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… two years after it seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil war, a human rights monitoring group said on Tuesday. Read more: Myanmar military increasing air attacks, say human rights groups – Leigh JournalContinue Reading

1st February 1960 – Civil Rights born! Greensboro International Civil Rights Museum. Racial discrimination has long been a problem in America (and … Read more: On this day… 1st February 1960 – Civil Rights born! – insidetime & insideinformationContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Ukraine to investigate its military's alleged use of landmines near the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum. Read more: Human Rights Watch calls on Ukraine to investigate landmine accusations | The HillContinue Reading

Two days before the arrival of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Venezuela, the National Assembly held a first reading of a draft law that … Read more: Venezuela: Proposed law a serious threat to defenders, States must speak up! | ISHRContinue Reading

Students packed into Dwight Hall Chapel on Monday evening to hear Omar Shakir speak about the Human Rights Watch apartheid determination in the … Read more: Israel and Palestine Human Rights Watch director speaks at Dwight Hall – Yale Daily NewsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch noted that it had also issued three reports last year accusing Russian forces of using antipersonnel mines in multiple areas across … Read more: Human Rights Watch Urges Ukraine to Investigate Antipersonnel Mine Use – USNews.comContinue Reading

Human rights researchers say they've documented “numerous cases” in which Ukrainian forces fired banned anti-personnel mines at Russian military … Read more: Human Rights Watch: Ukrainian Forces May Have Used Banned MinesContinue Reading

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