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WASHINGTON – Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the White … Read more: AI Bill of Rights Blueprint Can Protect Individuals from Bias and Discrimination …Continue Reading

It cited human rights and environmental concerns in the host nation. Lille, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Reims are also boycotting the … Read more: Qatar World Cup 2022: Paris joins boycott of fan zones over human rights – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Documents released to RNZ have shown the government was warned emergency housing law changes put human rights in jeopardy – even by the Ministry … Read more: Emergency housing: Government warned of human rights risks years ago, documents reveal – RNZContinue Reading

A growing number of French cities are refusing to erect screens to broadcast World Cup matches to protest Qatar's human rights record. Read more: Qatar 2022: Paris joins big screen boycott of World Cup over human rights claimsContinue Reading

It's part of a stance against human rights and environmental abuses in the host nation, Qatar. The mayor of Marseilles called the event … Read more: Paris joins cities boycotting World Cup in human rights protest – Wales OnlineContinue Reading

cannot turn a blind eye to human rights being flouted to this extent.” Barseghian went on to say concerns over climate change were another reason … Read more: French cities ditch World Cup festivities to protest Qatar's record on human rights, environmentContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights Tuesday ruled that Belgium did not violate the rights of a person suffering from depression by allowing her to … Read more: No violation of right to life in euthanasia case, European Court of Human Rights rulesContinue Reading

GENEVA. The UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) heard Tuesday that civilians continue bearing the brunt of hostilities in Russia's ongoing war on … Read more: UN Human Rights Council hears report on Russia's 'wide-scale' war on UkraineContinue Reading

Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the U.N.'s top human rights body later this month, a U.N. website showed, after critics drew … Read more: Bahrain pulls out of U.N. human rights body election after criticism | ReutersContinue Reading

Advocacy for North Korean human rights has lost momentum recently. However, new appointments related to North Korean human rights at the United … Read more: It's time to refocus on what Biden can do on North Korean human rightsContinue Reading

The British government wants to "take back control" of immigration and asylum laws from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Read more: UK government to 'take back control' from European human rights court | EuronewsContinue Reading

Qatar has faced intense criticism from human rights groups and media over its treatment of migrant workers. A Guardian newspaper analysis in Feb. 2021 … Read more: Soccer-Denmark will travel to Qatar without families in human rights protest – report – WHBLContinue Reading

We are lucky to be joined by Violetta Fitsner of the Russian human rights group OVD. Her organisation, like so many civil society groups in Russia, … Read more: Supporting human rights defenders in Russia – SWI swissinfo.chContinue Reading

Iran has accused the US of "hypocrisy" on human rights after President Joe Biden said he would impose "further costs" over its response to … Read more: Iran accuses US of 'hypocrisy' on human rights – BBC News – YouTubeContinue Reading