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The global health and humanitarian communities have high expectations of the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. John Zarocostas reports … Read more: Volker Türk appointed top UN human rights chief – The LancetContinue Reading

“I've spoken with a lot of people from the human rights lawyers to the migrant worker group that I met out in Qatar. “There were certain requests that … Read more: Southgate says 'not a lot more players can do' to tackle Qatar human rights issuesContinue Reading

ABC News contributor and former State Department official Steve Ganyard talks about anti-war protests in Russia as President Vladimir Putin orders … Read more: Russia arrests as many as 1,400 anti-war protesters: Human rights group – YouTubeContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Ethiopia and 1 other country about Protection and Human Rights; published on 22 Sep 2022 by UN HRC. Read more: Statement by the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to the 51st …Continue Reading

A human rights assessment claims Meta managed to simultaneously over-enforce erroneous content removals and under-enforce truly harmful, … Read more: Meta's Own Commissioned Report Says It Harmed Palestinian Human Rights – GizmodoContinue Reading

Southgate: Not a lot more players can do to tackle Qatar human rights issues. The FA has joined nine other European federations in joining the OneLove … Read more: Southgate: Not a lot more players can do to tackle Qatar human rights issuesContinue Reading

Human rights campaigners have criticised the Football Association's (FA) OneLove campaign, saying it does not do enough to address inequality and … Read more: OneLove campaign not enough to address Qatar issues before World Cup, insist human …Continue Reading

An Independent Due Diligence Exercise into Meta's Human Rights Impact in Israel and Palestine During the May 2021 Escalation. Read more: An Independent Due Diligence Exercise into Meta's Human Rights Impact in Israel and …Continue Reading

Tony Germain Nkina is a lawyer and one of the last people publicly associated with Burundi's once thriving human rights movement still in jail … Read more: Interview: Paying the Price for Defending Human Rights in BurundiContinue Reading

Human rights advocates are calling on U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to put Nigeria back on a list of the world's worst violators of … Read more: Human Rights Activists Call on US State Department to Return Nigeria to Religious FreedomContinue Reading

Council Concludes General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, … Read more: Conditions for Untold Numbers of Innocent People in Myanmar Have Gone from Bad … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

According to the Tibet Rights Collective, Reports suggest that Gyaltsen Norbu also visited Sangding Monastery in July 2022 where he “expressed the … Read more: China-elected Panchen Lama's 'perfectly planned' visits hide human rights crisis in TibetContinue Reading

Topline. More than 1,200 protesters were arrested in 38 cities across Russia on Wednesday, according to independent Russian human rights organization … Read more: 1,200 Protesters Detained Across Russia After Putin's Partial Military Draft, Human Rights …Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch, other rights groups, and unions are calling on FIFA and Qatari authorities to remedy serious migrant worker abuses, including … Read more: Athletes, Fans Demand Remedy for Migrant Worker Abuses in Qatar | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading