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The U.S. announced Friday the candidacy of James Cavallaro to serve as an independent member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, … Read more: Biden yanks human rights candidate over anti-Israel comments – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk who is scheduled to hold talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni over a decision not to … Read more: UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go – The East AfricanContinue Reading

President Biden on Tuesday rescinded the nomination of James Cavallaro to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over antisemitic Twitter … Read more: Biden pulls pick for human rights post over anti-semitic commentsContinue Reading

The government last Friday formally notified the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the decision not to … Read more: We still want to operate in Uganda- UN Human rights – Daily MonitorContinue Reading

Cavallaro described the withdrawal of his nomination as part of broader “censorship of human rights advocates who denounce apartheid in Israel”, … Read more: Biden drops candidate's nomination to human rights post over Israel remarksContinue Reading

Peer speaks out against forced abortion and violation of human rights in North Korea. Speaking at a meeting in the National Assembly of the … Read more: Peer speaks out against forced abortion and violation of human rights in North KoreaContinue Reading

The Biden administration has quietly withdrawn its pick of a human rights activist to a post at the Organization of American States over a string … Read more: Biden yanks human rights candidate over anti-Israel comments | | elpasoinc.comContinue Reading

The Canadian Human Rights Commission committed no error in concluding that Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians lacked standing to file a … Read more: Federal Court of Appeal affirms dismissal of human rights complaint not filed on individual's behalfContinue Reading

James L. Cavallaro, withdrawn candidate for The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), at the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City, … Read more: Biden Yanks Human Rights Candidate Over Anti-Israel Comments – Hamodia.comContinue Reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk delivers a statement in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 10, 2023. Read more: UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go | ReutersContinue Reading

Yet our senators are unwilling to condemn, or even mildly criticize, Israel for engaging in these same human rights abuses committed against … Read more: Maine Voices: Silence of our state's senators on human rights violations equals complicityContinue Reading

… Mohtadi's family home in Bukan and took him to an undisclosed location after arresting him, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Read more: Iran security forces detain Kurdish journalist in BukanContinue Reading

On 14 July 2022, the second hearing of woman human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska was adjourned by the Praga District Court in Warsaw until 14 … Read more: Fourth and fifth hearings in case of woman human rights defender Justyna WydrzyńskaContinue Reading

Last week, human rights organizations in El Salvador issued a joint report that includes over 4,500 human rights complaints against the security … Read more: Human rights complaints mount against Bukele's state of exception in El Salvador – WSWSContinue Reading