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Louise Hartley Crouch wrote: “It is basic human rights to be able to use … Susan Smith added: “It is a basic human right; the school should be … Read more: Echo readers 'shocked' by 'prison-like' toilet gates – Southend EchoContinue Reading

Trade should not be defeating human rights'. The President on migration, the Irish housing crisis and how he has his role 'quite worked out'. Read more: Michael D Higgins: 'How many atrocities are ignored because of trade … – The Irish TimesContinue Reading

… escalating state surveillance in a move that has alarmed privacy and human rights experts. Thousands of protesters vandalized Brazil's Supreme … Read more: Brazil's Escalation of Facial Recognition Alarms Human Rights Experts – BrazzilContinue Reading

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human … Read more: UN rights chief asks Venezuela to release arbitrary detainees, end torture – ThePrintContinue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern about a hunger strike by two young political activists and called on all sides … Read more: Rights commission expresses concern about hunger strike – Bangkok PostContinue Reading

There is a general recognition across Venezuela's political and social spectrum of the need for reform, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights … Read more: 'All sides need to think about the future they want for Venezuela', says UN human rights …Continue Reading

Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, poses for … The Victim publicized the Iranian Government's human rights abuses; … Read more: 3 Men Arrested After Attempting to Kidnap Iranian-American Journalist – Business InsiderContinue Reading

Here in Caracas, I met with more than 125 members of civil society, human rights defenders, victims of human rights violations and representatives … Read more: UN Rights Chief Türk Wraps Up Mission to Venezuela – Mirage NewsContinue Reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, center, speaks during a press conference at the Simon Bolivar International Airport … Read more: Venezuela Human Rights Commissioner | AP International News | messenger-inquirer.comContinue Reading

(Ankeny, IA) — A member of the Ankeny Human Rights Commission is charged with sexual abuse. Police say 43-year-old Clarence Isaiah McGee sexually … Read more: Ankeny Human Rights Commission Member Charged With Sexual AbuseContinue Reading

'The Arrest of an Attorney Carrying Out His Work as a Defender of Human Rights Is Another Crossing of Red Lines by the Police,' Adalah, … Read more: Demonstrators, Human Rights Lawyer Detained for Waving Palestinian Flags at Haifa ProtestContinue Reading

… according to Norway-based group Iran Human Rights, while authorities … mortgage is the right thing for a national sportsman or woman” to do, … Read more: Iranian Olympic skier reportedly flees to Germany – Sportstar – The HinduContinue Reading

Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said … Read more: UN rights chief asks Venezuela to release arbitrary detainees, end torture | ReutersContinue Reading

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human … Read more: UN Rights Chief Asks Venezuela to Release Arbitrary Detainees, End TortureContinue Reading