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BEIJING/GENEVA: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet begins a visit to China on Monday, the first trip by a … Read more: UN Human Rights chief due to arrive in China for historic visit – The Sun DailyContinue Reading

By Yew Lun Tian and Emma Farge BEIJING/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet begins a visit … Read more: UN Human Rights chief due to arrive in China for historic visit – WSAUContinue Reading

American prosecutors have charged four members of China's Ministry of State Security with spying on US-based human rights activists, … Read more: US charges one American, four Chinese officials with spying on dissidents, human rights … – The StarContinue Reading

The real problem for the Tories is that the Human Rights Act is irredeemably European. It essentially allows British courts to enforce rights … Read more: Boris Johnson Is Undermining Britain's One Superpower – The Washington PostContinue Reading

Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), a nonprofit civil rights organization advocating for the legal personhood of great apes, elephants, dolphins and … Read more: Court to decide whether Happy the elephant deserves basic human rights – CNNContinue Reading

Doha: President of Comoros H E Ghazali Othman received President of Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions Maryam bint Abdullah Al … Read more: President of Comoros welcomes Arab human rights network president | The Peninsula QatarContinue Reading

New York's highest court is about to decide whether an Asian elephant should have some of the same rights as humans and be freed to a sanctuary. Read more: Is this elephant being 'illegally imprisoned'? New York's top court will decide | EuronewsContinue Reading

URUMQI, China: Some Western politicians have for years been orchestrating a smear campaign against the human rights situation in northwest China's … Read more: Human rights progress in Xinjiang conspicuous to unbiased observers | The Manila TimesContinue Reading

Since surging back to power last year, the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on civil society, many focused on reining in the rights of … Read more: US envoy meets Taliban diplomat and presses women's rights | Al Arabiya EnglishContinue Reading

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for Tehran to suspend the execution, and requested the … Read more: Wife of Swedish citizen threatened with Iran execution appeals to EU | Al Arabiya EnglishContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch has previously witnessed and documented CBP agents performing illegal “turnbacks” of migrants exercising their right to seek asylum … Read more: US federal judge blocks attempt to end COVID-19 'turnback' policy at US-Mexico border – Jurist.orgContinue Reading

Adjust font size: The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government have always respected and protected human rights. Chinese President Xi … Read more: Xi Jinping on respecting, protecting human rights – China.orgContinue Reading

NEW DELHI: Police on Saturday arrested Pakistan's former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, a development that raises prospects of further … Read more: Police arrests Pakistan's former human rights minister – theSundaily.myContinue Reading

The visit to China is the first by the UN's top human rights official since 2005, when Beijing was keen to soften its global image as it prepared … Read more: China's Xinjiang crackdown under scrutiny ahead of UN rights chief visit – France 24Continue Reading