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A report published by the United Nations on Friday accused Myanmar's military of creating "a perpetual human rights crisis" in the southeast Asian … Read more: Myanmar military has caused 'perpetual human rights crisis', UN report says | ReutersContinue Reading

Those responsible for throttling the Internet in Turkey during a time of crisis must be held accountable for this human rights violation. Read more: Turkey: Internet throttling violates human rights – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading

A court in Minsk has sentenced the chairman of the Belarusian human rights center Viasna, Ales Bialiatski, to 10 years in a strict regime colony. Read more: Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 …Continue Reading

He is convicted of bringing money into the country to finance the so-called “illegal activities” of civil society, a sentence which both human rights … Read more: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in prisonContinue Reading

The report detailed a myriad of alleged human rights abuses, ranging from torture and arbitrary deprivation of nationality to extrajudicial executions … Read more: UN Human Rights Council: over 40 executed in Nicaragua, among other human rights abusesContinue Reading

Human rights campaigner Alaa Al-Siddiq died when the BMW she was in was involved in a crash on the A361 near Burford, her Oxford inquest heard. Read more: BMW crash victim Alaa Al-Siddiq was on Cotswolds birthday weekend | Oxford MailContinue Reading

Human rights law had to be taken on, respected and acknowledged. Whilst all nations were sovereign, they all had the obligation to put the interests … Read more: Human Rights Council Concludes High-Level Segment and Starts General Segment – WorldContinue Reading

The Port Townsend City Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring Port Townsend to be a human rights city. The city council approved the … Read more: City of Port Townsend passes human rights proclamationContinue Reading

Ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix on 3 March, human rights organisations urged Formula 1 to stop 'sportswashing' amidst human rights violations. Read more: Bahrain: Stop using F1 racing to hide human rights abuses – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading

They filed a human rights complaint in 2017 after realizing their son, Carter, wasn't learning American Sign Language (ASL) in his school. Carter, who … Read more: Parents of deaf child win human rights case against NLESD | CBC NewsContinue Reading

… and eliminating disparities, Buncombe County is excited to announce Dr. Noreal Armstrong will be its new Chief Equity & Human Rights Officer. Read more: Buncombe announces new chief equity and human rights officer | Mountain XpressContinue Reading

A U.N. inquiry found that President Daniel Ortega and top members of his government committed human rights abuses, providing evidence for efforts … Read more: Nicaragua's 'Nazis': Stunned Investigators Cite Hitler's Germany – The New York TimesContinue Reading

Human-rights groups and Western researchers have alleged that the government forced Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims from the region to work at … Read more: Volkswagen Says No Human–Rights Abuses at Downsized Xinjiang Plant in China – WSJContinue Reading

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, … the Biden-Harris administration can take to secure the right to vote for all … Read more: Coalition Letter to President Biden and Federal Agencies on Voting EO ProgressContinue Reading