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A statement from the Viasna Human Rights Center, a human rights organization based in the capital Minsk, says Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to a … Read more: Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to 10 years in prison by Belarusian court | The HillContinue Reading

According to The Director of the Sioux City Human Rights Department Karen Mackey, the Siouxland Connections for Women and Girls event is all about … Read more: Sioux City Human Rights Commission to host Women and Girls event – SiouxlandProud.comContinue Reading

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has suspended its acting CEO, Chantal Kisoon, pending the outcome of an investigation into … Read more: Human Rights commission suspends acting CEO pending probe into alleged racial remarksContinue Reading

Democratic lawmakers and civil rights leaders in 2021 called on Google to hire an independent auditor to vet its products and policies for potential … Read more: Google releases civil rights review, caving to years of pressure – The Washington PostContinue Reading

A coalition of 196 human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the Global Justice Center, sent the letter to the … Read more: Human rights groups urge UN intervention over US abortion bans – USA TodayContinue Reading

Two Sikh tow truck drivers in New Zealand have filed a complaint against their former boss in the Human Rights Commission for her inaction against … Read more: Two Sikh truck drivers in New Zealand take boss to Human Rights Commission over racial abuseContinue Reading

Bialiatski, Belarus's top human rights advocate, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. We take a look at his trajectory. Read more: Who is Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski? | Human Rights News | Al JazeeraContinue Reading

On 1 March 2023, prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja informed his family of gross ill-treatment by prison guards in relation to … Read more: Human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja taken by ambulance to emergency room with …Continue Reading

WARSAW, 3 March 2023 – Following today's conviction of four Belarusian human rights defenders, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and … Read more: Latest conviction of human rights defenders in Belarus criminalizes their work and is … – OSCEContinue Reading

Kara-Murza has been a senior advisor to Human Rights First since 2020, … and governments and civil society voices around the world will continue … Read more: Human Rights First Welcomes U.S. Sanctions for Vladimir Kara-Murza's PersecutorsContinue Reading

The Italian case follows a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that there is a 'general system of violence' in the Chinese prison system. Read more: Italian supreme court blocks extradition to China after landmark human rights rulingContinue Reading

Watch as Volker Turk, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in … Read more: Watch: High Commissioner for Human Rights briefs council on situation in PalestineContinue Reading

On February 28, 2023, a group of 60 civil and human rights organizations led by Human Rights Watch (HRW) pushed the United Nations to oppose … Read more: Human Rights Organizations Urge UN to Protect Body Investigating Tigray Conflict | ASILContinue Reading

Responding to the sentencing of founder and chair of Viasna human rights centre and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, who received a … Read more: Belarus: Sentencing of human rights defenders a 'blatant retaliation' for their workContinue Reading