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Freedom of expression and media face significant threats. Journalists encounter intimidation, arbitrary detention, and torture. M23 rebels threaten … Read more: DRC: Alarming Human Rights Violations Escalate Amid Renewed Clashes – CivicusContinue Reading

Riva Jalipa is a Researcher and Adviser in Amnesty International's Economic and Social Justice team leading our work on financing for human rights … Read more: Riva Jalipa: we must fight to finance our rights – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Skilled migration and workers' rights bill will help improve Britain's economy, says Attorney General. Read more: Lord Hermer: Human rights are key for growth – The TelegraphContinue Reading

On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Read more: More than 200 Organisations Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be RejectedContinue Reading

Immediate interim protection orders, dedicated healthcare facilities, and funding for the 3919 helpline among the measures praised. Read more: Violence against women in France: strengthening protection for victims and measures to …Continue Reading

The trial of Former British paratrooper Lance Corporal Soldier F opened this week in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is charged with two murders and … Read more: Explainer: Soldier F on Trial for Bloody Sunday Murders – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

Lebanon's parliament should ensure that a draft media law it is considering upholds the right to freedom of expression. Read more: Lebanon: Ensure Draft Media Law Upholds Free Expression | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Read more: UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global actionContinue Reading

Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says the release of the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia's report last … Read more: Race Discrimination Commissioner says Islamophobia must be confronted with urgency and unityContinue Reading

The Open Society Foundations mourn the passing of Robert Redford, the award-winning actor and director, who was a champion of human rights and … Read more: Open Society Foundations Mourn Robert Redford, Advocate for Human Rights and Justice …Continue Reading

These regulations provide for the enforcement of restrictive measures contained in Council Regulation (EU) No 2020/1998 as amended, … Read more: SI No 414 of 2025 European Union (Restrictive Measures Against Serious Human Rights …Continue Reading

News European. September 16th, 2025. by European Coalition for Corporate Justice together with Anti-Slavery International, Clean Clothes Campaign, … Read more: JOINT PRESS RELEASE EU Commission persists in undemocratic push to weaken …Continue Reading

Sarah Leah Whitson is the executive director of DAWN. For decades, the Treasury Department has politicized its authority to impose sanctions. Now, … Read more: Trump Sanctions Palestinian Human Rights Orgs for Doing Their Job – The InterceptContinue Reading

The Ward Budget Citywide Fund supports projects operating citywide in York which support at least one of four key council priorities: Equalities and … Read more: Local community schemes supporting council priorities wanted – City of York CouncilContinue Reading