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Pakhshan Azizi, a humanitarian worker and human rights defender from Iran's Kurdish minority, is in grave danger of execution. Read more: Iran: Kurdish human rights activist faces execution – Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who calls himself an advocate for Sikh rights, has refused to take up the issue of the alleged … Read more: 'Nothing To Do With Civil Rights Of Sikhs': SFJ's Pannun Exclusive – YouTubeContinue Reading

The government has a duty to ensure that journalists, human rights defenders, and civil society can work freely, without fear of intimidation or … Read more: "Release them now!": Joint statement on the detention of Turkish journalists – FIDHContinue Reading

Donate to protect human rights. Women's Day protest in Mexico. Together we can fight for human rights everywhere. Your donation can transform the … Read more: Ukraine: Ukrainian Nursery Teacher Jailed By Russia: Olha Baranevska – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Helena Kennedy, chair of the panel of legal experts on media freedom and director of the International Bar Assn.'s Human Rights Institute, will give a … Read more: CPH:DOX Summit to Consider Media Accessibility as a Human Right – VarietyContinue Reading

The legislation charged the department with compiling incidents of civil rights violations, including verbal threats, and “prepare a report each … Read more: Free speech concerns raised over MN civil rights data collection – Session DailyContinue Reading

Human Rights Council Fifty-eighth session 24 February–4 April 2025. Agenda item 2. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human … Read more: Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and …Continue Reading

Meeta Anand is the senior director of the census & data equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. … Civil and Human … Read more: Disappearing Data: Why We Must Stop Trump's Attempts to Erase Our CommunitiesContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch interviewed six witnesses to the attack, three people who assisted the injured, and several residents of Gao. Witnesses said the … Read more: Mali: Armed Islamist Attack on Convoy Kills 34 Civilians | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he … Read more: Openly Gay Imam Gunned Down in South Africa | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Everyone deserves to live without fear of intimidation and to be protected from racism and violence. That's why a human-rights based response is … Read more: How new hate speech laws impact your rightsContinue Reading

Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human rights official … The public parading of deceased hostages' … Read more: Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human …Continue Reading

Lifshitz, who was killed after he was taken hostage during the 7 October massacre, was an ardent campaigner for Palestinian rights. Read more: Index pays tribute to Israeli journalist and human rights activist Oded LifshitzContinue Reading

EU leaders must put their commitments to international law, human rights and the ICC above carefully choreographed diplomatic conferences with Israel, … Read more: EU/Israel: Stop supporting Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid in Palestine and start …Continue Reading