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The festival joins Human Rights Film Festival Berlin and Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Vieques as new members are announced by Human … Read more: Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Fest joins HRFN – Moving Image Middle EastContinue Reading

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been joined as a participant in two Supreme Court appeals that claim the use of mobile … Read more: Human rights watchdog joins two Supreme Court appeals over use of phone recordsContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights heard two landmark lawsuits that could influence climate change emissions cuts across the world. Read more: European human rights court hears landmark climate lawsuitsContinue Reading

Hamilton has been unwavering and unrivalled in his willingness to address human rights issues, particularly in aid of the LGBTQ+ community. Bishop, … Read more: Lewis Hamilton: Formula 1 drivers should join Mercedes driver in speaking out about human …Continue Reading

Hitting out at “an ugly chapter of relentless human rights violations,” the document slammed the US for holding 780 people at Guantanamo for years … Read more: China accuses the US of being the world's biggest offender of human rights | Morning StarContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that these prisoners have been denied access to medical care for the past two months as the … Read more: Prisoners of conscience denied access to medical care in OrumiyehContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Protection and Human Rights; published on 29 Mar 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

2) Political and civil rights are not enough–we need economic rights. Neoliberal economics has advanced a very … Read more: How can we move toward a human rights economy? | Oxfam – Politics of PovertyContinue Reading

Amnesty International publishes annual report highlighting the state of human rights in more than 150 countries. Read more: Russia-Ukraine war exposed human rights 'double standards' – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

An Ottawa man has filed a human rights complaint against the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan and one of its insurance providers because he says … Read more: Gay father-to-be files human rights complaint alleging IVF discrimination | CBC NewsContinue Reading

This will be the first time the European Court of Human Rights considers the impact of climate change on human rights. Read more: Swiss pensioners vs the government: Top European human rights court to hear historic climate caseContinue Reading

The case is the first time the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will hear a case on the impact of climate change on human rights. Read more: Swiss court case ties human rights to climate change – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Lawyers working for the Daily Mail said publishing the names would breach the journalists' right to a fair trial under the Human Rights Act. This is … Read more: Daily Mail parent company invokes Human Rights Act to stop naming of journalistsContinue Reading

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP refutes Amnesty International's condemnation of the UK's record on human rights. Read more: 'We are the founding country of human rights', says Jacob Rees-Mogg – GB NewsContinue Reading