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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body's human rights chief and … Read more: UN approves Austria's Volker Türk as new human rights chief | AM 870 The ANSWERContinue Reading

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has proposed the veteran Austrian diplomat to head the global body's human rights office at a time when it … Read more: UN approves Austria's Volker Türk as new human rights chief – The Washington PostContinue Reading

“Violent Islamophobia is here in Alberta” a Senate human rights committee studying Islamophobia heard Thursday morning. Read more: Edmonton's Muslim community testifies to Senate human rights committee on IslamophobiaContinue Reading

GLOATING left-wing lawyers and campaigners were rejoicing after Liz Truss shelved plans to rip up the Human Rights Act.The new Bill of Rights … Read more: Gloating leftie lawyers rejoice as Liz Truss shelves plans to rip up Human Rights ActContinue Reading

7 (Xinhua) — Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday criticized the U.S. government's double standard on human rights. Read more: Cuban FM criticizes U.S. double standard on human rights-XinhuaContinue Reading

High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2005. Although historic in some ways, the mission was strongly criticized because of restrictions imposed by … Read more: UN report on human rights violations in Xinjiang against islamic minorities – GariwoContinue Reading

Ontario's human rights tribunal has dismissed an application by parents of an Ottawa elementary school student that said unplanned lessons on … Read more: Tribunal rules 'teachable moment' on gender identity did not breach Grade 1 student's rightsContinue Reading

In one of her first acts as Prime Minister, she told the Cabinet there were better ways to reform human rights laws. Read more: British Bill of Rights shelved as Liz Truss faces pressure to sideline ECHR – The TelegraphContinue Reading

Liz Truss's government has shelved plans for a law designed to give ministers the power to ignore human rights rulings from the European Court of … Read more: Bill of Rights: Liz Truss shelves plans to reform human rights law – BBC NewsContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on China and 16 other countries about Education and Protection and Human Rights; published on 7 Sep 2022 by … Read more: Atrocity Alert No. 316: China, International Day to Protect Education from Attack and UN …Continue Reading

A group of transgender activists left more than 60 bottles of urine outside the Equality and Human Rights Commission in effort to protest the … Read more: Trans activists leave more than 60 bottles of urine outside Equality and Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

It would also place new restrictions on how human rights can be used in claims against the government. Raab had pledged it would cement in law greater … Read more: Liz Truss halts Dominic Raab's bill of rights plan – The GuardianContinue Reading

“The causes Sinclair has championed, undermining our human rights and slashing investment in the economy, are the last thing our country needs at this … Read more: Liz Truss's New Economic Adviser Wanted To Scrap HS2 And Abolish The Equality And …Continue Reading

The bill was aimed at replacing the Human Rights Act and would have given British courts ultimate authority over rulings issued by the Strasbourg- … Read more: Truss scraps proposed British bill of rights – Financial TimesContinue Reading