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An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that despite the lawyers' objection to the forensic report and the request for … Read more: Mahsa Amini: Intelligence ministry threatens family lawyersContinue Reading

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a France-based independent, non-profit and non-partisan organisation promoting human rights and documentation … Read more: Paveh: Striking truck drivers threatened by text messagesContinue Reading

Basing environmental action on human rights. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are attacking decades of progress and intensifying … Read more: A landmark year for human rights – World | ReliefWebContinue Reading

Inaction or purported neutrality on matters of human rights is a deeply political choice. The FIFA World Cup and the Human Rights situation in Qatar. Read more: Jonas Baer-Hoffmann: "The voices of athletes are giving humanity to sport" – FIFProContinue Reading

Transfers of surveillance technology from the European Union to African governments are carried out without due regard for the human rights … Read more: EU fails to protect human rights in surveillance tech transfers – Computer WeeklyContinue Reading

The day coincided with the Japanese House of Councillors passing a resolution condemning human rights and religious freedom violations by China … Read more: Japanese Parliamentary Caucus to Monitor Human Rights in China FormedContinue Reading

Human rights organizations reported that Saudi authorities executed 20 men in November for drug offenses — 12 of them foreign nationals — after … Read more: Saudi Arabia Reneges on Pledge to End Death Penalty for Drug Crimes; Execution Spree …Continue Reading

He urged for solutions to a “protracted, multifaceted crisis,” adding that the French-speaking island is being ravaged by the worst human rights and … Read more: UN human rights chief warns Haiti is on 'the verge of an abyss' amid violent unrestContinue Reading

… battle for Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday. HRW said members of Al-Kaniyat militia and their affiliates detained, tortured, Read more: Human Rights Watch: ICC reignites hope for long-awaited justice in LibyaContinue Reading

* Living a life of contentment is the ultimate human right. * China respects the diversity in the approaches to human rights development and holds … Read more: Chinese outlook on human rights enriches global cause – XinhuaContinue Reading

The event will bring together 10 volunteer committees dealing with everything from human rights to Black affairs, affordable housing and other topics … Read more: Miami Beach Hosts First Human Rights ExpoContinue Reading

Access will be strictly limited to journalists. The Special Rapporteur will present a full report on the country visit to the UN Human Rights Council … Read more: South Sudan: UN human rights expert to assess trafficking in persons – ohchrContinue Reading

A leading rights group on Monday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could … Read more: Human Rights Watch warns against Mexico's 'regressive' electoral overhaul | ReutersContinue Reading

Theonila Roka Matbob stands in front of the Panguna mine pit in Bougainville. (Image courtesy of the Human Rights Law Centre). A historic independent … Read more: Environmental and human rights assessment of Rio Tinto's former Panguna copper mine beginsContinue Reading