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… the City of Toronto to the provincial human rights tribunal if a reasonable resolution cannot be reached about its so-called 'clean-shave' policy. Read more: Toronto must review mask policy after Sikh workers laid off: advocacy group | CTV NewsContinue Reading

Okla. human rights activist: 'It felt like America didn't deserve a … In the last year of civil unrest and divisive politics, Aidan Lozano and … Read more: Okla. human rights activist: 'It felt like America didn't deserve a birthday this year.' | KOKHContinue Reading

The UK delivered a statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. Read more: UN Human Rights Council 50: UK statement on Ethiopia – GOV.UKContinue Reading

“It is worrying that the proposed legal reforms might weaken human rights protections at this pivotal moment for the UK, and it sends the wrong signal … Read more: United Kingdom: backsliding on human rights must be prevented – The Council of EuropeContinue Reading

The Uganda Human Rights Commission has Monday ordered for the release of Obed Katureebe, a Uganda Media Center official who has been in detention … Read more: Human Rights Commission Orders Release of Media Center's Katureebe | ChimpReportsContinue Reading

It still needs to be approved by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and the Federal Court of Canada. “After three decades of advocacy, and months of … Read more: Canada: Final settlement reached on Indigenous child compensation – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Egypt has faced frequent criticism over its human rights record, with rights groups saying there are currently about 60,000 political prisoners in … Read more: Egypt sentences student to 3 years in prison: rights group – The New ArabContinue Reading

Jodie Patterson, Chair of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Board poses on … landmark rulings that ended a constitutional right to abortion, … Read more: A polarized U.S. celebrates Independence Day – YahooContinue Reading

We are worried by reports of continuing sexual exploitation, human trafficking and other human rights abuses in the Arco Minero del Orinoco. We look … Read more: UN Human Rights Council 50: Universal Periodic Review Adoption – Venezuela – GOV.UKContinue Reading

Civil rights group states that the Data Protection Commission failings have allowed surveillance as a default business model. Read more: UN Human Rights Committee expected to question Ireland's plans for facial recognitionContinue Reading

As the Maasai people, human rights advocates, and activists protested the violent land grabbing; they were met with Tanzanian security forces, … Read more: Tanzania is Forcibly Displacing Indigenous Maasai People from Ancestral Land to Expand …Continue Reading

My husband Karim Ennarah, a human rights advocate, has been trapped in legal limbo in Egypt for nearly two years on trumped-up terrorism charges. Read more: Liz Truss must act to end my husband's ordeal in Egypt | Comment | The TimesContinue Reading

Professor Andy Spalding from the University of Richmond School of Law in the USA argued that Qatar has made more human rights reforms in recent … Read more: Call for nuances in media reporting of the World Cup in Qatar – Play the GameContinue Reading

The Human Rights Commission is launching an inquiry into the causes of child sexual abuse. Government authorities received 7787 complaints of … Read more: Human Rights Commission launches inquiry into child sexual abuse – NewsContinue Reading