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The severe custodial penalties imposed on activists underscore how Georgia's criminal justice system has been weaponized to stifle dissent, … Read more: Georgia: Criminal justice system abused to suppress protests – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

We reject reckless policies and hate-fueled rhetoric dictate our future. CIEL is committed to justice, democracy, and a just and sustainable … Read more: CIEL Condemns Regressive Actions Threatening Human Rights, Environment, and JusticeContinue Reading

It documents unlawful detentions, inhumane treatment of detainees, police violence, and political repression against protesters, activists, and … Read more: Human Rights Violations and Criminal Cases Against Pro-European Protesters in Georgia …Continue Reading

S. 5 would require the mandatory detention – without any possibility of bond – of undocumented persons who are merely arrested for or charged with … Read more: Oppose S. 5, the Laken Riley Act – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human RightsContinue Reading

In the late 1920s, Black activist Garvey and his wife Amy were regarded as one of the most significant human rights married couples of the 20th … Read more: Former West Kensington civil rights activist Marcus Garvey pardoned by US presidentContinue Reading

GENEVA – The human rights record of Angola will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working … Read more: Angola's human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review | OHCHRContinue Reading

On November 30, 2024, and again on January 2, 2025, CREDHOS reported a grave threat. The armed group Ejército Gaitanista de Colombia (also known … Read more: Colombia: Protect defenders from armed groups – Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading

GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today welcomed the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, which paves the way … Read more: UN torture expert welcomes Gaza ceasefire agreement and hostage release | OHCHRContinue Reading

Next Tuesday, January 28, five people go on trial in Poland after providing humanitarian aid to people at the Poland-Belarus border. Read more: Five Activists Face Trial in Poland After Helping Migrants – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

Over 25 civil society organisations and experts actively following the implementation of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act are urging the … Read more: European Commission guidelines on the AI Act implementation must center human rights and justiceContinue Reading

Here's how people have used the Human Rights Act in the Australian Capital Territory to remedy human rights abuses and injustices. Read more: Why Australia needs a federal Human Rights ActContinue Reading

Bahgat, the executive director of EIPR, was summoned last week by Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) and questioned for more than three … Read more: Egypt human rights activist released on bail amid terrorism charges – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights … Read more: Biden issues pardon to late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced civil rights movementContinue Reading

… Human Rights Act 1998. The challenge on religious freedom grounds is just one of several judicial review cases being waged against the … Read more: VAT breaches human rights, say Christian schools suing governmentContinue Reading