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Over the past fifteen years, movements to extend legal rights to different kinds of non-human entities have achieved notable victories. In particular, … Read more: The flawed case against more-than-human rights – OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

Category: Human Rights. Khaing Zar Aung knows all too well what it means to protest when the stakes are high. The President of Industrial Workers' … Read more: Myanmar human rights abuses can be stopped – here's how – Australian UnionsContinue Reading

A human rights lawyer has prompted outrage after accusing Number 10 of using a 'racial trope' to defend itself over a UN report that called … Read more: Outrage as UN human rights lawyer accuses Downing Street of 'racial trope' over race reportContinue Reading

Amazon Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Meta Inc. face shareholder proposals from human rights activists seeking greater transparency from the tech … Read more: Amazon, Meta, Alphabet Face Proxy Proposals on Human Rights (1)Continue Reading

Poland's commissioner for human rights has called the refusal of doctors to undertake an abortion in the case of a 14-year old handicapped rape … Read more: Polish human rights chief calls recent abortion case 'unacceptable' – Anadolu AgencyContinue Reading

ASTANA – Kazakhstan to hold a Central Asian regional conference on the prevention of torture and inhumane treatment as part of the Human Rights … Read more: Kazakhstan, Council of Europe to Organize Conference on Human Rights Protection and …Continue Reading

Human rights and trade deals. The Westminster government needs to be pressed constantly to be transparent on discussions it is having around post- … Read more: Human rights and trade deals | Morning StarContinue Reading

… environmental activists before a planned protest over the weekend, said the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights in a statement on Tuesday. Read more: Dutch human rights institute critical of “disproportionate” arrest of climate protestersContinue Reading

“Ever since President Clinton delinked trade with China from human rights in 1994, the Chinese Communist Party has been growing into an economic power … Read more: In response to human rights violations, Smith wants to pull China's favored nation trade statusContinue Reading

Given these non-negotiable principles and recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations – specifically the article 18 and … Read more: G6 joint declaration in favor of Human Rights safeguard in IRAN – Science|BusinessContinue Reading

Time to rebuild public trust and respect human rights: SSPDF … January 30, 2023 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese army officer has called for the need to … Read more: Time to rebuild public trust and respect human rights: SSPDF – Sudan TribuneContinue Reading

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Advocacy group Human Rights Watch called on Ukraine on Tuesday to investigate accusations that its military used thousands of … Read more: Human Rights Watch urges Ukraine to investigate antipersonnel mine use | WTVBContinue Reading

… two years after it seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil war, a human rights monitoring group said on Tuesday. Read more: Myanmar military increasing air attacks, say human rights groups – Leigh JournalContinue Reading

1st February 1960 – Civil Rights born! Greensboro International Civil Rights Museum. Racial discrimination has long been a problem in America (and … Read more: On this day… 1st February 1960 – Civil Rights born! – insidetime & insideinformationContinue Reading