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'Unless housing is rightfully recognised as a basic legal human right, there is no way to hold the government to account for its woeful failings,' … Read more: Housing must be made a human right, Amnesty says – Morning StarContinue Reading

RSA Conference Exclusive Establishing some level of cybersecurity measures across all organizations will soon reach human-rights issue status, … Read more: Cisco EVP: Cybersecurity poverty line is human–rights issue • The Register – TheRegisterContinue Reading

Odhikar has been documenting human rights violations in Bangladesh since 1994. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more: Bangladesh cancels top human rights group's licence – The Straits TimesContinue Reading

Basketball player and human rights fighter Enes Kanter Freedom (L) takes part in news conference with Canadian Sen. Leo Housakos calling on the … Read more: Large Western Corporations Abetting China's Human Rights Violations: Sen. Leo HousakosContinue Reading

Parent company Morningstar has however discontinued the ESG rating provider's Human Rights Radar for its “latent, disproportionate focus on the … Read more: No 'pervasive or systemic bias' against Israel across Sustainalytics products, report findsContinue Reading

However, across the world, governments routinely abuse cybercrime laws to crack down on human rights by criminalizing speech. Governments claim they … Read more: Speech-Related Offenses Should be Excluded from the Proposed UN Cybercrime TreatyContinue Reading

Commentary The United Nations' visit to China's Xinjiang region elicited outrage among human rights advocates and Western government … Read more: The UN Fails Again on Human Rights in China – The Epoch TimesContinue Reading

The motion enjoys the support of four of the biggest parties in the European Parliament, meaning it appears likely to succeed in Thursday's vote. Read more: EU lawmakers push to designate human rights conditions in Xinjiang as 'genocide'Continue Reading

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has issued a warning to Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele, reminding him it was his duty to respect … Read more: El Salvador likened to Nicaragua for its human rights policy – MercoPressContinue Reading

He could do this in two ways: first, by raising U.S. human rights concerns, including the Khashoggi case, while in Saudi Arabia — not only privately, … Read more: Biden must speak truth to Saudi Arabia's powerful on human rights – The Washington PostContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch says legal changes introduced by the United Arab Emirates fail to address longstanding restrictions on citizens' and residents' … Read more: UAE's legal reforms are 'consolidating repression', rights group says | Middle East EyeContinue Reading

… firm argues the metal exchange's action 'was unlawful on public law grounds' and constituted 'a violation of the claimants' human rights' Read more: Elliott Management sues London Metal Exchange for more than 6m over cancelled nickel tradesContinue Reading

The study, which was published by the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, also focuses on food banks and child poverty, and shows what … Read more: Essex University professors highlight Colchester problems | GazetteContinue Reading

Doha: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) and MATAR, the Qatar Airports Management and Operation Company, have signed an expanded … Read more: NHRC, MATAR sign agreement on rights promotion – The Peninsula QatarContinue Reading