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Delays in how the P.E.I. Human Rights Commission handles complaints are eroding public confidence and the system needs to be repaired, … Read more: Top P.E.I. court sounds alarm about delays at human rights commission | CBC NewsContinue Reading

WASHINGTON — Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement upon the passing … Read more: The Leadership Conference Statement on the Passing of Gerald “Jerry” McEnteeContinue Reading

The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a new campaign to counter racism. 'Racism: It Stops with Me' targets Australians without … Read more: 'Racism. It Stops With Me': Australian Human Rights Commission launches campaign – videoContinue Reading

… complain about their losses and unfurled banners calling for human rights, justice, equity and freedom in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou. Read more: Chinese protesters demand 'human rights' after £5bn bank fraud scandal – The TimesContinue Reading

Dear President Biden and President López Obrador,. We, the undersigned 87 organizations committed to human rights, migrant, and refugee rights, are … Read more: Letter from 87 Organizations Advocates for a Migration Policy from the U.S. and Mexico …Continue Reading

In today's edition … Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tests positive for covid … President Biden and Vice President Harris will host an event … Read more: Biden's Saudi trip spotlights age-old tension between human rights agenda and political realityContinue Reading

… since the onset of the rights defense movement in the early 2000s, he has been one of the leading human rights lawyers and has defensed clients… Read more: China Change » Chinese Lawyers' 'Original Sin' — Speech by Lawyer Li Fangping on the …Continue Reading

An outspoken Australian human rights activist has said he was treated “like a terrorist” while being ejected from Wimbledon. Read more: Human rights activist Drew Pavlou removed from Wimbledon over Peng Shuai protestContinue Reading

ERBIL, Iraq, July 11 (Xinhua) — An Iraqi politician has said the United States uses human rights and democracy as tools to achieve its political … Read more: GLOBALink | Washington uses human rights, democracy as political tools: Iraqi politicianContinue Reading

The Cuban government committed systematic human rights violations in response to massive anti-government protests in July 2021 with the apparent … Read more: Cuba: Crackdown on Protests Creates Rights Crisis – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The Independent National Commission of Human Rights (INCHR) has been taken to the Debt Court by two of its landlords, Mamud Jalloh and Abdoul … Read more: Liberia: Human Rights Commission Sued for US5K Unpaid RentContinue Reading

Long delays and countless human rights abuses make it hard to see hydropower playing a major net-zero role. Read more: Why hydropower's human rights problem may be insurmountable – Energy MonitorContinue Reading

Human rights advocates wonder how their issues will fit in here. NPR's Daniel Estrin joins us now from Tel Aviv. Hey, Daniel. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: … Read more: Biden plans to tackle oil, human rights on trip to the Mideast | WRKFContinue Reading

While the Egyptian government is preparing to host COP27, thousands of people, among them human rights defenders, journalists, peaceful protesters … Read more: Egypt: COP27 'greenwashing' regime's human rights abuses | Green LeftContinue Reading