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Shawan Jabarin and Khaled Quzmar, human rights defenders and directors of Al-Haq and Defence for Children International were among them. The two … Read more: General Directors of Palestinian human rights organisations facing threats and intimidationContinue Reading

… forced from their land to make way for tea plantations have launched proceedings against the UK in the European Court of Human Rights. Read more: Kenyan tribes launch £168bn case against UK in European Court of Human RightsContinue Reading

"The six wrongly accused Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations which were designated on October 22, 2021 are Al-Haq, Addameer, … Read more: National Lawyers Guild urges U.S. to condemn Israel's raids on Palestinian human rights …Continue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recorded 158,517 complaints on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against women and children … Read more: Human rights commission records 158,517 cases of gender-based violence in 2021Continue Reading

WASHINGTON – Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Biden … Read more: Biden Loan Cancellation Is an Important First StepContinue Reading

Konstantin Dolgov, the former Russian commissioner for human rights, has defended the country's invasion of Ukraine, saying it was providing … Read more: Russia's Ex-Chief of Human Rights Says Ukraine War Provides World Security – NewsweekContinue Reading

Pakistan has not decriminalised torture even though it has ratified multiple UN treaties that outlaw the practice. Read more: Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to outlaw torture – The New ArabContinue Reading

This is a mass violation of human rights and a war crime. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) are calling on President Joe Biden … Read more: Rubio, Kaine Urge President to Hold Putin Accountable for Human Rights Violations Against …Continue Reading

“Currently, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has dedicated commissioners for Sex, Age, Race, Disability, Children, Human Rights and … Read more: Petition Launched for LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner – Tasmanian TimesContinue Reading

Human rights lawyer Mark Daly. Photo: Holmes Chan/HKFP. Announcing his re-election bid earlier this month, Daly said in a statement, “I believe that … Read more: Human rights lawyer Mark Daly loses seat on Hong Kong Law Society governing councilContinue Reading

Human rights hold the key to protecting biodiversity. As governments negotiate a new Global Biodiversity Framework, the rights of Indigenous … Read more: Human rights hold the key to protecting biodiversity | Opinion | Eco-Business | Asia PacificContinue Reading

Now lawyers for Mr Johal have lodged a complaint after human rights group Reprieve identified his case among anonymised details published in the … Read more: MI5 and MI6 may have 'supplied information' that led to abduction and torture of a Sikh campaignerContinue Reading

It was with great sadness that I read Drago Tesanovich's farewell to the Human Rights Festival in the July 27 issue. Read more: Revive the Athens Human Rights Festival – FlagpoleContinue Reading

“And we will continue to work with them on ways to shed light on human rights violations”. Secretary General Pejčinović Burić also mentioned her first … Read more: Council of Europe will continue to support Crimea and all of Ukraine, says Secretary GeneralContinue Reading