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All stakeholders must take steps to de-escalate tensions and to resolve any election disputes peacefully. We urge the authorities to ensure all … Read more: Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Seif Magango on tensions in MozambiqueContinue Reading

It was highlighted that the Wider Engagement Group met on 25 March to discuss both Advocacy, Advice and Signposting, and the Development of Guidance. Read more: Human Rights Bill: Core Implementation Working Group – May 2024 – gov.scotContinue Reading

If Donald Trump's second term is anything like his first, the incoming U.S. president will not advance the cause of human rights. Read more: How Biden Failed on Human RightsContinue Reading

Twenty days have passed without news of Yérima Djoubaïrou Tchéboa, 52, a Cameroonian political activist and government critic who was snatched off … Read more: Cameroonian Political Activist Feared Forcibly Disappeared | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

… human rights defenders, civil society and fundamental rights and freedoms. CIVICUS continues to call for the release of Arnon Nampa. For media … Read more: Global Stand As My Witness Campaign calls for freeing Arnon Nampa – CivicusContinue Reading

… human rights violation. This historic event will bring together governments, victims, civil society organisations that support their daily fight … Read more: First World Congress on Enforced Disappearances to chart course for collective actionContinue Reading

… rights of homosexual people in her country. A human rights NGO that she runs, Redhac, was recently suspended by the government and she is due to … Read more: Alice Nkom: The Cameroon lawyer risking everything to defend LGBT rights – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Tanzanian journalist and human rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai (C) speaks during a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 13, 2025. Tsehai said … Read more: Rights activist links brief kidnapping in Kenya to Tanzanian government – VOAContinue Reading

These measures are being deliberately wielded to target peaceful protestors and stifle dissenting voices, including journalists, human rights … Read more: Georgia: Authorities using draconian new laws to crack down on dissentContinue Reading

Professor Anne Bayefsky of Touro University and Human Rights Voices speaks with Arutz Sheva about the appeal by UN officials against the US bill … Read more: Human Rights Expert: 'Francesca Albanese is the 21st-century Joseph Goebbels'Continue Reading

BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijani human rights activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was sentenced by a Baku court to 10 years in prison on Monday on an array of … Read more: Azerbaijan, Facing Criticism Over Human Rights, Jails Activist for 10 Years – USNews.comContinue Reading

BAKU – Azerbaijani human rights activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev was sentenced by a Baku court to 10 years in prison on Monday on an array of corruption … Read more: Azerbaijan, facing criticism over human rights, jails activist for 10 years | The Straits TimesContinue Reading

The ASRC welcomes the landmark decisions by the UN Human Rights Committee that Australia is responsible for the arbitrary detention of people who … Read more: UN Human Right Committee condemns Australia offshore detention policyContinue Reading

House Bill 2161, which passed in August 2024, amends the Illinois Human Rights Act (the IHRA or “the Act”) to additionally prohibit discrimination … Read more: Illinois Human Rights Act Now Protects Employees With “Family Responsibilities”Continue Reading