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DPIC has added a series of human rights pages to its website, reframing three aspects of the death penalty – race, conditions of confinement, and… Read more: NEW RESOURCES: Human Rights and the Death PenaltyContinue Reading

Vietnamese authorities summon human rights lawyers again Attorneys Dao Kim Lan (2nd from L), Dang Dinh Manh (C) and other lawyers have been … Read more: Vietnamese authorities summon human rights lawyers again – Radio Free AsiaContinue Reading

… of the officers shot him from a distance of a few meters for no reason”, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Read more: Police shoot dead Kurdish man in north IranContinue Reading

Then in January 2023, the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH) was dissolved. On the economic level, the old Soviet mentality … Read more: Human rights and the Russian invasion of Ukraine impact EU-Algeria relationsContinue Reading

The proposed UN cybercrime treaty must be limited in scope, protect human rights, and not be used against journalists and activists. Read more: UN: Cybercrime treaty must not put human rights at risk – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading

The mother of seven was one of the first people to sign Charter 77, a human rights manifesto inspired by Vaclav Havel. Read more: Czech human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies aged 89 | Leigh JournalContinue Reading

Human rights law requires that people not be prosecuted or punished for voicing their criticism, says Volker Turk – Anadolu Agency. Read more: UN rights chief voice concern over sentencing of human rights defenders in ChinaContinue Reading

Addis Abeba – Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is … Read more: News: German Commissioner for Human Rights due in Ethiopia today – Addis StandardContinue Reading

Dana Nemcova, a leading Czech pro-democracy and human rights dissident under Communist rule, died on Tuesday, a foundation she worked with said. Read more: Czech democracy and human rights activist Dana Nemcova dies – ReutersContinue Reading

A Moroccan national has lost a case against the Netherlands at the European Court of Human Rights over his deportation for drugs-related offences. Read more: Moroccan man loses deportation case at human rights court – DutchNews.nlContinue Reading

Human rights groups and opposition politicians in Thailand are criticizing the government for forcibly repatriating three men who were reportedly … Read more: Thailand criticized for returning Myanmar resistance members – ABC NewsContinue Reading

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday he was "very concerned" after China sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to more than a … Read more: UN rights chief 'concerned' as China jails prominent human rights lawyers – France 24Continue Reading

Senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch Yaqiu Wang called on international governments to remand the release of the two activists “immediately … Read more: China court sentences prominent human rights activists to prison for 'subversion of state power'Continue Reading

Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, prominent figures advocating for improved civil rights, given lengthy jail terms in latest crackdown on dissent. Read more: China jails two leading human rights lawyers after closed-door trial – The GuardianContinue Reading