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Taha Ahmed Saeed, a leader in the New Generation Movement, told Human Rights Watch that Asayish security forces arrested 86 party members, some before … Read more: Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Arrests to Deter Protest | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

RAPPORTEUR'S RECOMMENDATIONS Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai professor who is the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, … Read more: Human rights plan offered to Cambodia | The Manila TimesContinue Reading

Bachelet term As United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights end on Wednesday, after four years in The post. The former The successor to the … Read more: Assange case raises concerns over media Liberty: Head of Human Rights at the United NationsContinue Reading

She is currently a PhD Candidate of the International Doctorate Programme – Business and Human Rights: Governance Challenges in a Complex World at … Read more: Doctoral Researchers – Business and Human RightsContinue Reading

The outgoing UN human rights commissioner made the remarks after meeting with the WikiLeaks founder's wife and lawyers in Geneva. Read more: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – Michelle Bachelet warns against extradition of …Continue Reading

THE United Nations expert on human rights in Cambodia proposed a 10-point plan to improve rights in the South-East Asian nation, describing it as … Read more: UN expert offers plan to boost human rights | The StarContinue Reading

Section 28 of the Queensland Human Rights Act recognises the distinct cultural rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Queensland … Read more: Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners use human rights law to occupy Bravus's … – ABCContinue Reading

BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — The right to life is an inherent and inalienable human right, but more Americans are dying from gun-related injuries … Read more: GLOBALink | Unveiling U.S. human rights failure: Falling victim to gun violence – XinhuaContinue Reading

KARACHI: A publisher of books and magazine and human rights activist was taken away by four unidentified men in… Read more: Publisher, rights activist 'taken away from Urdu Bazaar' – Newspaper – DAWN.COMContinue Reading

Disabled Alberta woman denied entry to Valley Zoo because she couldn't wear mask will have complaint heard by Alberta Human Rights Tribunal. Read more: Edmonton zoo masking complaint to be heard by human rights tribunalContinue Reading

"Assange's attorneys stressed the legal and human rights implications of the case, while Stella Assange updated Bachelet on the impact years of … Read more: Assange case raises media freedom concerns: UN rights chief – Times of IndiaContinue Reading

“President Vucic cannot cancel someone else's event," Garina said. “The right to hold Pride has been ruled by the European Court of Human Rights to be … Read more: Serbia's Leader Says EuroPride Won't Happen Due to ThreatsContinue Reading

Tuk-tuk drivers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. — courtesy UN Women Cambodia/Mariken B. Harbitz. PHNOM PENH — An expert on the human rights situation in … Read more: UN independent expert proposes action plan to boost human rights in CambodiaContinue Reading

Facebook Tells Moderators to Allow Graphic Images of Russian Air Strikes, But Censors Israeli Attacks · “This is deliberate censorship of human rights … Read more: Meta Platforms Exempted Russian War Crimes From Graphic Content Takedowns – The InterceptContinue Reading