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Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize winner and human rights activist, is the executive producer of the movie Joyland, which explores transgender sexual … Read more: Malala Yousafzai takes human rights to big screen with movie Joyland based on … – Sky NewsContinue Reading

In a press conference this morning, the leadership of Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said Malaysia should take the lead in championing … Read more: Enact laws to protect human rights defenders, Asean MPs tell M'sian govt – MalaysiakiniContinue Reading

A group of human rights lawyers has lauded the initiatives of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to lower the recommended bail for poor litigants in … Read more: Human rights lawyers laud DOJ's move to reduce proposed bail for poor litigantsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on Government to bring home over 90 TT nationals, including about 56 children, who are detained in … Read more: Human rights group seeks return of 90 people held in Syria – Trinidad and Tobago NewsdayContinue Reading

… Virginia's history has long focused on George Washington's boyhood home and the Civil War, but an effort to reveal a rich Civil Rights… Read more: Fredericksburg's Newly Dedicated Trail Reveals a Rich Civil Rights HistoryContinue Reading

Pakistan is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which grants persons the right to liberty and security of person, … Read more: Enforced disappearances – Newspaper – DAWN.COMContinue Reading

… and representatives of governments, civil society organisations and business with a keen interest in AI. … Business and Human Rights+7. Read more: Short Course: Artificial Intelligence, Law and EthicsContinue Reading

In the 1960s, the civil rights leader and activist went head to head against Martin Luther King, Jr. and Adam Clayton Powell who felt that Hamer was … Read more: Aunjanue Ellis And Director Christine Swanson Shine Light On Civil Rights Activist Fannie … – ForbesContinue Reading

The progressive nature of the Bill of Rights shows an intention by Kenyans to establish a society where respect for human rights is a cardinal aim … Read more: Supreme Court decision reaffirms that human rights protection is for all in KenyaContinue Reading

Reuters Sustainable Switch. Make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change, diversity, and human rights. Sign up … Read more: Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew | ReutersContinue Reading

Source: Kateryna Rashevska, expert at the Regional Centre for Human Rights, at a briefing in the Mediacentre Ukraine on 24 February. Read more: "Reeducation camps" and age change: human rights activist recounts how Russians abduct childrenContinue Reading

During a House Financial Services Committee hearing earlier this month, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) questioned witnesses about the economic threat from … Read more: Andy Ogles Decries The US For Enabling China's 'Horrific Human Rights Abuses'Continue Reading

According to BJP leaders, more areas of the state would be toured to record incidents of human rights violations in the run-up to panchayat polls. “ … Read more: Panel of 'independent observers' visits Birbhum over human rights violation, corruptionContinue Reading

HE Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with … Read more: NHRC signs MoU with Turkish counterpart – Gulf TimesContinue Reading