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The U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday criticised governments, including China and Russia, for restrictions on civil society in a … Read more: Civil society curbs in Russia, China a concern -UN rights chief | ReutersContinue Reading

human rights for women. Yun Jiang. Despite the government's gender positive rhetoric, Chinese women are still viewed as resources of the party state. Read more: Beijing and the birth rate: a question of human rights for women | Lowy InstituteContinue Reading

The Home Secretary said there was a more than 50% chance the Illegal Migration Bill may be incompatible with convention rights. Read more: Small boats plan likely to fall foul of human rights convention, says BravermanContinue Reading

However, it is unclear if the plans will be compatible with the Human Rights Act 1998, which signed into UK law the European Convention on Human … Read more: Suella Braverman small boats plan could breach human rights law | HeraldScotlandContinue Reading

“The joint statement issued at the Human Rights Council today confirms the world's commitment to ensuring justice for the deadly Beirut port explosion … Read more: Lebanon: UN Human Rights Council joint statement urges accountability for Beirut blastContinue Reading

AHRC's Free + Equal endorses the clear calls made by the Human Rights Law Centre and a coalition of over 80 organisations urging the Federal … Read more: Human Rights Law Centre welcomes Commission's push for Human Rights ActContinue Reading

Solutions which bring forward our longstanding experience in difficult settings, and our work as bridge-builders between civil society, human rights … Read more: Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries – OHCHRContinue Reading

Julianne Williams (right) says her human rights were breached when she was strip-searched by guards in Canberra's jail. (ABC News). Read more: Canberra woman suing Alexander Maconochie Centre says her human rights were violated … – ABCContinue Reading

He was among the vanguard of Black civil rights activists in Birmingham, fighting for the right to vote during some of the city's ugliest days of … Read more: A Birmingham Civil Rights Reformer, and Newspaper Editor, Lost to HistoryContinue Reading

Based on the information analysed, the Group concluded that serious and systematic human rights violations and abuses of human rights took place in … Read more: Human Rights Council Hears that the People of Myanmar Continue to Suffer Profound … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

The civil-rights complaint will seek a more specific and comprehensive policy and program from Hockey Québec on anti-Black racism and discrimination; … Read more: Teen hockey player files human–rights complaint over racial slur used during gameContinue Reading

… end human rights violations in its western Xinjiang region. … array of recommendations to encourage Beijing to better respect basic rights. Read more: UN-backed panel calls on China to improve basic human rights – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

A group of 20 prominent human rights lawyers from Iran has published an open letter calling for an independent, joint committee consisting of … Read more: Human Rights Lawyers Call for UN Probe Into Poisonings of Schoolgirls in IranContinue Reading

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Women's rights activists on Monday called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador in a case … Read more: Activists urge human rights court to condemn El Salvador's abortion ban | WTVBContinue Reading