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Human rights activists routinely hold regime authorities accountable for deaths caused by systematic mistreatment, denial of access to medical … Read more: Frequent Group Executions and Medical Deprivation Raise Death Tolls in Iran's PrisonsContinue Reading

Liz Truss has been accused of holding up publication of the Foreign Office's annual human rights report because it is likely to contain criticisms … Read more: Liz Truss accused of delaying human rights report over criticism of Rwanda – The GuardianContinue Reading

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh gives a press statement at al-Haq Human Rights Organization, which was raided and shut down by … Read more: Biden administration: Israel has yet to justify shuttering of Palestinian human rights groupsContinue Reading

Amnesty International claims that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government continues to commit serious human rights violations, including its courts … Read more: Exclusive: New Zealand judge Sir William Young resigns from Dubai judges job after …Continue Reading

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's plan to settle past serious human rights violations through nonjudicial means has elicited a backlash from civil … Read more: Jokowi draws ire for decree on human rights abuses – Fri, August 19 2022 – The Jakarta PostContinue Reading

Logitech has joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and more than 170 companies, to support the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) by releasing a … Read more: Logitech Joins the Human Rights Campaign To Urge the U.S. Senate To Pass the Respect …Continue Reading

A catalyst in public health research and service for more than 20 years, Castillo is the Chief Program Officer of the global nonprofit HealthRight … Read more: Human Rights Focused Alumni You Should Know | August | 2022 | NewsroomContinue Reading

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 11-17 August 2022). Violation of right to life and bodily … Read more: PCHR Weekly Report – Israeli Human Rights Violations – IMEMC NewsContinue Reading

The hearing will begin August 23, 2022 regarding rights violations by the Ecuadorian government against the Tagaeri-Taromenane Indigenous Peoples … Read more: Inter-American Court of Human Rights Takes Case on Ecuadorian Amazon's Last …Continue Reading

It cannot be applied to legitimate human rights and humanitarian work; the breadth of the Israeli 2016 Anti-Terrorism legislation and its impact on … Read more: UN agencies, AIDA urge Israel to allow Palestinian human rights organizations to continue their workContinue Reading

… he had signed a Presidential Decree on the Establishment of the Team of Non-judicial Settlements of Past Gross Human Rights Violations. Read more: Jokowi's legacy: Restoring human rights or preserving impunity? – Fri, August 19 2022Continue Reading

Seven Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has accused of having links to terrorism were raided on Thursday by dozens of Israeli … Read more: Palestinian Rights Groups Raided by Israeli Soldiers – The New York TimesContinue Reading

At the offices of Al-Haq, an internationally respected human rights organisation based in Ramallah, the front door was welded shut and a Hebrew … Read more: Israeli forces raid offices of six Palestinian human rights groups – The GuardianContinue Reading

The raids were carried out in the West Bank and targeted, among other NGOs, the Al-Haq advocacy group which documents human rights violations by … Read more: Britain 'concerned' by Israeli raids on Palestinian human rights groups – The TelegraphContinue Reading