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Tags. Civil Rights · Criminal Legal System · Criminalization · Harassment · Impunity · Racial Discrimination · United States. Read more: Submission to the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice …Continue Reading

But so long as private prison CEOs continue to profit from billion-dollar government handouts to run private immigration detention, human rights … Read more: Guide to Legal Access in Immigration Detention – Robert F. Kennedy Human RightsContinue Reading

Last-minute legal interventions by the prosecutors and the federal government forced David McBride to abandon his whistleblowing defence. He will now … Read more: Statement: Prosecution of David McBride – Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Ultimately, nations must prioritise the principle of human rights over profit. Letter to Editor. Wed Apr 30 2025. Read more: [OPINION] When economic considerations are prioritised over human rights, genocide will …Continue Reading

In addition to traditional human rights claims – such as Alien Tort Statute (ATS), Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), or Trafficking Victims … Read more: HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE (HRDD) CAN HELP SHIELD COMPANIES FROM …Continue Reading

An international human rights body found that in 2010, U.S. Border Patrol agents tortured and killed Anastasio Hernandez Rojas using excessive … Read more: Human rights commission blames US for fatal beating, cover-up by border agentsContinue Reading

Trump's first 100 days target diversity policies, civil rights protections · Trump dismantles DEI policies, affecting federal and private sectors … Read more: Trump's first 100 days target diversity policies, civil rights protections – ReutersContinue Reading

China is to lift sanctions on five current and former MEPs who have criticized its human right violations, according to a senior Parliament official, … Read more: China to lift sanctions on EU lawmakers to unlock trade talks – Politico.euContinue Reading

In this review of President Trump's first 100 days, we highlight the impacts of the administration's actions and how they jeopardize human rights … Read more: Chaos & Cruelty: 10 Compounding Assaults on Human Rights – Amnesty International USAContinue Reading

More than 1600 activists from around the world are raising their voices to protest the ongoing arbitrary detention of Iranian human rights … Read more: International Organizations Call for the Immediate Release of Iranian Human Rights Activist …Continue Reading

Autocratic leaders are increasingly gaining power and weakening human rights around the world. To counter this trend, we're using our expertise … Read more: Accountability – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

TEHRAN – Iranian officials and international scholars convened at an International Human Rights Conference in Tehran on Tuesday, … Read more: 'Silence on Gaza exposes human rights hypocrisy;' Iran proposes Eastern alternativeContinue Reading

Azerbaijan: authorities should release imprisoned human rights defenders, journalists and civil society activists. Read more: Commissioner for Human Rights on X: "Azerbaijan: authorities should release imprisoned …Continue Reading

Amnesty International warns of deteriorating global human rights Amnesty International has warned of the deteriorating global human rights crisis … Read more: Amnesty International warns of deteriorating global human rights – YouTubeContinue Reading