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So says Innocent Biringanine, a Congolese national and third-year audiology student at the University of Cape Town (UCT). This Human Rights Day, … Read more: Human Rights Day: 'Refugees are people with rights and aspirations' | UCT NewsContinue Reading

Trevor Macray: Have we really had human rights since South Africa became a democracy? Sibongile Nkosi: Our human rights are there but crushed by … Read more: Tell us what's on your mind: Human Rights Day | Boksburg AdvertiserContinue Reading

The policy is part of a recent government push to recognize past episodes of human rights abuses committed by the state. Read more: Indonesia's Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles – The DiplomatContinue Reading

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) is due to brief the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 21 March at the United … Read more: Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission – Africa IntelligenceContinue Reading

Multiple Iranian individuals and entities have been slapped with new sanctions for human rights abuses and for support of Russia's invasion of … Read more: Fresh sanctions levelled at Iran for human rights abuse – The New DailyContinue Reading

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she is "encouraged" by "constructive" discussions with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about … Read more: Suella Braverman 'encouraged' by talks with European Court of Human Rights in push to …Continue Reading

FILE PHOTO-New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta speaks during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, which voted to hold an urgent debate … Read more: New Zealand foreign minister to meet Chinese counterpart in Beijing | ReutersContinue Reading

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has revealed Australia will target more Iranian individuals and entities with its new Magnitsky-style sanction regime. Read more: Australia slaps dozens of sanctions on Iran over 'egregious' human rights abuses and …Continue Reading

… encouraged by constructive discussions with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) about the injunction that halted migrant flights to Rwanda. Read more: Suella Braverman 'encouraged' by talks with European Court of Human Rights in push to … – Jack FMContinue Reading

U.N. seminar on N. Korean human rights. Unification Minister Kwon Young-se (2nd from R, front row) and other participants pose for a photo at a … Read more: U.N. seminar on N. Korean human rights – Yonhap NewsContinue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said it will invite the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, … Read more: Human Rights Commission To Invite Tinubu's Loyalist, MC Oluomo, Kogi Governor Bello …Continue Reading

We started running away — I was shot in my right arm. … assembly and ensure policing responds to international and national human rights norms. Read more: Sierra Leone: Seven months after August's protests which turned violent in some locations …Continue Reading

On Friday, the US co-hosted an informal meeting highlighting the human rights violations in North Korea at the UNSC. Read more: North Korea criticizes UN, US for raising Pyongyang's human rights issue, missile … – ANI NewsContinue Reading

Twenty-two civil activists, bloggers, journalists, and politicians who disagreed with the government over a border issue and are currently in … Read more: Kyrgyzstan: Free the 22 'Kempir-Abad' Protest Detainees | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading