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Human rights law requires that people not be prosecuted or punished for voicing their criticism, says Volker Turk – Anadolu Agency. Read more: UN rights chief voice concern over sentencing of human rights defenders in ChinaContinue Reading

Addis Abeba – Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is … Read more: News: German Commissioner for Human Rights due in Ethiopia today – Addis StandardContinue Reading

Dana Nemcova, a leading Czech pro-democracy and human rights dissident under Communist rule, died on Tuesday, a foundation she worked with said. Read more: Czech democracy and human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies – ReutersContinue Reading

A Moroccan national has lost a case against the Netherlands at the European Court of Human Rights over his deportation for drugs-related offences. Read more: Moroccan man loses deportation case at human rights court – DutchNews.nlContinue Reading

Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government for forcibly repatriating three men who were reportedly … Read more: Thailand criticized for returning Myanmar resistance members – ABC NewsContinue Reading

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday he was "very concerned" after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a … Read more: UN rights chief 'concerned' as China jails prominent human rights lawyers – France 24Continue Reading

Senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch Yaqiu Wang called on international governments to remand the release of the two activists “immediately … Read more: China court sentences prominent human rights activists to prison for 'subversion of state power'Continue Reading

Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, prominent figures advocating for improved civil rights, given lengthy jail terms in latest crackdown on dissent. Read more: China jails two leading human rights lawyers after closed-door trial – The GuardianContinue Reading

The Forum calls for greater supervision of the protection of human rights after the latest events in the Tindouf camps, where relatives of the … Read more: The Fórum Canario Saharaui demands from the international community more control over …Continue Reading

human rights violations, Human Rights Vilation report on Ram Navami clash, Ram Navami clashes Apart from Reddy, the “fact-finding” team included … Read more: Team looking into 'human rights violations' submits report to Governor – The Indian ExpressContinue Reading

The rights group said Xu Zhiyong, 50, was sentenced to 14 years and Ding Jiaxi, 55, was given 12 years in prison under the vague charge of … Read more: China sentences two prominent human rights lawyers for over ten years – The HinduContinue Reading

United Nations Human Rights Council mum on rocket fire, terror attacks, after repeatedly criticizing Israel over past week. Read more: UN human rights official says Israel 'can't claim' self-defense after deadly terrorContinue Reading

SINGAPORE—A Chinese court sentenced two of the country's most prominent human-rights activists to prison terms of more than a decade each for … Read more: China Sentences Human–Rights Activists to Prison for Subversion – WSJContinue Reading

Chinese civil right lawyers Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi (right). File photo: Yaxue Cao, via Twitter. Xu Zhiyong and fellow campaigner Ding Jiaxi … Read more: China jails two prominent human rights lawyers for over ten years – Hong Kong Free PressContinue Reading