Film based on the life of human rights advocate banned in India set to play in Canada – CBC
It’s based on the life of a human rights activist who was killed after raising concerns about police violence. The CBC’s Sohrab Sandhu has the story. Read MoreContinue Reading
UN Seeks Independent Probe Into Alleged Civilian Deaths And Rights Violations In PoJK | News18
breakingnews | The United Nations has called for an independent and impartial investigation into reports of alleged civilian deaths and human … Read MoreContinue Reading
Scotland’s human rights watchdog faces lawsuit from own member after ‘discriminating …
Claire Methven O’Brien is suing the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) over claims the taxpayer-funded watchdog ‘has been discriminating … Read MoreContinue Reading
‘A revolutionary act to watch it’: the film India’s censors do not want you to see
A still from the film Satluj shows an actor portraying Jaswant Singh Khalra. · Diljit Dosanjh portrays the human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra … Read MoreContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Agency voices concern over wave of unrest in PoJK; Calls for probe into …
In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged Pakistani authorities to exercise restraint, protect fundamental rights, and … Read MoreContinue Reading
Pressure as UN labels neglected diseases as human rights abuse – The EastAfrican
For the first time, African countries have succeeded in persuading the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution recognising … Read MoreContinue Reading
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown – The Guardian
Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers. He travelled to the US on a tourist visa and made an asylum … Read MoreContinue Reading
Modern Slavery Act: Transparency Reporting Gets Teeth – Human Rights – Mondaq
The Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026 introduces significant changes to Modern Slavery Act reporting requirements, including mandatory content … Read MoreContinue Reading
Why the gravest human rights abuses do not show up in ESG scores – Sustainable Views
ESG ratings largely assess risks to companies, rather than the harm businesses may cause, leaving major human rights abuses inadequately captured. Read MoreContinue Reading
Former human rights lawyer, 79, sues after police ‘chop down door’ to seize her cat
Dr Katherine Theodotou – a 79-year-old former human rights lawyer of the year – says she was “pushed violently to the ground” during a raid by six … Read MoreContinue Reading
Central Asia: Political Prisoners and Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Date
Announcement Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on political prisoners and the current human rights situations in … Read MoreContinue Reading
LIVE: Human rights groups address Trump immigration policies during World Cup
Watch live as the Sport & Rights Alliance and Human Rights Watch hold a press conference on the Trump administration’s immigration policies during … Read MoreContinue Reading
Political Peerages July 2026 – GOV.UK
The Rt Hon Sir Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London and former Member of Parliament for Tooting. Saul Lehrfreund MBE – Human rights expert, co-founder and Co- … Read MoreContinue Reading
‘They said I had to kill him’: the Haiti gangs forcing children into a life of brutality – The Guardian
Others have been displaced or forced out of school,” says Ulrick Tintin, legal director at Défenseurs Plus, a Haitian human rights organisation. Read MoreContinue Reading
Family of 18 from Gaza win human rights to stay in UK risking ‘the floodgates to thousands’
The judgment is nevertheless likely to attract political attention because it involves the interaction between immigration policy, the Human Rights … Read MoreContinue Reading