightsContinue Reading

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern at “reports of random arrests and cases filed arbitrarily against PTI workers across … Read more: Human Rights – Daily TimesContinue Reading

And what happens when human rights claims come into conflict? As a scholar of human rights and religion, I believe it's important to unpack those … Read more: Are some human rights more important than others? Religious freedom advocates often put it firstContinue Reading

A Superior Court judge has ruled that a John Stark Regional High School student violated the civil rights of a Black student at the school when he … Read more: Judge finds that Weare teen violated civil rights of John Stark student – Union LeaderContinue Reading

New legislation governing the human rights and environmental obligations of businesses in the EU, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due … Read more: EU: New business sustainability law must be strengthened to protect human rightsContinue Reading

Human rights advocates are calling for urgent action on banning the Nazi salute and to classify Nazi groups as terrorists following a recent … Read more: Human rights advocates call for urgent action to ban Nazi salute – ABC NewsContinue Reading

… which would invariably consist of impassioned squawking about human rights and democracy and a call for the universal vilification of Cuba. Read more: The forever war on Julian Assange | Opinions – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Iranian Resistance Condemns Decision to Appoint Foremost Human Rights Violator as UNHCR Chair · Statements: Human Rights 11th May 2023. Read more: Eight Criminal Executions on Saturday and Sunday in Sanandaj and Kerman – NCRIContinue Reading

The HUDERAF combines the procedural requirements for principles-based human rights due diligence with the governance mechanisms needed to set up … Read more: Human rights, democracy, and the rule of law assurance framework for AI systemsContinue Reading

Ahmed Gouja, a local journalist and human rights monitor, said clashes between the RSF and the Sudanese army have been heavy in every state in … Read more: Darfur in need of urgent humanitarian assistance amid Sudan conflict, says human rights monitorContinue Reading

Climate change as a human rights problem. Taking governments to court over climate change was once considered a long shot, says César Rodríguez- … Read more: The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits – The HinduContinue Reading