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The Times leads with a report that says the UK withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights will not jeopardise peace in Northern Ireland. Read more: Newspaper headlines: 'Camilla saw off attacker with shoe' and 'Farage scare tactics' – BBCContinue Reading

Human rights are standards that governments around the world have agreed to meet so that everyone can live a safe, free and dignified life. Read more: Corporate Plan 2025-26 | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Kenyan authorities to end the apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, the organization's Associate Africa … Read more: Kenya police accused of harassing senior HRW staff member – JURIST Legal NewsContinue Reading

… to tyranny seemed possible. And then, one day, the tide turned. Tags: Issue 85 · Insights Interviews · Human Rights · National Security & Foreign … Read more: CLM Insights Interview with Ching Kwan Lee | China Leadership MonitorContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 31, 2025: Javad Soheili and Nader Sepehdar, two men on death row for drug-related offences, were executed in … Read more: Javad Soheili and Nader Sepehdar Hanged in Mashhad – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 31, 2025: Mitra Yasini, a woman on death row for participation in murder, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison … Read more: Mitra Yasini 23rd Woman Execution Recorded in Iran in 2025Continue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 31, 2025: Esmail Delavari and Armin Reyhani, two men on death row for separate murders, were executed in Shiraz … Read more: Esmail Delavari and Armin Reyhani Hanged in Shiraz – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

​Today, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted a formal complaint to the International … Read more: HRF and PCHR File ICC Complaint on the Nasser Hospital Massacre – Hind Rajab FoundationContinue Reading

Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), 31 August 2025 (SPS) – The National Sahrawi Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH) has denounced the ongoing … Read more: CONASADH denounces ongoing crimes of Moroccan occupation against Sahrawi peopleContinue Reading

UN human rights experts have called on Pakistan to suspend its planned deportation of Afghan refugees, set to commence on September 1, 2025. Read more: UN experts urge Pakistan to halt refugee deportations amid human rights concerns – JURISTContinue Reading

Ibn Haldun University Professor Dr Irfan Ahmad said that the Western concept of human rights is not working in Gaza. "It is not that they are … Read more: Those who teach human rights are violating them in Gaza: speakers | NewsContinue Reading

Britain's departure from the European Convention on Human Rights is starting to feel inevitable, triggered by immigration policy failures. Read more: DANIEL HANNAN: We don't need the European human rights brigade telling our tolerant …Continue Reading

Speakers condemned the Iranian regime's escalating wave of executions and its systematic human rights abuses while voicing strong support for the … Read more: Paris conference highlights Iran's human rights crisis and growing support for democratic resistance |Continue Reading

He had worked for human rights organisations, travelled a lot and even had interesting profile pictures. I swiped right. Later that day, we met at … Read more: The moment I knew: stuck in Chile in the early days of Covid, he brought me out of my anxiety loopContinue Reading