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United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk expressed "serious concerns" about free speech on Twitter under the leadership of CEO … Read more: UN human rights commissioner has 'serious concerns' about Elon Musk suspending … – Fox NewsContinue Reading

OPINION: The new United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Turk has vowed to continue pursuing the Chinese government on its alleged human rights … Read more: Rights body 'a weaponised tool of powerful Western nations' – IOLContinue Reading

THE NATIONAL Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday said that it will depute its own team headed by one of its members for an on-the-spot enquiry … Read more: Bihar Hooch Tragedy: Human Rights Commission To Depute Team For On-The-Spot …Continue Reading

Instead, he said, the event highlighted the dismal record of the Qatari regime on human rights. “Numerous journalists and attendees were detained … Read more: The dismal human rights record forces a rethinking of relations with Qatar – The Times HubContinue Reading

Concerns about rights abuses in Qatar saw FIFA in 2017 create the human rights advisory board, with an initial mandate renewed by FIFA for another … Read more: FIFA disbanded human rights board and did not replace it with independent advisersContinue Reading

Members of Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School's Amnesty Club have organized a Write for Rights Campaign to support victims of human rights abuses … Read more: Students advocate for human rights – 100 Mile House Free PressContinue Reading

Such a claim is now sitting in front of the federal housing advocate, a new position within the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Those pushing the … Read more: Lack of low-cost housing is a human rights violation, say these women collecting evidence in CalgaryContinue Reading

New associations launch to fill a void in their sector. Here, the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association tells us why they started. Read more: Startup Stories: Business and Human Rights Lawyers AssociationContinue Reading

Since the beginning of the democratic uprising in Bahrain in 2011, the U.S. government has failed to stand behind peaceful human rights activists … Read more: BAHRAIN – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody travelled to Stormont this week to deliver a powerful message about human rights and mental health in Northern … Read more: Snow Patrol: Watch as Gary Lightbody gives powerful speech at Northern Ireland human rights talkContinue Reading

FIFA disbanded its human rights board two years ago and did not act on a plea to urgently replace it with new independent advisers particularly … Read more: EXCLUSIVE: Were human rights checks abandoned in Qatar? – YouTubeContinue Reading

The concerns, criticisms and debates at the Qatar World Cup about human rights and other contentious issues served as reminders that sporting … Read more: The Qatar World Cup Showed That Sports and Politics Are InseparableContinue Reading

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala in … Read more: Harry-and-Meghan style wokeness is making even human rights commissions look reasonableContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 16 Dec 2022 by OHCHR. Read more: Message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on International Migrants …Continue Reading