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The Canadian Human Rights Commission (HRC) leader apologized on Monday for the unfair treatment of black staff members. Canadian Human Rights … Read more: Human Rights commissioner 'sorry' for discriminating against black workers | NewsContinue Reading

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) calls the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR) to urge the government to give peace a chance… Read more: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission urges MPs to push the gov't to give peace chance – BorkenaContinue Reading

Open Letter from civil society organisations in support of human rights defenders, nonprofit organisations and media from Republika Srpska/ Bosnia and … Read more: Open Letter from civil society organisations in support of human rights defenders, nonprofit …Continue Reading

Bismarck, ND – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights … Read more: “Instead of Helping North Dakotans to 'Find the Good Life,' Governor Burgum Decided to …Continue Reading

Summary The present consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights contains an analysis of the … Read more: Right to development – Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human …Continue Reading

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is facing one of its most severe human rights crises amidst the prevailing political and economic chaos in the … Read more: Pakistan: A story of human rights atrocities; Afghanistan's plight worries UN | EP-92 – YouTubeContinue Reading

The UK's human rights watchdog advised in April that the Equality Act could be changed to redefine sex as “biological sex”. (Getty). Read more: EHRC is 'harming' trans community and is a 'failed institution', LGBTQ+ groups warnContinue Reading

May 9, 2023 – Human rights organisations, including World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH in the framework of the Observatory for (. Read more: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Open Letter from civil society organizations in support of human … – FIDHContinue Reading

(May 9, 2023 / JNS) The death on May 1 in an Israeli prison of Khader Adnan, a senior member of the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) … Read more: Palestinians: More human rights violations no one talks about – JNS.orgContinue Reading

Putting AI on pause gives us time to regroup around human rights. May 9, 2023. UBCO political science professor Dr. Wendy Wong wrote about putting … Read more: Putting AI on pause gives us time to regroup around human rights – UBC NewsContinue Reading

Local campaigners claim PFAS emissions from US plant violate various rights, including to clean water and a sustainable environment. Read more: UN asked to investigate 'human rights violations' by Chemours | Business | Chemistry WorldContinue Reading

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were executed for crimes including blasphemy, insulting the religion of Islam, the prophet and other … Read more: Iran hangs two men for blasphemy, drawing condemnation from human rights group …Continue Reading

… failure to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 right away, … defying advice from Aboriginal, legal and human rights organisations. Read more: ACT Government delays raising the age to 14, defying advice from Aboriginal, legal and …Continue Reading

Such child labor is a gross violation of human rights. Shareholders have a right to know the extent to which Ford's business plans involve the … Read more: Conservative Shareholder Activists Present Proposals Addressing Child Labor, Chinese …Continue Reading