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The UK government must prioritise human rights alongside its green energy goals by addressing forced labour risks in its supply chains. This will … Read more: The UK must strengthen its response to forced labour in supply chains | Walk FreeContinue Reading

Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty in ways that violate their human … Read more: Germany: Social Security Failing to Protect Rights – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Human rights complaints surge across Karnataka, with over 9,500 cases in two years; however, only 80 cases received compensation, raising concerns … Read more: Data shows human rights violations rising in Bengaluru – Bangalore MirrorContinue Reading

The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated seven million people … Read more: Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Opinion piece from Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay responding to criticism of the Commision's recently released report Collateral … Read more: AHRC COVID report provides reality check on human rights during pandemicContinue Reading

The former human rights activist ran on pledges to forgive student loan debt, to drastically reduce Canada's carbon emissions and to ensure universal … Read more: Who is Canada's New Democrat Party leader Jagmeet Singh? – BBC NewsContinue Reading

The Human Rights Commission filed a petition to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, while the government denied the allegations. Amnesty … Read more: Amnesty International calls on Ecuador presidential candidates to address human rights concernsContinue Reading

… Human Rights Council. The last talk looked at how marine pollution, in all its aspects, violates human rights, including right to Healthy Environment. Read more: Environment: What's Up in GENeva | 24 – 31 March 2025Continue Reading

… Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with … Read more: HRC President Kelley Robinson Speaks at the 2025 HRC Los Angeles Dinner – YouTubeContinue Reading

Red Wall backbenchers want limits on how Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights — the right to family life — is used in courts to … Read more: Starmer under pressure to curb laws that block deportation of foreign crooks – The SunContinue Reading

A CAGED torture killer has demanded human rights compensation claiming he suffered “mental trauma” when prison officers broke the Xbox in his … Read more: Torture killer demands compo for 'mental trauma' when jail staff broke his Xbox – The SunContinue Reading

A human rights group in New Zealand has welcomed support from several Pacific island nations for West Papua, which has been under Indonesian military … Read more: Pacific island nations unite to support West Papua amid human rights violations | RNZ NewsContinue Reading

Hannah Einbinder, Janelle Monáe and Ashley Park were honored by the Human Rights Campaign on March 22 in Los Angeles. Read more: Hannah Einbinder, Janelle Monáe Honored by Human Rights Campaign – VarietyContinue Reading

The Rastafarian community in Kimberley, Northern Cape, has celebrated Human Rights Day, saying the acknowledgment by the SA Human Rights … Read more: Human Rights Day | Kimberley Rastafarians calls for end to discrimination – YouTubeContinue Reading