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Activists and NGOs are redoubling efforts to call attention to the dire human rights conditions under which the next UN climate summit will be … Read more: COP27 sheds light on Egypt's abysmal human rights record | FairPlanetContinue Reading

Australia's men's national football team have spoken out against World Cup host Qatar's record on human rights weeks ahead of the tournament … Read more: Australian footballers call out Qatar's human rights record ahead of World CupContinue Reading

Australia has become the first football team participating in next month's World Cup to openly criticise Qatar's human rights record. Read more: World Cup 2022: Australian men's football team criticises Qatar's human rights recordContinue Reading

Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change Ian Fry presented his first thematic report to the … Read more: UN experts call for protection of human rights defenders in addressing environment and …Continue Reading

The Australia national football team have released a collective statement criticising Qatar's human rights record ahead of the World Cup. Read more: Australia first team to criticise Qatar's human rights record ahead of World Cup as UK … – talkSPORTContinue Reading

The Australian men's soccer team, the Socceroos, has released a protest video speaking out against Qatar's treatment of migrant workers and LGBTQ+ … Read more: Australia's World Cup team posts video criticizing host Qatar's human rights recordContinue Reading

“Jailing this leading human rights defender simply for calling for an independent investigation into the alleged use of banned weapons is an … Read more: Turkey: Jailing of leading human rights expert on 'terror' charges an 'appalling abuse of power'Continue Reading

… avoid delays and non-compliance in the presentation of human rights reports, having created an inter-ministerial commission for this purpose. Read more: Cabo Verde: New commission to avoid non-compliance in producing human rights reportsContinue Reading

… Qatar has faced accusations over its treatment of migrant workers, the criminalisation of same-sex relationships and its poor human rights record. Read more: Australia becomes first World Cup team to criticise Qatar's human rights record – Sky NewsContinue Reading

A conference focusing on water for human rights and sustainable development will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and … Read more: 2022 Social Forum: Water for human rights and sustainable developmentContinue Reading

"Absolutely reckless": A human rights advocate has slammed the Kiwi couple who were stuck in Iran for nearly four months – after being warned not … Read more: Human rights advocate slams 'self-entitled' Kiwis who got stuck in Iran | AM – YouTubeContinue Reading

Australia have released a collective statement against Qatar's human rights record, becoming the first 2022 World Cup team to do so. Read more: World Cup 2022: Australia players criticise human rights record of hosts Qatar in video – BBC SportContinue Reading

Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch says DAP has made a 'disastrous decision' to replace former Klang MP Charles Santiago in GE15. Read more: Dropping Santiago a 'slap' for human rights advocates, says group – FMTContinue Reading

“We remain deeply concerned about the deterioration in protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the systematic dismantling of Hong … Read more: US condemns fraud conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Lai | Human Rights NewsContinue Reading