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How will Kshama Sawant spend her final year on the Seattle City Council as she and her Socialist Alternative-powered office prepare for the work … Read more: Flanked by tech workers and human rights supporters, Sawant to propose 'first-in-nation …Continue Reading

President Joe Biden's nominee for a top human rights position is withdrawing from contention in the face of unrelenting opposition from a Senate … Read more: Biden's human rights pick withdraws – POLITICOContinue Reading

The human rights defender was detained incommunicado for two days before being rushed to the hospital as a result of the ill-treatment he had suffered … Read more: Guinea: Arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment of human rights defender Mamadou Billo BahContinue Reading

A human rights group says Formula 1's governing body the FIA is "suppressing drivers' freedom of speech" with a rule it has introduced this year. Read more: FIA accused of 'suppressing drivers' freedom of speech' – BBC SportContinue Reading

The FIA is under fire from a human rights group over the new rule banning Formula 1 drivers from unapproved protests on race weekends. Read more: FIA slammed by human rights group over rule against Lewis Hamilton and F1 driver protestsContinue Reading

According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network … of “eye for an eye” under Islamic law, which grants the right to… Read more: Iran: Prisoner executed over drug-related charges in KarajContinue Reading

The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has urged the government to speak out against the violation of citizens' human rights. Read more: Katikkiro calls for action on human rights violations – YouTubeContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch analyzed financial transactions that show that Yokogawa Bridge Corp. paid MEC about $1.3 million from July to November, 2022, … Read more: Myanmar: Japan's Construction Aid Benefits Junta | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Seoul – The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 … Read more: Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017 | The Japan TimesContinue Reading

YOU may or may not be aware that your right to vote, your right to strike, … Written constitution could help human rights under attack in the UK. Read more: Written constitution could help human rights under attack in the UK | The NationalContinue Reading

A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar's generals for genocide, … Read more: Human rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military | Al Arabiya EnglishContinue Reading

Julie Turner, director of East Asia and the Pacific at the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, has been nominated to serve … Read more: Biden nominates new special envoy for N.Korean human rights | News Room OdishaContinue Reading

Washington: US President Joe Biden has nominated a state department official as a new special envoy for North Korean human rights, the White House … Read more: Biden nominates new special envoy for N.Korean human rights – Siasat.comContinue Reading

With their clear echoes of genocides in the twentieth century, the camps prompted outrage from international organizations, human rights groups, … Read more: China's New Anti-Uyghur Campaign – Foreign AffairsContinue Reading