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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's plan to settle past serious human rights violations through nonjudicial means has elicited a backlash from civil … Read more: Jokowi draws ire for decree on human rights abuses – Fri, August 19 2022 – The Jakarta PostContinue Reading

Logitech has joined the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and more than 170 companies, to support the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) by releasing a … Read more: Logitech Joins the Human Rights Campaign To Urge the U.S. Senate To Pass the Respect …Continue Reading

A catalyst in public health research and service for more than 20 years, Castillo is the Chief Program Officer of the global nonprofit HealthRight … Read more: Human Rights Focused Alumni You Should Know | August | 2022 | NewsroomContinue Reading

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 11-17 August 2022). Violation of right to life and bodily … Read more: PCHR Weekly Report – Israeli Human Rights Violations – IMEMC NewsContinue Reading

The hearing will begin August 23, 2022 regarding rights violations by the Ecuadorian government against the Tagaeri-Taromenane Indigenous Peoples … Read more: Inter-American Court of Human Rights Takes Case on Ecuadorian Amazon's Last …Continue Reading

It cannot be applied to legitimate human rights and humanitarian work; the breadth of the Israeli 2016 Anti-Terrorism legislation and its impact on … Read more: UN agencies, AIDA urge Israel to allow Palestinian human rights organizations to continue their workContinue Reading

… he had signed a Presidential Decree on the Establishment of the Team of Non-judicial Settlements of Past Gross Human Rights Violations. Read more: Jokowi's legacy: Restoring human rights or preserving impunity? – Fri, August 19 2022Continue Reading

Seven Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has accused of having links to terrorism were raided on Thursday by dozens of Israeli … Read more: Palestinian Rights Groups Raided by Israeli Soldiers – The New York TimesContinue Reading

At the offices of Al-Haq, an internationally respected human rights organisation based in Ramallah, the front door was welded shut and a Hebrew … Read more: Israeli forces raid offices of six Palestinian human rights groups – The GuardianContinue Reading

The raids were carried out in the West Bank and targeted, among other NGOs, the Al-Haq advocacy group which documents human rights violations by … Read more: Britain 'concerned' by Israeli raids on Palestinian human rights groups – The TelegraphContinue Reading

People attend a news conference outside the offices of the Palestinian human rights group al-Haq in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Aug. Read more: Israel shutters Palestinian rights groups, drawing diplomatic backlash – The Washington PostContinue Reading

Campaigners have called on the equality watchdog to take “urgent action” to prevent an “escalating human rights crisis” for disabled passengers, … Read more: Call for watchdog to act on rail staffing to prevent 'human rights crisis'Continue Reading

… candidate Stacey Abrams co-chaired a racial justice organization that's financed by an executive of a Chinese company tied to human rights abuses. Read more: Stacey Abrams co-chaired organization financed by Chinese executive tied to alleged … – Fox NewsContinue Reading

Israeli troops have sealed shut the offices of several Palestinian human rights and aid organisations, after saying last year it would designate … Read more: Palestinian rights groups' offices raided by Israeli troops – BBC NewsContinue Reading