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The UN human rights chief has urged China to review its Uyghur policies following her visit to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Read more: UN human rights chief says she raised concerns about China's Uyghur policies – NHK.JPContinue Reading

Legislators in the Mexican state of Sinaloa unanimously approved a law this week that seeks to protect journalists and human rights activists. Read more: Sinaloa adopts law protecting journalists and human rights defenders – Fronteras DeskContinue Reading

Sudanese activist and engineer Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. Read more: Sudanese women's activist Amira Osman Hamed wins human rights prize – RFIContinue Reading

China United Nations Human Rights In this image made from online video, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks … Read more: UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies – Boston 25 NewsContinue Reading

The United Nations' top human rights official will debrief Saturday on her controversial trip to China, including its remote Xinjiang region where … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief to Give Details of Visit to Uyghur Region – BloombergContinue Reading

(Bloomberg) — The United Nations' top human rights official will debrief Saturday on her controversial trip to China, including its remote … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief to Give Details of Visit to Uyghur Region – BNN BloombergContinue Reading

Neither BlackRock nor Vanguard would say whether they support the shareholder proposal for a human rights impact assessment. “As a policy, we don't … Read more: Some Sturm Ruger shareholders are seeking a 'human rights' review of the gun maker …Continue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World … Read more: Cambodia: Rejection of the appeal of current and former ADHOC staff members – FIDHContinue Reading

The ministry confirmed it had turned down four applications from a company over human rights concerns in Xinjiang but declined to name the company … Read more: Germany denies VW China investment guarantees over human rights concerns – ET AutoContinue Reading

“Restricting the fundamental human right of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves is not the answer. It never has been,” LaPierre said. Read more: NRA leader calls gun ownership 'fundamental human right' | The HillContinue Reading

KHARTOUM: Sudanese women's activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, the organisation … Read more: Sudan women's activist wins human rights prize – The News InternationalContinue Reading

The magazine quoted a ministry spokesperson as saying that it had “for human rights reasons” rejected four applications from a company. Read more: Germany denies VW China investment guarantees over human rights concerns – Der SpiegelContinue Reading

A UN working group has concluded that Turkmenistan violated international human rights laws when it detained lawyer Pygamberdy Allaberdyev, … Read more: UN Working Group Concludes Turkmenistan Violated Human Rights Laws In Arresting LawyerContinue Reading

The regime's human rights abuses are not a game. Since the 1979 revolution, Iran's regime has banned women and girls from attending live matches. Read more: Canada Soccer was right to cancel the match with Iran. The regime's human rights abuses …Continue Reading