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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk delivers a statement in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 10, 2023. Read more: UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go | ReutersContinue Reading

Yet our senators are unwilling to condemn, or even mildly criticize, Israel for engaging in these same human rights abuses committed against … Read more: Maine Voices: Silence of our state's senators on human rights violations equals complicityContinue Reading

… Mohtadi's family home in Bukan and took him to an undisclosed location after arresting him, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Read more: Iran security forces detain Kurdish journalist in BukanContinue Reading

On 14 July 2022, the second hearing of woman human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska was adjourned by the Praga District Court in Warsaw until 14 … Read more: Fourth and fifth hearings in case of woman human rights defender Justyna WydrzyńskaContinue Reading

Last week, human rights organizations in El Salvador issued a joint report that includes over 4,500 human rights complaints against the security … Read more: Human rights complaints mount against Bukele's state of exception in El Salvador – WSWSContinue Reading

South Sudan, Africa's youngest nation, has been struggling with civil strife, armed conflict and a deplorable state of human rights and the rule … Read more: Religious Peace: The Impact of Christian Leaders' Ecumenical Visit on Peace Efforts and … – JURISTContinue Reading

… due process in the arrest and extradition of alleged Lockerbie bombing suspect Abu Agela Masud Kheir Al-Marimi, Human Rights Watch has warned. Read more: US must ensure due process in Lockerbie bombing case: Human Rights Watch – Arab NewsContinue Reading

ATLANTA — Roslyn Pope, a college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student … Read more: Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84 – ABC NewsContinue Reading

None of the 16 biggest grocery retailers in the U.S. have done enough to purge forced labor and other human rights abuses from tuna fish supply … Read more: New Report: 16 Biggest U.S. Grocery Retailers Failed on Forced Labor and Human Rights …Continue Reading

When human rights lawyer Freya Morgan heard that one third of people in immigration centres are on suicide watch, she wanted to do something to … Read more: Human rights lawyer set to run 2500km in a bid to raise £120000 for refugees and asylum seekersContinue Reading

Gurmukh has represented clients in several human rights cases before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal and in various courts, including the Supreme … Read more: Western Law welcomes human rights lawyer Sunil Gurmukh as new visiting lecturerContinue Reading

A human rights activist who recently accused US House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) of being “Bought. Purchased. Read more: US Nominates Activist to Human Rights Post Who Accused House Minority Leader of Being …Continue Reading

Roslyn Pope has died aged 84. She was a 21-year-old senior at Spelman College when she wrote "An Appeal for Human Rights," laying out the reasons … Read more: Roslyn Pope, author of 'Appeal for Human Rights,' dies at 84 | Georgia Public BroadcastingContinue Reading

Not so, said activist Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, during a talk last Thursday at Harvard Law School with Gerald L. Read more: Former Human Rights Watch chief speaks at Law School – Harvard GazetteContinue Reading