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Tamelia Rang graduated in 2024 and serves as human rights coordinator at the Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs for the Republic of the … Read more: UH Hilo poli sci alum takes human rights to United Nations – University of Hawaii SystemContinue Reading

… human rights watchdog in the Americas that his death was an extrajudicial killing. … human rights conventions. The Inter-American Commission on … Read more: Family of Colombian man killed in US strike in the Caribbean files human rights challengeContinue Reading

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), one of the world's oldest human rights movements comprising of 196 civil society (…) Read more: Russia bans the oldest worldwide human rights movementContinue Reading

Most readers of this annual report already know it's been a rough year for both higher education and human rights. Our Center for Human Rights … Read more: UW Center for Human Rights Annual Report 2024-2025Continue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) strongly condemns the sudden extradition from Thailand to Vietnam of (…) Read more: Thailand/Vietnam: End acts of transnational repression against human rights defenders after …Continue Reading

This commitment has led to the inclusion of human rights conditionalities into trade, cooperation and development agreements with other countries. As … Read more: No more double standards on human rights – European Citizens' InitiativeContinue Reading

Fifa risks becoming “a public relations tool of an increasingly authoritarian US government,” human-rights organisations have warned. Read more: 'Fifa cannot be silent': human rights groups speak out over 2026 World Cup concernsContinue Reading

From a Human Rights Bill to enshrine strong legal protections for everyday rights, to a ban on mass surveillance technologies in policing. We're … Read more: Scotland: Our Human Rights Manifesto (December 2025) – Amnesty International UKContinue Reading

Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina's family alleges that the Trump administration committed human rights violations in its campaign against … Read more: Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. boat strikes files formal complaintContinue Reading

Today is the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, and I think it's fair to say that major anniversaries like this prompt us to … Read more: #standup4humanRights | Marks & SpencerContinue Reading

… human rights violations, environmental destruction and sexual abuse by British soldiers. The inquiry into the British Army Training Unit in Kenya … Read more: British troops accused of human rights violations, environmental destruction and sexual …Continue Reading

GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today urged Iran to halt the execution of Goli Kouhkan, a 25-year-old undocumented Baluch woman set to be executed … Read more: UN: Iran Must Halt Execution of Woman Survivor of Child Marriage and AbuseContinue Reading

Dec. 3 (UPI) — The family of a Colombian fisherman has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over a death … Read more: Colombian family files human rights complaint over U.S. strike on boat – UPI.comContinue Reading

The U.N. and many human rights organizations have also expressed … This trial should set off alarms not only for Europe's civil society but for any … Read more: People who save lives should not be criminalized – Politico.euContinue Reading