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Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. Read more: Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules – BBC NewsContinue Reading

RFK Human Rights files FOIA litigation over the government's refusal to share records on its Case Management Pilot Program. Read more: New lawsuit demands public records on evidence-based alternatives to immigration detentionContinue Reading

United States President Donald Trump on August 11, 2025, announced the deployment of US National Guard troops in Washington, DC, claiming that … Read more: US: DC Military Deployment Unwarranted, Dangerous – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch denounced the “brazen targeted killing”, which it said underscored both the “unimaginable peril” faced by Palestinian journalists … Read more: Tributes, condemnation pour in over slain Al Jazeera journalists in GazaContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch submission for the 78th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its review of Colombia. Read more: Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and …Continue Reading

Human rights advocates, foreign leaders and other critics of the Trump administration say its claims about both governments are exaggerated. Read more: U.S. escalates human rights criticism of South Africa and Brazil – The Washington PostContinue Reading

Human rights application following arbitration decision would 're-litigate' case: Tribunal. Read more: Ontario worker's labour grievance covers human rights issues | Canadian HR ReporterContinue Reading

… Human Rights Service conducted in accordance with its mandate from the UN Security Council. Rights of women and girls. Education. The de facto … Read more: UNAMA Update on the human rights situation in Afghanistan: April – June 2025 Update [EN/PS]Continue Reading

The Syrian Network for Human Rights has urged accountability and "an independent, impartial international commission of inquiry" into the violence in … Read more: Calls for independent investigation after volunteer medic killed with hands up in SyriaContinue Reading

Australia should press the Vietnamese government on human rights by seeking clear, concrete, and measurable benchmarks for progress. Read more: Australia: Set Human Rights Benchmarks for VietnamContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch appreciates the opportunity to contribute to preparations for the 20th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, scheduled to be … Read more: Submission to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ahead of the 20th …Continue Reading

The move to deport more foreign nationals before their appeals are heard is likely to face strong pushback from human rights campaigners who argue … Read more: Foreign criminals to be deported from England immediately after sentencingContinue Reading

… Human Rights Act – the 'right to a family life' – may be used when appealing against deportation orders or the rejection of asylum claims, to … Read more: More foreign criminals to be deported before appeals heard – GOV.UKContinue Reading

She has expanded a scheme that allows the UK to deport offenders who have had a human rights claim against their removal rejected, with any appeals … Read more: Convicted Indian asylum seekers will be deported while human rights appeals heardContinue Reading