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… complain about their losses and unfurled banners calling for human rights, justice, equity and freedom in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou. Read more: Chinese protesters demand 'human rights' after £5bn bank fraud scandal – The TimesContinue Reading

Dear President Biden and President López Obrador,. We, the undersigned 87 organizations committed to human rights, migrant, and refugee rights, are … Read more: Letter from 87 Organizations Advocates for a Migration Policy from the U.S. and Mexico …Continue Reading

In today's edition … Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tests positive for covid … President Biden and Vice President Harris will host an event … Read more: Biden's Saudi trip spotlights age-old tension between human rights agenda and political realityContinue Reading

… since the onset of the rights defense movement in the early 2000s, he has been one of the leading human rights lawyers and has defensed clients… Read more: China Change » Chinese Lawyers' 'Original Sin' — Speech by Lawyer Li Fangping on the …Continue Reading

An outspoken Australian human rights activist has said he was treated “like a terrorist” while being ejected from Wimbledon. Read more: Human rights activist Drew Pavlou removed from Wimbledon over Peng Shuai protestContinue Reading

ERBIL, Iraq, July 11 (Xinhua) — An Iraqi politician has said the United States uses human rights and democracy as tools to achieve its political … Read more: GLOBALink | Washington uses human rights, democracy as political tools: Iraqi politicianContinue Reading

The Cuban government committed systematic human rights violations in response to massive anti-government protests in July 2021 with the apparent … Read more: Cuba: Crackdown on Protests Creates Rights Crisis – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The Independent National Commission of Human Rights (INCHR) has been taken to the Debt Court by two of its landlords, Mamud Jalloh and Abdoul … Read more: Liberia: Human Rights Commission Sued for US5K Unpaid RentContinue Reading

Long delays and countless human rights abuses make it hard to see hydropower playing a major net-zero role. Read more: Why hydropower's human rights problem may be insurmountable – Energy MonitorContinue Reading

Human rights advocates wonder how their issues will fit in here. NPR's Daniel Estrin joins us now from Tel Aviv. Hey, Daniel. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: … Read more: Biden plans to tackle oil, human rights on trip to the Mideast | WRKFContinue Reading

While the Egyptian government is preparing to host COP27, thousands of people, among them human rights defenders, journalists, peaceful protesters … Read more: Egypt: COP27 'greenwashing' regime's human rights abuses | Green LeftContinue Reading

End Violence and Serious Human Rights Violations Against Afghan Refugees. Refugees from Afghanistan wait to be processed after arriving on an … Read more: Afghanistan Earthquake Response Overlooks People with DisabilitiesContinue Reading

Human rights advocates wonder how their issues will fit in here. NPR's Daniel Estrin joins us now from Tel Aviv. Hey, Daniel. Read more: Biden plans to tackle oil, human rights on trip to the Mideast – NPRContinue Reading

The Attorney General, who is standing to be Tory leader, said leaving the European Court of Human Rights was needed to 'take back control of our … Read more: Suella Braverman vows to take Britain out of European human rights court over Rwanda rulingContinue Reading