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A circle of voices rose beneath Newcastle Civic Centre's dome on 20 Jan, as 30 people read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in resistance … Read more: An Act of Resistance – reading the declaration of human rights – North East BylinesContinue Reading

Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran's Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs, has sharply criticized the double standards and biased human rights … Read more: Gharibabadi Condemns Western Support for Terrorist Groups as a Human Rights ViolationContinue Reading

… human rights. Gharibabadi said the self-proclaimed flag bearers of human rights have created numerous challenges for Iran including sanctions and … Read more: Iran censures Wests double standards, unfair human rights mechanisms – Press TVContinue Reading

A new crime of arbitrary occupation of residential property? A rule that also affects deprivation-based squatting; A rule that can affect human rights … Read more: UN Special Rapporteurs criticize again the "security package": the right to housing jeopardisedContinue Reading

On Thursday, January 23, the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the systemic violation of human rights by the Iranian regime. Read more: European Parliament Condemns Iran's Human Rights Violations, Calls for Expanded SanctionsContinue Reading

The UN Human Rights Office and the mechanisms we support work on a wide range of human rights topics. Learn more about each topic, see who's involved, … Read more: 18th session of the Expert Mechanism on the rights of Indigenous Peoples | OHCHRContinue Reading

Since assuming office, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev promised wide-ranging reforms to improve Uzbekistan's human rights record and political … Read more: Human Rights in Uzbekistan: Progress within Limits under Shavkat MirziyoyevContinue Reading

Revoking sanctions on human rights abusers, banning refugees, and defunding efforts to promote democracy ultimately betray not only America's moral … Read more: Human Rights First Condemns Rights-Violating Executive OrdersContinue Reading

… Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises for presentation to the UN Human Rights Council. Read more: Association for Progressive Communications submission to the UN Working Group on …Continue Reading

Without directly addressing recent US Government immigration-related decrees and directives, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday … Read more: Migration: UN wants an approach that guarantees human rights – The Brussels TimesContinue Reading

Europe's top human rights court ruled the woman's right to respect for private and family life had been violated when French courts found her … Read more: French woman who refused sex with husband not to blame for divorce, rights court saysContinue Reading

They denounce the Iranian regime's unrestrained repression of human rights and persecution of minorities, calling for increased financial support for … Read more: Human rights breaches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran and AlgeriaContinue Reading

“The self-proclaimed leaders of human rights have not only imposed unjust sanctions on Iran but have also supported terrorist groups, directly … Read more: Iran criticizes West's double standards in human rights, calls for accountability over sanctionsContinue Reading

Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, said, “With over 3700 people killed in Gaza and 1000 more presumed under the … Read more: OHCHR / ISRAEL OPT HUMAN RIGHTS | UNifeed – UN MediaContinue Reading