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Despite Egypt's human rights concerns, congressional report says US may look other way in exchange for procurement of American arms deals and … Read more: US Congress may revisit Egypt human rights record in exchange for Russia snub, report saysContinue Reading

Negative views of China rise in most of 19 countries surveyed by the Pew Research Centre, setting record highs in nations including the US, … Read more: Beijing's human rights policies drive unfavourable views of China, Pew survey findsContinue Reading

This report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) covers violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and … Read more: The situation of human rights in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian …Continue Reading

On Tuesday, the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) voiced concern over the arrest and detention of social activist … Read more: UN Human Rights office's remarks on Setalvad's arrest completely unwarranted, misleading: MEAContinue Reading

By meeting with Netanyahu, you would be giving life to hard line extremists in Israel and spitting in the face of human rights advocates … Read more: Don't meet Netanyahu in Israel if you respect human rights — ADC urges BidenContinue Reading

Laye is among a small but vocal minority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans who oppose abortion rights, seeing it as an … Read more: For anti-abortion LGBTQ groups, Roe's reversal is a 'human rights victory' – NBC NewsContinue Reading

Iranian authorities sentenced five prominent human rights defenders to prison on June 19, 2022, for attempting to file a legal complaint against … Read more: Iran: Rights Defenders Sentenced for Questioning Covid Policies | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

… of the European Convention on Human Rights Violations in Turkey … Modules on Reasoning of Judgments and Right to Liberty and Security. Read more: Newsroom – Strengthening the Criminal Justice System and the Capacity … – The Council of EuropeContinue Reading

Tomás Ojea Quintana emphasizes family of victim's right to know and says … special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic … Read more: Seoul should explain official's killing by North Korea: UN human rights envoy | NK NewsContinue Reading

On June 26, the Association Marocaine des Droits Humains (Moroccan Human Rights Association or AMDH) posted two photographs on Twitter of what it … Read more: Morocco/Spain: Horrific Migrant Deaths at Melilla Border | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Elon Musk talks of actually colonizing Mars. There is even a 30-page constitution, courtesy of a Yale political science class, for a Mars settlement. Read more: Human Rights on Mars Won't Be the Same as Those on Earth | Asharq AL-awsatContinue Reading

The Group of Seven communique, citing China 14 times, calls on Beijing to urge Russia to halt the war and to refrain from military action against … Read more: G7 leaders denounce China over Russia relations, human rights and Taiwan friction in …Continue Reading

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights has indicated that UN staff documented the unlawful killing of dozens of civilians in Bucha … Read more: Targeting Russia's War Machine, Sanctions Evaders, Military Units Credibly Implicated in …Continue Reading

Today on the Show: Former human rights border activist, Enrique Morones, talking about the border. Also, more hell on the ground for Haitians, … Read more: Human Rights Activist Enrique Morones on The Latest at The US/Mexico Border | KPFAContinue Reading