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Human Rights Watch has released on Sept 26 a report shedding light on the ordeal of Slimane Bouhafs, a Kabyle refugee registered with UNHCR who was … Read more: Algeria's domination of Tunisia, implications for human rights – The North Africa PostContinue Reading

Protesters accused of “significant” criminal damage cannot rely on human rights protections when on trial, the court of appeal has said. Read more: Colston four: protesters cannot rely on 'human rights' defence, top judge rulesContinue Reading

The toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was “violent” and therefore human rights protections were not available as a defence to a … Read more: Human rights protections were no defence to 'violent' Colston statue topplingContinue Reading

The Court of Appeal ruled that human rights was not a defence for significant damage or that caused during violent protests such as the felling of … Read more: Toppling Edward Colston's statue not protected by human rights, judges ruleContinue Reading

For more than two decades, the National Immigrant Justice Center's Human Rights Awards luncheon has honored human rights champions and business, … Read more: Sponsorship information for the 24th Annual Human Rights AwardsContinue Reading

Denmark's new jerseys for the World Cup finals in Qatar have been designed in protest at the host nation's human rights record, their kit … Read more: Denmark's World Cup kit designed as protest against Qatar's human rights recordContinue Reading

… the hosts as a nation, citing their human rights record and failure to protect workers during the construction of stadiums for the World Cup. Read more: Denmark supplier announces World Cup kits designed to 'protest against Qatar and its …Continue Reading

The Danish football team will wear kits that protest Qatar's human rights record at the World Cup – with a black option honouring migrant workers … Read more: Denmark to protest Qatar's human rights record at World Cup with faded shirts | ITV NewsContinue Reading

A prominent Palestinian-French human rights lawyer has gone on hunger strike in protest against his imprisonment without charge by Israeli … Read more: Human rights lawyer in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike | Israel – The GuardianContinue Reading

Maxwell Johnson arrives Wednesday to sign a human rights settlement with the Vancouver Police Board over his and his granddaughter's wrongful … Read more: Heiltsuk man, granddaughter handcuffed outside Vancouver bank settle human rights case … – CBCContinue Reading

CALGARY – A family doctor in Calgary has filed a human rights complaint over Ottawa's decision to no longer require masks on airplanes to prevent … Read more: Calgary doctor files human rights complaint over changes to mask rules on airplanesContinue Reading

Denmark will wear kits at the World Cup that protest the human rights record of Qatar, with a black option, which was unveiled on Wednesday. Read more: World Cup: Denmark kit to protest Qatar's human rights record at 2022 tournament – ESPNContinue Reading

The Court of Appeal has ruled that people who rely on a defence citing their own human rights in criminal damage trials can only do so if what … Read more: Appeal Court rules Colston 4 should not have used human rights defence – Bristol LiveContinue Reading

Human rights defences should only be considered by courts in protest-related cases if the damage is “minor” and “low-value,” the ruling states, … Read more: Colston Four: Toppling of statue not covered by human rights defences, court rulesContinue Reading