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UN Human Rights Report Warns of Worsening Violations and Mounting Civilian Casualties. There has been a significant escalation in recent months in … Read more: Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, 1 December 2024 – 31 May 2025Continue Reading

How public law has been crucial in making universal human rights real and practical for LGBTQ+ people over the past thirty years. Read more: The enduring role of public law in defending the rights of LGBTQ+ peopleContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); June 30, 2025: Details of a new bill approved by Iran's parliament to increase the punishment for collaborating with … Read more: Increased Repression Under Shadow of War; New Bill Broadens Use of Death PenaltyContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch advocates for universal access to palliative care so no one has to suffer needlessly from treatable pain. Europe/Central Asia 2015- … Read more: Palliative Care – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security would like to bring attention to and condemn recent judicial and governmental … Read more: Red Flag Alert on Anti-trans and intersex Rights in the UK | Lemkin InstituteContinue Reading

Seven people were killed during anti-government protests in Togo, said human rights activists, who accused security forces of using 'shocking … Read more: Seven killed during Togo protests, human rights activists say | REUTERS – YouTubeContinue Reading

In its latest letter to Garber related to the civil rights investigation, led by the Office for Civil Rights at the United States Department of … Read more: Trump administration says Harvard violated federal civil rights law in treatment of Jewish studentsContinue Reading

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch expressed their dismay at the ruling. Both groups had intervened in the case. "The horrifying reality in … Read more: UK F-35 parts exports to Israel is lawful, High Court rules – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Harvard is "in violent violation" of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the federal government's Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said Monday in … Read more: Harvard found in 'violent violation' of Civil Rights Act over antisemitism, Trump admin saysContinue Reading

The Broad Democratic Front for Human Rights (FADDH) called on the Regional Federal Prosecutor's Office in the State of Rio de Janeiro to ask a court … Read more: Arrest Putin if He Visits Brazil | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

A Trump administration investigation has found that Harvard University violated federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students on … Read more: Federal investigation finds Harvard violated civil rights law – NPRContinue Reading

A Palestinian human rights group has lost a High Court challenge over the Government's move to continue to export military equipment to Israel, … Read more: Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq loses High Court legal challenge against … – Daily MailContinue Reading

Serious human rights abuses, including mass killings, largely of Alawites, in Syria's coastal regions and targeted violence against the Druze … Read more: Human Rights First Releases New Report on Human Rights Concerns in Post-Assad SyriaContinue Reading

… rights called the move a “flagrant violation of international human rights law”. When approached for comment, a Shakespeare Martineau spokesperson … Read more: British law firm coached universities on how to obtain sweeping protest bans – The GuardianContinue Reading