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The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law unveil program and panelists for "At the Crossroads: … Read more: 2025 Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum to be held in Los Angeles on May 7Continue Reading

On March 18, a discussion titled “Human Rights in Azerbaijan: The Trials and Detention of Ethnic Armenians” was held at the United Nations Human … Read more: Discussion on the topic of Armenian captives at the UN Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

Maria Sarungi Tsehai is a prominent Tanzanian human rights activist and journalist. She is the founder of pro-democracy movements Change Tanzania and … Read more: Meet this year's first five Oslo Freedom Forum speakers – Human Rights FoundationContinue Reading

Deadline: 3-Jun-25 The European Commission (EC) is offering grants to Human Rights, Democracy and Civil Society Organizations. Read more: Grants for Human Rights, Democracy and Civil Society Organizations (Guinea)Continue Reading

The Ghanaian authorities have failed to protect and fulfil the human rights of hundreds of victims of witchcraft accusations. Read more: Ghana: Hundreds accused of witchcraft urgently need protection and reparationContinue Reading

Steven Ratner, director of the Donia Human Rights Center and Bruno Simma, former professor of law, began the discussion by calling attention to … Read more: UMich experts discuss US foreign policy on human rights in the Trump eraContinue Reading

But Michel Forst, a human rights expert and Special Rapporteur appointed by the UN, said legislation over peaceful protest in the UK needs to be … Read more: Climate protest jail term is 'disproportionate' – human rights expert – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… human rights. Backed by the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his rightwing populist party, Fidesz, the amendment seeks to codify the government's … Read more: Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatheringsContinue Reading

How Ambedkar redefined human rights in India—far ahead of the West. His ideas on caste, dignity, and justice still shape today's struggles. Read more: Marx saw human rights as bourgeois illusion. Ambedkar used them to fight caste oppressionContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World and 5 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 14 Apr 2025 by HRW. Read more: EU Border Agency: Use Aerial Surveillance to Save Lives at Sea – World – ReliefWebContinue Reading

“Targeting and threatening peaceful protestors and their immigration or residency status flies in the face of human rights. The continued … Read more: Ruling that Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported Sends Chilling MessageContinue Reading

News and Press Release in Arabic on Sudan about Protection and Human Rights; published on 13 Apr 2025 by HRW. Read more: Sudan: After 2 Years of War, Global Action Needed [EN/AR] – ReliefWebContinue Reading

The abuses were part of a broader attack against Nuba communities during fighting in South Kordofan state. Such acts of sexual violence, including … Read more: The Sudan Conflict, 2 Years On – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

On April 3, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned reports of “widespread extrajudicial killings of civilians in Khartoum … Read more: Sudan: After 2 Years of War, Global Action Needed | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading