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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, says major companies and fast-moving technologies are creating new challenges for tackling … Read more: UN rights chief: AI misuse and corporate influence present 'clear and present' challengeContinue Reading

“Human trafficking strips people of their rights, choices, and futures,” said Amy Pope, IOM Director General. “Its impact does not end when the … Read more: IOM Launches Global Campaign to Support Survivors of Human TraffickingContinue Reading

Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are at the forefront of movements for dignity, justice, and equality around the world. Read more: Statement: Women human rights defenders: Resisting pushback, powering progressContinue Reading

UN human rights experts … expressed renewed concern about the continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage of Bangladeshi migrant … Read more: Malaysia: UN independent human rights experts renew concerns over unaddressed …Continue Reading

This is deeply disappointing. According to human rights group Odhikar, 40 people have been victims of extrajudicial killings in the 14 months since … Read more: Human rights abuses persist under interim government | The Daily StarContinue Reading

We encourage the bishops to join religious congregations, Catholic welcome centres, legal clinics and individuals in the advocating for human rights … Read more: CSJP Leadership Team Statement on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees | ICNContinue Reading

A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) alleges "systematic killings and cover-ups". … Follow BBC on: … Copyright 2025 BBC. All … Read more: Gaza food kitchens still missing essential products despite ceasefire – BBCContinue Reading

… human rights as a professional athlete. The Turkish American basketball player has been critical of the NBA and Nike for doing business with China … Read more: Q&A Podcast: Enes Kanter Freedom Discusses His Memoir and Global Human Rights AdvocacyContinue Reading

… human rights while threatening the strategic balance in South Asia. He said India has intensified demographic changes, altered electoral … Read more: India-Israel nexus worsening human rights situation in Kashmir, says Safi | Pakistan TodayContinue Reading

Women human rights defenders face detention and repression, while internal patriarchal structures, exacerbated by militarization and unlawful … Read more: 25 years of UN promises to elevate and strengthen Palestinian women's voices in … – OxfamContinue Reading

For Georgia, the Commission highlighted the need for “urgent action” related to human rights protection and visa policy gaps. The EU has already … Read more: EU Cracks Down on Visa-Free Travel Over Migration, Security – ETIAS.comContinue Reading

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Home Buyers Forum has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), alleging that the state's prolonged delay … Read more: Bengaluru's homebuyers petition National Human Rights Commission over delay in …Continue Reading

Now two human-rights organizations, Human Rights Watch and the Central America–based Cristosal, have found that all of those men were physically … Read more: What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador – The AtlanticContinue Reading

… Human Rights law legislated subsequent to the Good Friday Agreement, face the prospect of criminal investigation and potential prosecution”. He … Read more: SAS insiders: Labour risks being 'apologists for terrorists' with Troubles law – The TelegraphContinue Reading