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President Donald Trump's July 24 executive order on reducing “vagrancy” is exactly the wrong approach to the pervasive problem of houselessness. Read more: John Raphling | Human Rights Watch and Pete White | Los Angeles Community Action NetworkContinue Reading

The state departments 'human rights' report under Trump differs hugely from those of previous administrations. Read more: Five key points on how a long-respected US human rights report became a 'cudgel' under TrumpContinue Reading

Violations against civilians in Coastal and Western Central Syria in January – March 2025 14 August 2024. English | Arabic. Read more: Violations against civilians in Coastal and Western Central Syria in January – March 2025Continue Reading

Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's … Read more: A look at how the Trump administration is changing America's focus on human rightsContinue Reading

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemned on Thursday recent Peruvian legislation that grants amnesty to those who committed human … Read more: UN decries Peru approval of law granting amnesty to human rights violators – JURISTContinue Reading

Exclusive: Racial justice centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy's Falafel. Read more: Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people …Continue Reading

Human rights activists are calling for refugee status to be granted to Russian citizen Ivan Borisov, who faces imprisonment in the Russian Federation. Read more: Borisov Case a Test of Ukraine's Commitment to European Human Rights StandardsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch alleged Thursday that an Israeli airstrike on Iran's notorious Evin Prison in June was “an apparent war crime,” while also … Read more: Israeli airstrike on Iranian prison was an 'apparent war crime,' Human Rights Watch saysContinue Reading

Activists and former officials are alarmed by the way the Trump administration is changing the way the U.S. promotes human rights around the … Read more: A look at how the Trump administration is changing America's focus on human rights – NPRContinue Reading

Donate to protect human rights … If you are talented and passionate about human rights then Amnesty International wants to hear from you. Read more: Amnesty International's Submission on the Proposed Changes to the Law on the Return of …Continue Reading

The Trump administration delayed releasing reports on countries' human rights records. Now they're out, and they're starkly different than in the … Read more: US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual …Continue Reading

The US State Department's 2024 human rights report has been scaled back, omitting details of abuses for certain countries. Read more: Trump administration accused of politicizing human rights | DW News – YouTubeContinue Reading

We're challenging the UK government's inadequate national adaptation plan at the European Court of Human Rights. Head of Legal Will Rundle … Read more: UK climate adaptation case goes to European Court of Human Rights | Friends of the EarthContinue Reading

Top UN human rights investigators said on Thursday that war crimes may have been committed in predominantly Alawite areas of Syria in a wave of … Read more: Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators | UN NewsContinue Reading