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Ahead of her appeal on August 25, PEN America calls on Vietnamese authorities to immediately set aside journalist and human rights defender Pham … Read more: PEN America Calls for the Immediate Release of Vietnamese Human Rights Defender …Continue Reading

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Tajikistan acceded to in 1999, provides that everyone charged with a criminal … Read more: Tajikistan: Autonomous Region Protesters Denied Fair Trials | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The program, backed by the U.N.'s human rights and development arms, will strengthen disciplinary procedures, train cops through mandatory courses in … Read more: U.S., U.N. back new human rights training for Colombia police | ReutersContinue Reading

… 'breaches their human rights' because only a third follow the religion … The headteacher said: 'I think it's a breach of children's rights. Read more: Headteacher says forcing primary school children to have Christian assemblies breaches …Continue Reading

Several NGOs and associations of Algerian expatriates have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to raise the issue of deteriorating human … Read more: Algerian expatriates urge Macron to raise issue of human rights during visit to AlgiersContinue Reading

“The position toward the Palestinian human rights organizations highlights a much larger failing in US government policy on the Israeli-Palestinian … Read more: CIA unable to corroborate Israel's 'terror' label for Palestinian rights groups – The GuardianContinue Reading

Eleanor Roosevelt and others read from the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today's Triple Planetary Crisis. The world has … Read more: We Now Have a Universal Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment – YES! MagazineContinue Reading

Anti-racist and human rights activists view Israel as the absolutely worst country in the world — as a “Nazi, colonialist, occupying” power, which … Read more: 'Jewish Lives Matter': Human Rights and Antisemitism – The AlgemeinerContinue Reading

The Bill of Rights may undermine the enjoyment of human rights in the UK if adopted, in particular the rights to fair trial, UN experts have … Read more: UN experts say Bill of Rights could 'undermine enjoyment of human rights in UK'Continue Reading

RAMALLAH, Monday, August 22, 2022 (WAFA) – ActionAid Palestine (AAP), a global movement of people working together to further human rights for all … Read more: ActionAid condemns Israeli forces' raid into offices of Palestinian human rights advocacy groupsContinue Reading

"Mr President, there is nevertheless a serious subject which should not be overlooked during this visit: that of the current state of human rights … Read more: NGOs urge Macron to support human rights during Algeria tour – The New ArabContinue Reading

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has informed the country's Inspector General of Police that no suspect exercising … Read more: Suspects should not be wrongly treated as terrorists : Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Norbert Mao intends to use dialogue as a strategy to tackle human rights violations. Read more: Uganda: 'Dialogue Key in Tackling Human Rights Violations' – ZAWYAContinue Reading

Civil rights leader Rev. Watson Haynes II passed away on Aug. 20 after battling cancer. He was 69. Haynes worked to address issues in education, … Read more: Community and Civil Rights leader Rev. Watson Haynes II dies – WUSF NewsContinue Reading