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People attend a news conference outside the offices of the Palestinian human rights group al-Haq in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Aug. Read more: Israel shutters Palestinian rights groups, drawing diplomatic backlash – The Washington PostContinue Reading

Campaigners have called on the equality watchdog to take “urgent action” to prevent an “escalating human rights crisis” for disabled passengers, … Read more: Call for watchdog to act on rail staffing to prevent 'human rights crisis'Continue Reading

… candidate Stacey Abrams co-chaired a racial justice organization that's financed by an executive of a Chinese company tied to human rights abuses. Read more: Stacey Abrams co-chaired organization financed by Chinese executive tied to alleged … – Fox NewsContinue Reading

Israeli troops have sealed shut the offices of several Palestinian human rights and aid organisations, after saying last year it would designate … Read more: Palestinian rights groups' offices raided by Israeli troops – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… detect and expose disinformation about the 2022 election in Brazil, reported The Independent.Human rights group Global Witness said that it… Read more: Human rights group says Facebook failed to stop election lies – The News InternationalContinue Reading

… law professor from a university in Guatemala's sixth-largest city when he was elected as human rights prosecutor by Congress five years ago. Read more: Another anti-graft figure leaves top post in Guatemala | The IndependentContinue Reading

"The voice of reason from a European Parliament member that we heard today gives hope that international law and human rights aren't just empty words … Read more: Human Rights Ombudsperson Slams EU Countries' Plan to Ban Entry to RussiansContinue Reading

Adrian Bailey, from Shelton, was sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison after being convicted of killing David Beech in 2006. Read more: Despicable Stoke-on-Trent murderer uses human rights laws in bid to be freedContinue Reading

As one of these Libyan women and a human rights activist, my voice threatened these forces, and the police state that I despise. I first began … Read more: The Price I Pay as a Female Human Rights Activist in Libya – International Policy DigestContinue Reading

Researchers and community organizers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are calling for a public health, human rights-based approach to encampments … Read more: Advocates call for public health, human rights-focused approach to DTES decampmentContinue Reading

The UN high commissioner for human rights expressed deep concern Wednesday over allegations of extrajudicial killings, torture in police custody … Read more: UN rights chief 'deeply concerned' over abuse allegations in Bangladesh – Anadolu AgencyContinue Reading

The report on global slavery concerns was addressed to the Human Rights Council and is separate from an assessment on Xinjiang expected to be soon … Read more: UN Expert Finds Forced Labor Claims in China's Xinjiang Credible – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World … Read more: Vietnam: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against four environmental … – FIDHContinue Reading

Government defends measure as helping to dismantle 'terrorist structures' amid criticism from human rights groups. Read more: El Salvador extends state of exception as arrests hit 50000 – Al JazeeraContinue Reading