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Human Rights Watch documented numerous cases in which rockets carrying PFM antipersonnel mines, also called “butterfly mines” or “petal mines,” … Read more: Ukraine: Banned Landmines Harm Civilians – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Advocacy group Human Rights Watch called on Ukraine on Tuesday to investigate accusations that its military used thousands of rocket-fired … Read more: Human Rights Watch urges Ukraine to investigate antipersonnel mine useContinue Reading

Civil rights lawyer David Henderson says the Memphis police department needs to address the culture that leads to violence in addition to … Read more: Civil rights lawyer: Disbanding Memphis Scorpion unit 'does not go far enough' – YouTubeContinue Reading

Human rights activist Siddharth Kara shares the connection between cobalt, lithium-ion batteries, major companies like Apple, Tesla and Microsoft … Read more: Human rights activist warns of abuses in Congo cobalt mines: 'Moral clock dialed back to …Continue Reading

Louisville has been a welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community for years, and the metro is continuing that tradition with the latest Human Rights … Read more: Human Rights Campaign gives Louisville perfect score for supporting LGBTQ+ communityContinue Reading

The Ontario Appeal Court has upheld the dismissal of a human rights claim that substantially overlapped with a case brought to the Ontario Human … Read more: Human Rights Tribunal must dismiss claim that overlaps with civil action: Ontario Court of AppealContinue Reading

The U.S. Congress' Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission called on Vietnam on Jan. 20 to release prominent political prisoner Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, … Read more: U.S. Human Rights Commission calls on Vietnam to release political prisonerContinue Reading

Our team will investigate human rights violations, with the intention of contributing to the efforts of Peruvian organizations in identifying the … Read more: Amnesty International deploys crisis response team to investigate serious human rights violationsContinue Reading

“The United States must remain firm in condemning the human rights abuses committed by the Iranian regime and stand with the citizens who are … Read more: Tillis Reaffirms Support for Basic Human Rights in IranContinue Reading

Human rights groups urged the Australian government to tread carefully, warning against a “box-ticking” exercise that could be designed to lower … Read more: Australia vows to keep raising human rights concerns with China despite ambassador's warningContinue Reading

Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame. Ghana's record in the delivery of social and economic rights and advancements in civil and political rights are strong … Read more: A-G Touts Ghana's Strong Human Rights Record At Un Geneva confab – BusinessGhanaContinue Reading

Since the coup on 1 February 2021, Amnesty has documented widespread human rights violations, including war crimes and possible crimes against … Read more: Myanmar: Urgent global action needed to stop military's 'nationwide assault on human rights'Continue Reading

During his meeting with Radhouane Nouicer, the visiting UN expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan, acting Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Al- … Read more: Sudan reiterates commitment to basic human rights standards_china.org.cnContinue Reading

The human rights lawyer, who represented some of the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six miscarriage of justice victims, was in Derry for a panel … Read more: Gareth Peirce recognised with Pat Finucane Human Rights Defender Award during Derry …Continue Reading