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The new head of the U.N. human rights agency's office in South Korea voiced concerns that the North Korean human rights issue has been sidelined … Read more: UN agency concerned about worsening of NK human rights situation – The Korea TimesContinue Reading

Yaqiu Wang, Senior China Researcher at Human Rights Watch, joins "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss China and the protests against COVID-19 policies … Read more: Chinese Companies… Are Beholden To The Government': Human Rights Activist Talks CCP ControlContinue Reading

The human rights group DAWN is calling for Leahy Law sanctions to be placed on the Israel's Netzah Yehuda Battalion. Read more: Human rights group wants U.S. to sanction notorious Israeli battalion with Leahy LawContinue Reading

By Yi Wonju. SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) — The new head of the U.N. human rights agency's office in South Korea voiced concerns that the North Korean … Read more: (Yonhap Interview) U.N. agency concerned about worsening of N. Korea's human rights …Continue Reading

We need an effective, robust disability strategy which follows an equality and human rights-based approach, and we need to strengthen our disability … Read more: Call for action to tackle barriers faced by disabled people in Northern IrelandContinue Reading

… reproductive rights activists, Human Rights Watch said today. … the far-right Solidarna Polska party – part of Poland's conservative ruling … Read more: Poland: Lawmaker Faces Charges for Pro-Choice Protest – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The Human Rights Commission and Equality Commission said anti-discrimination legislation needed to be strengthened. Staff from the Northern … Read more: Call for action to tackle barriers faced by disabled people in NI – BelfastTelegraph.co.ukContinue Reading

Key points: UN high commissioner for human rights says at least seven university students sentenced to death; Volker Türk says the military hold … Read more: UN human rights chief decries new Myanmar death sentences – ABC NewsContinue Reading

The U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights says Myanmar's military-installed government is using capital punishment as a tool to crush … Read more: UN Human Rights chief decries Myanmar's rising death sentences – The HinduContinue Reading

… the UN high commissioner for human rights said Friday.High Commissioner Volker Turk said at least seven university students were sentenced to … Read more: UN human rights chief decries new Myanmar death sentences – Arab NewsContinue Reading

UN-human-rights-chief-condemns-new-Myanmar-death-. (Shutterstock). Myanmar's military-installed government has sentenced more critics to death, … Read more: UN human rights chief condemns new Myanmar death sentences to crush OppnContinue Reading

The 27 women PHR and Human Rights First interviewed at Berks reported inhumane conditions in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) border custody, … Read more: After Documenting Abuses at ICE Berks Detention Center, PHR and Human Rights First …Continue Reading

SEATTLE — Join AFT Washington's Human Rights Committee on Human Rights Day, Saturday, Dec. 10 for “The Struggle to Protect Reproductive Rights and … Read more: AFT Washington plans human rights event Dec. 10 via Zoom | The StandContinue Reading

Fatin Kanat is a human rights defender and the co-chair of Ankara branch of Human Rights Association since 2019. In 1981, following the military coup … Read more: Verdict expected on human rights defender Fatin Kanat's caseContinue Reading