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KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Human rights experts in the United Nations (UN) have praised Malaysia's decision to revoke the mandatory death penalty in … Read more: UN experts, Human Rights Watch laud Malaysia's decision to abolish mandatory death penaltyContinue Reading

His lack of adequate access to a lawyer and family visits are a further stain on a deeply flawed and unfair trial. Human rights groups including … Read more: Vietnam journalist faces up to 12 years in prison after reporting on human rights violationsContinue Reading

Iranian authorities on Tuesday released from jail prominent human rights lawyer Mostafa Nili, his attorney said, more than five months after he … Read more: Iran frees prominent human rights lawyer from jail | Al Arabiya EnglishContinue Reading

The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) announced on April 11 that its members had voted to exclude Russia from … Read more: European Network of National Human Rights Institutions expels Russia from organizationContinue Reading

The United States condemned on Tuesday lengthy prison sentences handed down to two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, calling for their … Read more: US Condemns Jail Terms For Chinese Human Rights Lawyers | Barron'sContinue Reading

Hosted by UChicago's Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, “Democracy + A.I.” brought together Reimer, UChicago law Prof. Aziz Huq, David Gunkel, a … Read more: How do we define human rights in the age of A.I.? – UChicago NewsContinue Reading

We urge the PRC to immediately and unconditionally release these two unjustly detained human rights defenders and to cease any harassment of their … Read more: On the Sentencing of Human Rights Defenders Xu and Ding – State DepartmentContinue Reading

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announces that the Notifications of Enforcement Discretion … Read more: HHS Office for Civil Rights Announces the Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency …Continue Reading

Human rights and justice. CEPS Staff. 6 Staff Members Involved. CEPS Staff involved. Next is the list of our inhouse experts working on this topic … Read more: Human rights and justice – CEPSContinue Reading

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