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… and hacking of encrypted communication services, violates fundamental human rights, over 100 criminal defense attorneys said in a joint letter. Read more: Prosecutor's accused of human rights violations in crypto phone analysis – NL TimesContinue Reading

The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula (CDHRAP) said in a statement that the so-called Specialized Criminal Court … Read more: Rights Organization Warns of Massive Human Rights Violations in Saudi ArabiaContinue Reading

Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBTQ Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, in the run-up … Read more: Qatar has detained and mistreated LGBTQ people ahead of World Cup, rights group saysContinue Reading

The Human Rights Watch group said hundreds of Syrian men and boys have been detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish … Read more: Turkey forced hundreds of migrants to return to Syria: Human Rights Watch reportContinue Reading

Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed. Read more: LGBT Qataris arrested and abused just weeks before start of World Cup, rights group claimsContinue Reading

Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine book … Dr Viterbo argues that the human rights community is complicit in this … Read more: Award wins for Queen Mary human rights law expertContinue Reading

Victoria Police's elite CIRT tactical unit has been running high-risk operations that have resulted in serious injuries and alleged human rights … Read more: Victoria's elite police unit 'acted inconsistently with human rights charter': IBAC – The AgeContinue Reading

The court also ordered the government to assist the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) in the formation of a complaint cell in the jail to … Read more: IG prisons faces court's wrath over human rights abuses in Adiala jail – Pakistan – DawnContinue Reading

Australia has breached its obligations under a key United Nations instrument for preventing torture and inhuman treatment or punishment, … Read more: Australia 'in breach' of human rights as UN blocked from probing prisonsContinue Reading

… scrap EU-era legislation protecting workers' rights and the environment. … the Trades Union Congress, the RSPB, the Civil Society Alliance, … Read more: Rishi Sunak urged to scrap 'undemocratic' proposals to axe 2400 laws – The GuardianContinue Reading

A new interdisciplinary major in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights at BU will ask students to dig deep into those cataclysmic events. Read more: BU Launches New Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights MajorContinue Reading

Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human … Read more: Colombia urged to push human rights in renewed relationship with Venezuela | ReutersContinue Reading

As part of its Afghanistan Programme, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) hereby calls for applications from … Read more: RWI Visiting Research Fellows in Human Rights 2023 for Afghan Researchers (Funded)Continue Reading

On September 13 of this year, the Government of Japan published the "Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains" … Read more: Publication of Japan's first human rights due diligence (HRDD) guidelines – LexologyContinue Reading