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On February 25, 2025, Fidel Zavala, spokesperson for the Unidad De Defensa De Derechos Humanos Y Comunitarios (UNIDEHC), was arbitrarily detained … Read more: El Salvador: Repression against human rights defenders and community leadersContinue Reading

ICE successfully removed Napolean Ahmed Mbonyunkiza, a 56-year-old Rwandan convicted sex offender and human rights violator, to his home country, … Read more: ICE removes human rights violator, sex offender to RwandaContinue Reading

On 15 June 2020, a Manila court, with limited attendees due to COVID-19, found Maria Ressa guilty of cyber libel charges. The woman human rights … Read more: Court of Tax Appeals upholds the acquittal of woman human rights defender and Nobel …Continue Reading

This installment of the Building a Free Internet of the Future series features LibResilient, a browser-based decentralised content delivery … Read more: Resilient.is on human rights in the digital context and “the right side of history”Continue Reading

WASHINGTON — Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program and an advisor at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, … Read more: Civil Rights Coalition: Congress Must Not Enable Trump's Judicial TakeoverContinue Reading

The families of hostages Nimrod Cohen, Omri Miran and Elkana Bohbot met Wednesday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker … Read more: Hostages' families visit UN Human Rights Council after being recognized as victims ofContinue Reading

Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Montenegro's Measures Preventing Violence against Women, Raise Issues Concerning Corruption and Historic … Read more: Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Montenegro's Measures Preventing … – ohchrContinue Reading

… Human Rights Council … Allow me to also share a few words of the critical role of civil society organizations, human rights defenders and affected … Read more: Remarks delivered at the Panel Discussion on Early Warning and Genocide Prevention …Continue Reading

Lawlor argues that as human rights activists face threats and are targeted by armed groups and violent criminals, “victims have no one to turn to”. Read more: UN expert urges support for human rights defenders in DRC – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

Permanent Secretary in the Deputy Governor's Office, Sharleen DaBreo-Lettsome, has highlighted the significant impact the Human Rights Commission … Read more: Human Rights Bill to reshape public service – BVI NewsContinue Reading

Yasmen Almashan, founding member of the Caesar Families Association and part of the Free Syria's Disappeared coalition, addresses the Human Rights … Read more: Syrians' hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hearsContinue Reading

The school brings together academia, civil society, and human rights defenders from Moldova, the EU neighbourhood, and the eastern enlargement … Read more: Apply for European Cross-Regional Spring School on Climate Justice and Human Rights in MoldovaContinue Reading

At the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk delivered an update on the global state … Read more: “Build peace around human rights”: HC Volker Türk's global update | OHCHRContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Bulgaria violated the European Convention on Human Rights by denying a journalist access … Read more: ECHR rules Bulgaria violated human rights by denying journalist access to acquittal judgment – NewsContinue Reading