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Native Americans say plans for a huge copper mine on sacred land would be a 'human rights violation' and 'environmental catastrophe'. Read more: Native Americans call copper mine plan 'environmental catastrophe' – FortuneContinue Reading

Women's rights activist Fariba Zand-Karimi, who was detained on 5 April … A Kurdish civil activist known as Babak Dabirian, who was detained a … Read more: Detained activist remains in custody in Iran's SanandajContinue Reading

He co-founded Disability in Sport International, Athletes for Human Rights and the Olympism Project. In 2000, Eli helped establish the ESPY Award for … Read more: In Memoriam: Elias "Eli" Abarbanel-Wolff – UConn Today – University of ConnecticutContinue Reading

The law was criticised by human rights groups and international … right to respect of private life as well as the right to non-discrimination”. Read more: 15 governments join EU lawsuit against Orbán's anti-LGBT law – EURACTIV.comContinue Reading

The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC) Solomon Arase has expressed worry about the about cases of human rights abuses against police … Read more: Human Rights: PSC Chair, Arase expresses concern on rising incidents of abuse by police officers –Continue Reading

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Labor Office of the Spokesperson Switzerland … Read more: On Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Rodriguez's Participation at the …Continue Reading

The right to health has been deliberately side-lined, even when those rights are codified in … Solutions that embody human rights and equity. Read more: People over profit: a critical paradigm shift to realize health for all – Speaking of MedicineContinue Reading

Chile has a troubled history of human rights abuses, particularly during the Pinochet dictatorship, and activists fear that the proposed law could … Read more: Gabriel Boric preaches about human rights but practices oppression – TFIGlobalContinue Reading

The government of Sri Lanka's proposed Anti-Terrorism Act would empower the authorities to systematically violate fundamental human rights, … Read more: Human Rights Watch calls for withdrawal of Sri Lanka's new anti-terror bill | EconomyNextContinue Reading

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A regional human rights body implored El Salvador's government on Thursday to reverse a year-long suspension of … Read more: Human rights body urges El Salvador to restore civil rights – WTVBContinue Reading

North Korea on Thursday denounced a recent United Nations Human Rights Council (Unhrc) resolution that criticized the North's human rights … Read more: North Korea denounces UN's condemnation of human rights violationsContinue Reading

The figures are based on statistics by the HRD Memorial, a collective initiative of human rights organizations working to collect and verify data on … Read more: Latin America The Deadliest Region For Human Rights Defenders – OpEd – Eurasia ReviewContinue Reading

A regional human rights body implored El Salvador's government on Thursday to reverse a year-long suspension of constitutional rights that form … Read more: Human rights body urges El Salvador to restore civil rights – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

Lawyers for Saskatoon woman Dawn Walker say the kidnapping and other charges against her should be stayed because her human rights were allegedly … Read more: Lawyers want abduction charges stayed against Sask. woman, citing alleged human rights violationsContinue Reading