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WASHINGTON — Liz King, senior director of the education equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, … Read more: Civil Rights Coalition Welcomes Title VI Resource, Calls for Action to Ensure …Continue Reading

The Taliban should be investigated for crimes against humanity over their brutal crackdown on the rights and freedoms of women in Afghanistan, … Read more: Taliban's crackdown on women should be probed as crime against humanity, rights groups sayContinue Reading

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced it has "paused" an independent investigation into its Chair Baroness Kishwer Falkner. Read more: Equality and Human Rights Commission says it has 'paused' independent investigation into …Continue Reading

“The unknown fate of Abuduwaili Abudureheman is deeply worrying, given the background of crimes against humanity committed against Uyghurs by the … Read more: Rights group: Uyghur student missing in Hong Kong after texting that he was interrogated by policeContinue Reading

NEW ULM— A representative from the New Ulm Human Rights Commission spoke during public time at the New Ulm School Board meeting on Thursday. Read more: Human Rights Commission speaks at School Board meeting | News, Sports, JobsContinue Reading

Many potential donors have been hesitant to fund the striking civil servants, seeing them as a political group, 19 Myanmar civil society groups … Read more: Int'l Community Urged to Recognize Myanmar CDM Members as Rights DefendersContinue Reading

The human rights violations took place in the past five years. Amnesty International also documented cases where police authorities either neglected … Read more: Lesotho: Prime Minister Matekane must deliver on promise to ensure 'realization of human rights'Continue Reading

The global human rights watchdog urges the incoming Tinubu administration to protect civilians, respect media freedom, prioritise social security. Read more: HRW urges Tinubu to improve on human rights – Premium Times NigeriaContinue Reading

Iran publicly hanged a man Thursday in front of a large crowd, the latest execution carried out by the Islamic Republic, a human rights group said … Read more: Iran hangs man in 'medieval' public execution, human rights group says – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

Information Management Job in Sweden about Protection and Human Rights and Safety and Security, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from Civil … Read more: Head of IT to Civil Rights Defenders in Stockholm – Sweden – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Fresh right-wing bill targets institutions that oppose Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Dozens of Israeli human rights organisations … Read more: Israel to vote on bill targeting human rights institutions – TRT WorldContinue Reading

At the same time, and in line with international human rights, LGBTQI+ students have the right to an education free from violence and … Read more: How can universities support global LGBTQI+ human rights? – Times Higher EducationContinue Reading

Amnesty International has documented grievous and enduring human rights abuses resulting from oil contamination in the area, where Shell has … Read more: Nigeria's new-government must ensure-shells-sale-of-its-niger-delta-oil-business-does-not …Continue Reading

Human rights defenders and activists in the country continue to serve long prison sentences for criticizing authorities or advocating for political … Read more: Seriously, Microsoft? | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading