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The Karen National Union (KNU) Spokesperson Pado Saw Tawni has warned the regime's Border Guard Force (BGF) to stop the human rights violations … Read more: KNU warns BGF to stop human rights violations against people | Burma News InternationalContinue Reading

South Korea should co-sponsor an annual resolution condemning North Korea for its human rights abuses and urging the regime to improve the … Read more: UN ambassador stresses need for S. Korea to co-sponsor resolution on N.K. human rightsContinue Reading

Speakers at the gathering included human rights advocates, Tom Calma AO and Pat Anderson AO and Indigenous Psychologists from Australia and Canada. Read more: Human rights key to Aboriginal peoples' wellbeing – The University of Western AustraliaContinue Reading

Meanwhile, the UN has a new human rights chief and a Chinese wolf warrior diplomat denounced by FOREF for his lack of civility as … Read more: China's Crimes Against Humanity: Pakistan to the Rescue – Bitter WinterContinue Reading

The report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found evidence of possible crimes against humanity against Uyghur and … Read more: Eyes on China and Russia as Human Rights Council meets – SWI swissinfo.chContinue Reading

The Egyptian Regional Human Rights Authority of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission will meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. Read more: Human Rights Authority meets Sept. 15 | | metropolisplanet.comContinue Reading

AKIPRESS.COM – Human rights groups in an open letter to the UN called for the establishment of a dedicated accountability mechanism by the Human … Read more: Human rights groups urge UN for stronger accountability in AfghanistanContinue Reading

NEW YORK — South Korea should co-sponsor an annual resolution condemning North Korea for its human rights abuses and urging the regime to improve … Read more: UN ambassador stresses need for S. Korea to co-sponsor resolution on N. Korea human rightsContinue Reading

The panel commemorated the 1982 Warren County protests, where residents sparked a national environmental justice movement by protesting a toxic … Read more: Duke Human Rights Center highlights intersection between voting rights, environmental …Continue Reading

The Human Rights Watch on Monday called on the member-states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a strong resolution during its … Read more: Human Rights Watch urges UN to adopt strong resolution vs. Philippine drug warContinue Reading

Advisor to Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, Redwan Hussien, on Sunday said the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia is a political … Read more: Ethiopia accuses UN Commission of weaponizing Human Rights to achieve political goalsContinue Reading

Kotchan, who has been at the helm of the UN human rights agency in Uganda since September 2018 will be relocating to Dakar – Senegal. Read more: UHRC bids farewell to UN country representative – New Vision OfficialContinue Reading

The US in June enacted a blanket ban on all imports from China's Xinjiang province, where there have been allegations of widespread human rights … Read more: EU set to ban products made using forced labour | Financial TimesContinue Reading

The journalist, who says she "frequently report(s) on abuses of alphabet agencies, especially as related to the civil rights movement," requested the … Read more: FBI file shows bureau kept tabs on Aretha Franklin's activism, a common focus during the … – CNNContinue Reading