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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk has warned about the pushback, backsliding and systematic countering of women's … Read more: Why UNHCR Volker Turk is concerned over backsliding of gender equalityContinue Reading

Human rights organisations have raised concerns over the possibility non-Irish and non-UK citizens in the border area being racially profiled … Read more: Concerns raised over potential racial profiling in border communities with introduction of UK …Continue Reading

ACLU and Pen America back former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth and say decision 'raises serious questions' Read more: Harvard Kennedy School condemned for denying fellowship to Israel critic – The GuardianContinue Reading

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations human rights office called Saturday for a… Read more: UN rights chief calls for probe into Burkina Faso killings – Greenwich TimeContinue Reading

Dear Editor The Working People's Alliance condemns in the strongest terms the recent government action against homeowners in Mocha Arcadia. Read more: Bulldozing people's homes against their will is a human rights violation – Stabroek NewsContinue Reading

Download logoThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on the transitional authorities in Burkina Faso to ensure that … Read more: Investigation into 28 killed in Burkina Faso must be transparent: United Nations (UN) rights chiefContinue Reading

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on the transitional authorities in Burkina Faso to ensure that their … Read more: Investigation into 28 killed in Burkina Faso must be transparent: UN rights chief – UN NewsContinue Reading

While this is a laudable initiative, assessing the challenges faced by the existing national human rights institutions (NHRI) is necessary before … Read more: HUMAN RIGHTS: BEFORE WE SET UP ANOTHER RIGHTS COMMISSION – NewspaperContinue Reading

The U.N. human rights office said Turk had previously raised concerns with the government about possible abuses 'linked to recruitment, … Read more: UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls for probe into Burkina Faso killings – India TV NewsContinue Reading

Peter Pringle, who has died aged 84, became a human rights campaigner after he was one of the last people to be sentenced to death in Ireland … Read more: Obituary: Peter Pringle, human rights campaigner who was one of the last people in Ireland …Continue Reading

The human rights situation is deteriorating. The regime is aware that it will not remain in power even for a day without repression, torture, and … Read more: Iran Regime's Human Rights Violations Leave No Justification for Talks and NegotiationsContinue Reading

Local human rights groups allege that volunteer militias supporting Burkina Faso's army killed dozens of Fulani civilians, including children. Read more: U.N. rights chief calls for probe into Burkina Faso killings – The HinduContinue Reading

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Human Rights Kosovo North … Read more: Counselor Chollet's Travel to the United Arab Emirates, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and SerbiaContinue Reading

HUMAN RIGHTS. France has 'debt of justice' to slain Kurds: relative. AFP / 07 January 2023 11:55. Funeral of of Kurdish activist Sakine Cansiz, … Read more: France has 'debt of justice' to slain Kurds: relative – L'Orient TodayContinue Reading