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What initially drew you to this high-stakes human rights work? I spent law school and graduate school learning as much as I could about the litigation … Read more: Guantánamo and Beyond: A Conversation with Human Rights Lawyer Alka PradhanContinue Reading

The International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination (ICAAD) is a human rights advocacy organization that equips those most harmed by … Read more: Generative AI to advance human rights | MIT SloanContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); 11 August 2025: The American Bar Association issued a statement today urging U.S. and international governments to … Read more: ABA Adopts Resolution Condemning Iran's Use of Death Penalty and Human Rights ViolationsContinue Reading

Democracy, civil rights, and a fair justice system require it.” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its … Read more: The Leadership Conference Condemns National Guard Deployment in D.C. and Takeover …Continue Reading

dharmasthalamassburial #nhrc #dharmasthala A team of officials of the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) arrived at Dharmasthala. Read more: Dharmasthala investigation: National Human Rights Commission questions the witness-complainantContinue Reading

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