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ALBANY — The New York Farm Bureau has taken a legal step to convince the state's highest court that extending a basic human right to an elephant … Read more: Top court weighs human rights for elephant | News | pressrepublican.comContinue Reading

FIFA should earmark at least $440m to provide remedy for the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have suffered human rights abuses in … Read more: Qatar: FIFA should match 0m World Cup prize money to fund major compensation …Continue Reading

Buenos Aires, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban journalist and activist Francisco Rodríguez highlighted from the Argentine capital the progress made … Read more: Cuban results in human rights stand out in Argentina – Prensa LatinaContinue Reading

Human rights of women and men stand to be obliterated if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Women stand to lose basic human rights: decisions about physical, … Read more: Letter: What's at stake is human rights | VailDaily.comContinue Reading

That question was before New York's highest court Wednesday in a closely watched case over whether a basic human right can be extended to an … Read more: Happy the elephant's historic human rights trial for legal person status – NZ HeraldContinue Reading

Amnesty International, along with other human rights organisations and fans' groups, have written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino this week … Read more: Human rights groups ask FIFA for millions to help migrant workers in Qatar | North Wales ChronicleContinue Reading

Nonhuman Rights Project argues that Happy the elephant's right to 'bodily liberty' is being violated at the Bronx Zoo. Read more: The person in the room? Court mulls if elephant has human rights | US news | The GuardianContinue Reading

Health requirements for new residents are under the microscope as Immigration New Zealand examines how much certain conditions cost to treat, … Read more: Human rights and dollar costs: Immigration reviews health rules | RNZ NewsContinue Reading

A group called the Non-human Rights Project says Happy is not only miserable, but she's being illegally held in solitary confinement. Read more: Non-human rights group files habeas corpus case on behalf of 'Happy the Elephant' | WHAMContinue Reading

A top UN human rights official has slammed the US for its brutal sanctions regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran, asserting that harsh … Read more: UN rapporteur: Human rights in Iran severely affected by US sanctions – Press TVContinue Reading

Lafarge faces a court battle over allegations that it put employees at risk and financed terrorist groups in a bid to keep operating in Syria. Read more: French Cement Company to Face Charges of Complicity in Human Rights ViolationsContinue Reading

The role of national mechanisms in promoting and protecting human rights figured high in the agenda of Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and … Read more: OHRC to explore best practices to promote human rights – Times of OmanContinue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday said it had issued an advisory to the Centre and State Governments on preventing, … Read more: NHRC flags pollution effect on human rights – The HinduContinue Reading

The rights group says authorities have responded to attacks nationwide with a heavy-handed approach. Burundian police officers escort the opposition … Read more: HRW decries 'serious human rights violations' in Burundi – Al JazeeraContinue Reading