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The Court of Appeal has ruled that people who rely on a defence citing their own human rights in criminal damage trials can only do so if what … Read more: Appeal Court rules Colston 4 should not have used human rights defence – Bristol LiveContinue Reading

Human rights defences should only be considered by courts in protest-related cases if the damage is “minor” and “low-value,” the ruling states, … Read more: Colston Four: Toppling of statue not covered by human rights defences, court rulesContinue Reading

Austin, TEXAS — Today the Human Rights Campaign PAC (HRC PAC) announced its endorsements of 25 pro-equality candidates running for Texas Lieutenant … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Pro-Equality Champions for Texas State and Local RacesContinue Reading

This January, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service arrested human rights lawyer Napo Mafaesa on suspicions that he concealed a gun belonging to a client … Read more: Human rights groups say Lesotho must address police brutality, extrajudicial killings well … – JURISTContinue Reading

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday said he will convince other countries that the Philippines is complying with human rights … Read more: Manalo to convince other countries on Philippines' compliance with human rights treatiesContinue Reading

Lagos – A 40-year old self-acclaimed human rights activist, Chamberlain Uwandi has been arrested and arraigned for allegedly operating illegal … Read more: Impersonation: 2 Human Rights Activists Arraigns For Operating Illegal Police Station In LagosContinue Reading

A group of human right defenders inspecting one of the contested construction sites on the island have been charged with unlawful trespass. Their … Read more: 22 environmental and human rights defenders facing charges for visiting contested luxury …Continue Reading

Ms RC v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) [2022] AusHRC 144. Report into arbitrary detention. Australian Human Rights Commission 2022. Read more: Ms RC v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs)(2022)Continue Reading

President Joe Biden's Sept. 12 executive order does not in any way limit human rights, multiple experts told USA TODAY. Read more: Fact check: False claim Biden's executive order limits human rights – USA TodayContinue Reading

A Calgary man has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over the federal government's decision to lift mask requirements on … Read more: Calgary man files human rights complaint over removal of airplane mask mandates – CBCContinue Reading

More countries have expressed opposition to US and Western countries' politicization of human rights issues as the latter's fierce hyping of … Read more: countries oppose US, West's politicization of human rights in China's Xinjiang region at UNContinue Reading

Human Rights Council to discuss China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the farwestern region of Xinjiang, a document showed and diplomats … Read more: U.S., Britain seek U.N. human rights debate on China's Xinjiang | EuronewsContinue Reading

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Punjab State Human Rights Commission member justice Nirmaljit Kaur, taking suo-motu cognizance of the matter, called for a report from the UT's … Read more: Danger lurks in Sector 33 park: Punjab human rights panel seeks report from Chandigarh MC chiefContinue Reading