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Human Rights Watch also urges the Sarawak Forest Department to revoke the eviction order against the Rumah Jeffery community and to revoke Zedtee's … Read more: Facing the Bulldozers: Iban Indigenous Resistance to the Timber Industry in Sarawak, MalaysiaContinue Reading

Human rights groups have condemned the arrest of relatives of Anna Kwok, an exiled pro-democracy activist who is wanted by the Hong Kong police … Read more: Rights groups condemn arrest of Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok's father and brotherContinue Reading

The compound includes a migrant detention center and has at times served military functions, according to U.N. and human rights researchers. Read more: Dozens killed in U.S. strike on purported detention center in Yemen, visuals showContinue Reading

MEADOW LANDS – During her keynote speech Friday at the NAACP Washington Branch's 65th annual Human Rights Award Banquet, Pennsylvania House … Read more: Cameron receives Washington NAACP Human Rights Award; Pa. House Speaker delivers …Continue Reading

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