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(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah's Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation's … Read more: Persecution of Eritrean Jehovah's Witnesses condemned by human rights expertsContinue Reading

Children are often invisible in human rights and environmental due diligence mechanisms, thus leaving negative impacts unaddressed. While some … Read more: Human rights and environmental due diligence legislation – UnicefContinue Reading

UNICEF advocates for the explicit integration of children's rights in NAPs and works in partnership with Governments and civil society to provide … Read more: National action plans on business and human rights – UnicefContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch's Turkey director, Emma Sinclair Webb, analyzes new legislation targeting journalists and civil society and the ouster of … Read more: What is Turkey's human rights outlook with new spy law, ousting of Kurdish mayors?Continue Reading

… human rights record. Could use a vacation right now: Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth Partner with Experience Abu. Chris Hemsworth and his wife have … Read more: Chris Hemsworth faces backlash after promoting country with notorious human rights recordContinue Reading

The Hague – Syrian Network for Human Rights. In October 2024, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) released its latest report on the … Read more: SNHR is the Most Cited Source in the Latest EUAA Report on the Security Situation in SyriaContinue Reading

A meeting of the Human Rights Commission will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 20 W. Pike Street, Covington, … Read more: Meeting Notice – Human Rights Commission 11/7/2024 – The City of Covington, KYContinue Reading

The international non-governmental advocacy organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the UAE “invests in a strategy to paint the country as … Read more: Chris Hemsworth criticised over tourism ad promoting Abu Dhabi despite 'notorious … – The GuardianContinue Reading

Mugiyanto Sipin, Vice-Minister of Human Rights of Indonesia; H.E. Ambassador Yong Chanthalangsy, Representative of Lao PDR to AICHR and Chair of AICHR … Read more: 6th ASEAN Human Rights DialogueContinue Reading

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) condemns the continued incidents of enforced disappearances, harassment, and unwarranted surveillance of … Read more: Statement of the Commission on Human Rights condemning enforced disappearances and …Continue Reading

Amnesty International calls on President-elect Trump and the newly elected Congress to center human rights obligations in their policies and … Read more: Demand the Incoming Trump Administration Respect Human RightsContinue Reading

All Hands on Justice human rights lawyer Kennedy Masiye on U.S. election results. Read more: Human Rights Lawyer Kennedy Masiye on U.S Elections – VOA ZimbabweContinue Reading

Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision making and commit to massively … Read more: COP29: Leaders must commit to fair climate financing and fully phasing out fossil fuelsContinue Reading

The protests have led to violent clashes with the police and at least 18 people have been killed, according to Human Rights Watch. The internet … Read more: South Africa shuts Lebombo border crossing over Mozambique poll violence – BBC NewsContinue Reading