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Despite recent progress on LGBTQ+ rights, Thailand continues to grapple with persistent human rights violations and must leverage its new role on … Read more: UN role can spur rights push – Bangkok PostContinue Reading

The purpose of the Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all … Read more: Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesContinue Reading

… Human rights groups estimate that almost 900 civilians, mainly Alawites, were killed by pro-government forces across Syria's coastal region in … Read more: Syrian security forces accused of overseeing gunmen killing civilians | BBC News – YouTubeContinue Reading

The Hong Kong police arrested the father of a prominent US-based activist, Anna Kwok, on April 30, 2025, and charged him with a national security … Read more: Hong Kong: Targeting of Exiled Activists' Families Escalates | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

North Korean seafood workers in China face human rights violations, including forced labor while injured and inadequate medical treatment. Read more: No rest for the injured: How N. Korean workers in China are denied basic medical rightsContinue Reading

(PHOTO: Human Rights Commission Chair Rita Capek (far right) with Rye Mayor Josh Cohn and 2023 Human Rights Award youth winner Rye High School senior … Read more: Nominations Sought for Youth Human Rights Award – MyRye.comContinue Reading

… human rights exposés she used to work on. Stories from some of the most deprived areas in the country were her forte. But, she says, in the … Read more: 'They threatened to bulldoze my house': fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi's IndiaContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch found that Zedtee's conduct did not meet Sarawak's laws and policies, or the terms of the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme. Read more: Malaysia: Wood Products Tainted by Abuse, Deforestation – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

This, let me suggest, is where Farage is absolutely right. He is right about tribunals giving more weight to the human rights of foreign criminals … Read more: Understand moral universalism's failures and we'll understand Nigel Farage – The TimesContinue Reading

Across the world, young women's human rights are facing unprecedented growing threats, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal… Read more: Young Women's Movement calls for urgent action to protect rights | The HeraldContinue Reading

Professor Alan Miller is one of the four lead authors of the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to Development Programming Toolkit. The toolkit … Read more: University of Strathclyde law professor helps create human rights 'toolkit' – Yahoo News UKContinue Reading

Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq has issued a statement saying that Malta and neighbouring countries should be doing more to help after a … Read more: LIVE: Global outrage grows as 57 die of hunger under Israel's Gaza blockade – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Human Rights Law Program · Detention Rights Advocacy · Education and … human rights abuses. Punitive amendments made to the Migration Act in … Read more: Voters reject fear – and vote for fairness for refugees – Asylum Seeker Resource CentreContinue Reading

The insurgency-era victims have urged the National Human Rights Commission to withdraw its member from the committee to nominate the candidates … Read more: War victims ask rights body to recall member from selection panel – The Kathmandu PostContinue Reading