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By Choekyi Lhamo. DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 14: The US-based International Campaign for Tibet will award its first human rights prize to the founders of … Read more: Adrian Zenz, Tibet Film Festival to be awarded Snow Lion human rights prize – PhayulContinue Reading

The recently concluded 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva exposed once again the double standards of the … Read more: Exposing Western Double Standards through Weaponizing Human Rights – Daily NewsContinue Reading

The Executive Secretary speaks at the 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Council on how the issue of artisanal and small-scale gold mining is “at … Read more: Human Rights Council: Mercury, small-scale gold mining and human rightsContinue Reading

The Secretary was joined by Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya, Special … Read more: Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Human Rights Defenders on Women and Human Rights in IranContinue Reading

Indonesia's Constitutional Court is considering a petition to review a human rights law to allow the nation to prosecute and punish members of … Read more: Human rights activists seek Indonesia court approval for universal jurisdiction – Benar NewsContinue Reading

The Emerald is in receipt of an open letter from the Seattle Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in which four SHRC commissioners, including three … Read more: BREAKING: Human Rights Commissioners, Including Co-Chairs, Resign En MasseContinue Reading

As Saudi Arabia's takeover of English soccer club Newcastle proves, the media is highly susceptible to sportswashing by corrupt regimes. Read more: Will World Cup Reporters Let Qatar Get Away With Its Human Rights Abuses?Continue Reading

A public conference on human rights, hosted by Ireland's Chief Justice Donal O'Donnell, will take place as part of Ireland's Presidency of the … Read more: Human rights in a time of change: Perspectives from Ireland and Strasbourg – EventsContinue Reading

The Alaska Commission for Human Rights will set up its booth in the Aspen Hotel, on the Alaska Day Parade route in Sitka. (KCAW/Snider). Read more: Human Rights Commission to join Sitka's Alaska Day Festival – KCAWContinue Reading

The decision comes following a routine re-accreditation process with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) this month. Read more: Equality and Human Rights Commission re-accredited as 'A status' organisationContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch analyzed a video posted on social media in early October showing the extrajudicial execution of at least seven Armenian POWs, … Read more: Video Shows Azerbaijan Forces Executing Armenian POWs – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

But this genocide of the Uyghurs is not the only aspect of the current appalling human rights crisis in China. “We have seen what Beijing has done … Read more: Concern voiced at growing human rights abuses – EU ReporterContinue Reading

Danielle Smith reiterated in her first press conference as Alberta premier that she intends to amend the Alberta Human Rights Act to protect … Read more: Danielle Smith wants vaccine status to be a human right. Expect a petri dish of problemsContinue Reading

Human rights campaigners have urged the British Museum to back calls for the release of political prisoners in Egypt as its blockbuster … Read more: British Museum urged to raise human rights abuses as Egypt show opensContinue Reading