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Five replacement consoles can be purchased for $612,702.70 for the Apache Junction Police Department telecommunications 911 dispatch center, the City … Read more: UK plans to rewrite human rights law; critics cry foul | The Daily Independent at YourValley.netContinue Reading

China held a secret trial for a human rights lawyer who called for President Xi Jinping to resign, as the ruling Communist Party continues to … Read more: Human Rights Lawyer Who Challenged China's Xi Has Secret Trial – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading

The Faculty of Law proudly congratulates the Master of Human Rights graduating class of 2022. Celebrating the conclusion of their program at a … Read more: Second cohort of Master of Human Rights program graduates – UM TodayContinue Reading

Human rights activist, teacher, and trainer Maryam Al-Khawaja shares how her father's work shaped her own activism. Read more: My Father Has Been in Prison for 11 Years for Defending Human Rights. I Won't Stop …Continue Reading

The Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards (HRRFJA) were presented by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a Washington, … Read more: Celebrating Freedom Journalism: Human Rights And Religious Freedom Journalism Awards – OpEdContinue Reading

While structural inequality continues to create discrimination against people with disabilities in Indonesia, a shift to a human-rights based … Read more: Disability in Indonesia – from charity to human rights – Policy ForumContinue Reading

Kevin Hanratty, director of the Human Rights Consortium — a charity representing the coalition — also expressed concerns that the proposed legislation … Read more: British plans to replace Human Rights Act a 'violation' of Belfast Agreement — civil society coalitionContinue Reading

Like the Human Rights Act, the Bill of Rights gives effect in domestic law to European Convention rights, which are listed in a schedule to the Act. Read more: The UK now faces a new human rights trap – The TelegraphContinue Reading

S3 rejects the European Court of Human Rights' authority as final arbiter of … a criminal offence breaches human rights (eg a protest offence), … Read more: Martha Spurrier on Twitter: "We have the #RightsRemovalBill. It's worse than I feared. Here are top …Continue Reading

The rankings report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) also highlighted a deepening divide in China between high scores in quality of … Read more: Hong Kong plunges lower in global human rights index – The GuardianContinue Reading

New bill will allow UK to ignore European Court of Human Rights decisions after it blocked Rwanda deportation flights. Read more: UK to introduce law to override ECHR after blocked deportations | News | Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Following a successful pilot project during the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™, it has been confirmed that the role of human rights volunteers will be … Read more: Human rights volunteer roles to return for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™Continue Reading

Pilot project successfully delivered at the FIFA (www.FIFA.com) Arab Cup 2021™ in collaboration with the Centre for Sport and Human Rights; … Read more: Human Rights Volunteer Roles to Return for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – African BusinessContinue Reading

British Justice Secretary Dominic Raab says the new legislation would “curb abuses of the system and inject a bit more common sense” into human rights … Read more: U.K. plans to rewrite human rights law; critics cry foul – Los Angeles TimesContinue Reading