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… detect and expose disinformation about the 2022 election in Brazil, reported The Independent.Human rights group Global Witness said that it… Read more: Human rights group says Facebook failed to stop election lies – The News InternationalContinue Reading

… law professor from a university in Guatemala's sixth-largest city when he was elected as human rights prosecutor by Congress five years ago. Read more: Another anti-graft figure leaves top post in Guatemala | The IndependentContinue Reading

"The voice of reason from a European Parliament member that we heard today gives hope that international law and human rights aren't just empty words … Read more: Human Rights Ombudsperson Slams EU Countries' Plan to Ban Entry to RussiansContinue Reading

Adrian Bailey, from Shelton, was sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison after being convicted of killing David Beech in 2006. Read more: Despicable Stoke-on-Trent murderer uses human rights laws in bid to be freedContinue Reading

As one of these Libyan women and a human rights activist, my voice threatened these forces, and the police state that I despise. I first began … Read more: The Price I Pay as a Female Human Rights Activist in Libya – International Policy DigestContinue Reading

Researchers and community organizers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are calling for a public health, human rights-based approach to encampments … Read more: Advocates call for public health, human rights-focused approach to DTES decampmentContinue Reading

The UN high commissioner for human rights expressed deep concern Wednesday over allegations of extrajudicial killings, torture in police custody … Read more: UN rights chief 'deeply concerned' over abuse allegations in Bangladesh – Anadolu AgencyContinue Reading

The report on global slavery concerns was addressed to the Human Rights Council and is separate from an assessment on Xinjiang expected to be soon … Read more: UN Expert Finds Forced Labor Claims in China's Xinjiang Credible – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World … Read more: Vietnam: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against four environmental … – FIDHContinue Reading

Government defends measure as helping to dismantle 'terrorist structures' amid criticism from human rights groups. Read more: El Salvador extends state of exception as arrests hit 50000 – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 17, 2022. Read more: UN Rights Chief Calls for Independent Probe of Bangladesh DisappearancesContinue Reading

TI Foundation Awards $300,000 Grant to Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. The funding from Texas Instruments Foundation will allow the museum … Read more: Dallas Holocaust Museum Awarded 0000 Grant – NBC 5Continue Reading

DHAKA – UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has raised deep concerns over the allegations of enforced disappearance, … Read more: UN rights chief raises concerns over human rights issues in Bangladesh, calls for investigationContinue Reading

The Human Rights Commission is introducing the service to address some of the "deep harm" experienced by those who went through conversion … Read more: Human Rights Commission announces service to hear conversion therapy complaintsContinue Reading