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HONG KONG: UK MPs and peers believe HSBC is implicated in violations of Hong Kong's human rights. The bank extended support to the Chinese … Read more: UK MPs Believe HSBC is Implicated in Violations of Hong Kong's Human RightsContinue Reading

HSBC is complicit in human rights abuses against Hong Kong citizens, MPs have said. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong said the FTSE … Read more: HSBC is 'doing the dirty work of the Chinese Communist Party', claim MPs – The TelegraphContinue Reading

A Pacific Solution to a Pacific Challenge: A Human-Rights Approach to Human Trafficking. February 8, 2023. By Amelia Makutu, Jasmine Henry, … Read more: A Pacific Solution to a Pacific Challenge: A Human–Rights Approach to Human TraffickingContinue Reading

… and full realization of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. Read more: U.S Mission, Opposition Question Termination of UN Human Rights Office :: Uganda RadionetworkContinue Reading

Algerian authorities must reverse the decision to dissolve the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), an independent, … Read more: Algeria: Reverse decision to dissolve leading human rights group – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Govt terminates UN Human Rights operations. Wednesday, February 08, 2023. The coordinator of torture victims survivors of Uganda, Mr John Bosco … Read more: Govt terminates UN Human Rights operations – Daily MonitorContinue Reading

In a letter by Uganda's Foreign Affairs Ministry sent to Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Feb. 3 and seen by Reuters … Read more: Uganda says it will not renew term of U.N. human rights office | ReutersContinue Reading

… Central Prison, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. … They have been denied the right to communicate and receive family … Read more: Prisoners demanding transfer continue hunger strike in OrumiyehContinue Reading

In a letter sent by Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on February 3 and seen by … Read more: Uganda says it will not renew mandate of UN human rights office – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

HSBC is complicit in human rights abuses against Hong Kong residents by siding with Chinese authorities and denying pension payouts to those who … Read more: UK MPs and peers find HSBC complicit in Hong Kong human rights abuses – The GuardianContinue Reading

On 3 February, the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The letter cites Uganda's … Read more: Ugandan government will not be renewing mandate of UN human rights officeContinue Reading

… part by the exposure of their plight during the Covid-19 pandemic. But despite progress, the human rights of seafarers continue to be abused. Read more: Why our thinking on human rights at sea should not end with seafarers – Gard.NoContinue Reading

A special panel named by Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission launched an investigation Tuesday into recent Reuters reports on rights abuses … Read more: Nigerian rights panel, underfunded and overmatched, begins probe of powerful militaryContinue Reading

Press Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. For too long, we have relied on women and girls to provide care and support to family and … Read more: Time To Transform Care And Support Systems – UN Human Rights Chief | Scoop NewsContinue Reading