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Accusing India of being the “site of numerous human rights abuses,” the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has suggested linking $117 million in … Read more: CRS asks Congress to link US aid to India to human rights – The American BazaarContinue Reading

Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Interim President Joni Madison issued the following statement: “Attorney General Weiser has been unwavering in his fight … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser for ReelectionContinue Reading

The high commissioner for human rights has repeatedly postponed its release, reinforcing perceptions that U.N. leadership is reluctant to stand up … Read more: U.N. Report on Rights Abuses in Xinjiang May Be Delayed Again – The New York TimesContinue Reading

Azra Jafari, an Afghan politician, human rights activist and the first female mayor in Afghanistan, joined CBS News from exile in Washington to … Read more: Afghan women and girls struggle for basic human rights under Taliban rule – CBS NewsContinue Reading

Instead, he's quitting the industry. Paul Hunt is Chief Human Rights Commissioner. OPINION: Last week, as part of the Human Rights Commission's … Read more: Why we must change our rental system to meet basic human rights | Stuff.co.nzContinue Reading

Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae is calling on the UN's human rights chief to publish a long-anticipated report on China's … Read more: Bob Rae calls on UN human rights chief to publish long-promised Uyghur report – CBCContinue Reading

Britain has quietly doubled the millions in taxpayers' money being given on security bodies linked to human rights abuses in the Gulf, … Read more: Britain doubles cash for Gulf bodies linked to human rights abuses | World – The TimesContinue Reading

By Easwaran Rutnam. UN human rights chief Michele Bachelet is to return home as her term ends next week. The outgoing UN High Commissioner for … Read more: UN human rights chief to return home as term ends – Colombo GazetteContinue Reading

At the end of her tenure as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet talks about challenges the world faces in China, … Read more: 'No pressure will make any change on our decisions:' UN human rights chief defends stalled … – CNNContinue Reading

Prominent human rights campaigner Pham Doan Trang was sentenced to nine years for 'propaganda against the state'. Read more: Vietnam court upholds 9-year jail sentence for democracy activist | Human Rights NewsContinue Reading

In response, Human Rights Campaign Texas Field Organizer Preston Knight issued … “Right now, students are returning to school, hoping that their … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Condemns Texas School Board for Sweeping Set of Attacks on …Continue Reading

Less than a week before Michelle Bachelet, the UN's human rights chief is due to step down, the former Chilean president acknowledged Thursday … Read more: Long road to UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's Xinjiang report – Times NowContinue Reading

UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Russia's President Vladimir Putin to end the country's war against Ukraine, … Read more: Russia's war with Ukraine needs to end, UN's Bachelet urges Vladimir Putin – UN NewsContinue Reading

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday cast doubt on whether she will release a long-awaited report on the mass … Read more: Uyghur Mass Detention Report May Be Delayed AgainContinue Reading