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Okon Bassey in Uyo. The management of Ikot Ekpene Correctional Centre has said that jailed human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, was not tortured … Read more: A'Ibom Correctional Centre Denies Torturing Jailed Human Rights Lawyer – THISDAYLIVEContinue Reading

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet has expressed alarm at the high number of Palestinians, including children, … Read more: UN rights chief alarmed by heavy casualties in latest escalation in Gaza – Business StandardContinue Reading

An international body of human rights experts on Friday asked the federal government to provide more details on how it plans to address concerns … Read more: International human rights body presses U.S. on Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' | WWNOContinue Reading

Colombia's security forces have a long history of corruption scandals and human rights abuses committed during the country's nearly six decades of … Read more: Colombia's Petro replaces military commanders in human rights drive | ReutersContinue Reading

The home that served as the base of operations for the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement is now recognized with a marker on the Louisiana Civil … Read more: Homebase for Louisiana city's civil rights activity honored | | elpasoinc.comContinue Reading

Human rights lobby group Haki Africa raises concern over political tension in the country. No views Aug 12, 2022 https://nation.africa/ … …more. Read more: Human rights lobby group Haki Africa raises concern over political tension in the countryContinue Reading

Carrie Booth Walling introduced her new book “Human Rights and Justice for All: Demanding Dignity in the United States and Around the World” at a … Read more: Totem Books hosts Carrie Walling's “Human Rights and Justice for All” book launchContinue Reading

PRNewswire/ — Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applaud the … Read more: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS IN CONFRONTING U.S. …Continue Reading

Karachi [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Human rights activists have called upon the Pakistan government to introduce legal and administrative … Read more: Pak govt must introduce measures against forced conversions: Human rights activistsContinue Reading

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Calls for Equitable Monkeypox (MPV) Response Amidst …Continue Reading

The award is named after a principal founder of both the American Civil Liberties Union and the International League for Human Rights. “Angelo Guillen … Read more: A brave, deep-thinking human rights lawyer | Philstar.comContinue Reading

OTTAWA – David Matas, B'nai Brith Canada's Senior Legal Counsel and a world-renowned human-rights activist, outlined to a recent international … Read more: Renowned Human–Rights Activist Urges Dissolution of UN Commission on Israel-Hamas ConflictContinue Reading

12 August 2022. One year since the Taliban captured power in Afghanistan, conditions for human rights defenders, especially women, have further (. Read more: Afghanistan: One year after Taliban takeover, human rights defenders at greater risk than ever – FIDHContinue Reading

Journalists, human rights defenders and civil rights activists have either left the country or quit their activities altogether and gone into hiding. Read more: Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Experts Warn Of Bleak Future Without Massive TurnaroundContinue Reading