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The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of … Read more: Crackdown on Justice: CHRI Reveals Systematic Persecution of Iran's Human Rights LawyersContinue Reading

A new report from Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has made an important call for the Government to bring far greater … Read more: UK's extensive use of citizenship deprivation needs much greater transparency, Joint …Continue Reading

A global-local human rights movement has grown up in response to these changes and challenges. Municipal leaders, both public officials and civil … Read more: The rise of human rights cities | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

Ranking Member Padilla and Democrats of the Senate Rules Committee: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition … Read more: Statement of The Leadership Conference on Protecting the Future of American DemocracyContinue Reading

Teachta Ó Laoghaire said: “Omar Barghouti is a world-renowned human rights defender. However, it has emerged that the Israeli Government is failing to … Read more: Israel must lift travel ban on Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to attend …Continue Reading

First, full adherence to human rights obligations in the field of democracy, including protection of civil society and freedoms of assembly, … Read more: The Commissioner focuses on democratic security and human rights based peace in …Continue Reading

Amnesty International today released a new briefing exposing serious human rights violations against immigrants detained at the El Paso Service … Read more: Amnesty International Exposes Human Rights Violations at El Paso Immigrant Detention FacilityContinue Reading

The "Antonio Papisca" Human Rights Centre and the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Democracy and Peace of the University of Padova invite you to the … Read more: Towards the PerugiAssisi Peace March 2025: organizational meeting for the University of …Continue Reading

… human rights groups have warned. The Gulf kingdom has seen a surge in demand for cheap migrant labour, with a significant increase in foreign … Read more: Pressure grows on Fifa as reports warn of serious risk to workers amid Saudi World Cup …Continue Reading

A set of awards sits ready to be handed out to community members by the Human Rights Commission in 2024. After a nine-month hiatus prompted by past … Read more: Human Rights Commission seeks to overhaul awards process after past controversiesContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said abuses were being committed on giant construction sites in Saudi Arabia and warned of the risks to migrant … Read more: Human Rights Watch warns of migrant worker deaths in 2034 World Cup host Saudi ArabiaContinue Reading

The revocation of General License 41, which had allowed Chevron to resume limited oil operations in Venezuela under U.S. sanctions, … Read more: The Human Rights Impact of Sanctions Policy in Venezuela | GJIAContinue Reading

Right now, the South Australian Parliament, Departments, and service providers, don't have to respect human rights when drafting laws, designing … Read more: GOOD NEWS: South Australia moves one step closer to protecting human rightsContinue Reading

We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government's ongoing arbitrary detention of journalist, … Read more: China: Release journalist and human rights defender Zhang Zhan – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading