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Less than three weeks after a December 25 military airstrike in Sokoto state reportedly killed 10 villagers, an airstrike in Zamfara state has … Read more: Another Erroneous Airstrike Claims Lives in Nigeria | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Early 2025: rising arrests. January saw an increase in detentions, with 46 political leaders, journalists, and human rights activists arrested between … Read more: 221 Politicians, 23 Journalists, and Six Human Rights Activists Detained … – Caracas ChroniclesContinue Reading

However, despite their invaluable work, human rights defenders face “unacceptably high” threats, with some attacks amounting to war crimes. Mounting … Read more: 'Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,' says Türk | UN NewsContinue Reading

Attorney General and Minister of Justice-designate, Dr . Dominic Ayine, has pledged to protect citizens rsquo; rights with the reintroduction of a … Read more: Human Rights violations will not occur under my watch as Minister for Justice – Dominic AyineContinue Reading

Australia maintained it was not responsible for human rights breaches because any alleged abuse occurred on Nauru, but this was rejected. UN committee … Read more: UN decision on Australia's human rights breaches a decade in the makingContinue Reading

A section of Human rights defenders led by Amnesty International has faulted the Kenyan government for applying what they term "transnational … Read more: Human rights activists up in arms after abduction of Tanzanian journalist Maria SarungiContinue Reading

Professor Choukroune explains: “By connecting human rights and development in immediate terms, ongoing discussions about the right to development can … Read more: Who really benefits from economic development? | University of PortsmouthContinue Reading

The session began with a speech by the Director General of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Ambassador Dr. Youssef Bucheeri, in which he expressed … Read more: 2025 Diplomatic Forum starts its first dayContinue Reading

To remain competitive in Kenya, businesses must place human rights at the core of their strategies. … As 2025 gets underway, the evolving relationship … Read more: Human rights and business success – Business DailyContinue Reading

The UN's human rights committee handed down findings overnight for two cases involving separate groups of refugees and asylum seekers, who filed … Read more: Australia breached human rights treaty, UN body rules | New England TimesContinue Reading

“There's a lot of talk about the human rights of prisoners,” says one presidential aide. “But what rights do you have if you're dead? . . . Bukele … Read more: How El Salvador became a model for the global far right – Financial TimesContinue Reading

A historic Black community that grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s is among the communities wiped away by devastating wildfires … Read more: L.A. wildfires destroy Black community birthed from Civil Rights era – AxiosContinue Reading

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. About. Contact · COVID-19 information · Human Rights Awards … Business and Human Rights … Read more: Race Discrimination Commissioner condemns latest antisemitic attacks on synagoguesContinue Reading

Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood. First Nations complainants who waited years for a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal inquiry into the RCMP's … Read more: Human Rights Tribunal Delays Decision on RCMP's Methods – The TyeeContinue Reading