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Sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses is alleged to have been shut down by Chinese agents. Read more: China academic intimidation claim referred to counter-terrorism police – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… Human Rights Council 61th Session. Issued by. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Read more: Call for input for the report of the Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory to … – ohchrContinue Reading

I am not sure how we silently got ourselves into this position but the fact is that without foreign students the universities will run out of money. Read more: China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show | Hacker NewsContinue Reading

The European Convention on Human Rights was first signed on November 4 1950 and came into force on September 3 1953. Read more: British public show more support for staying in ECHR than leaving, poll suggestsContinue Reading

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

Readers of this blog as well as listeners to Law Pod UK may remember the European Court of Human Rights' controversial ruling in Verein … Read more: More fallout from the Strasbourg Court's climate change judgment – UK Human Rights BlogContinue Reading

The National Immigration Project, ACLU of Louisiana, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the release of 18-year-old Carlos Guerra … Read more: 18-year-old New Yorker with special immigration status freed from Louisiana ICE facility …Continue Reading

CHICAGO — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights … Read more: BOOTS Star Miles Heizer and CEO of Center on Halstead Joli… – Human Rights CampaignContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that on 28 October, more than 20 intelligence agents arrested Rashi with violence and without a … Read more: Kurdish man arrested in Sardasht amid wave of detentions – KHRNContinue Reading

November 3, 2025 — The Iranian authorities have intensified their assault on civil society with the arbitrary arrest of child rights defender Hossein … Read more: Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains FounderContinue Reading

Shmuly Yanklowitz, president and dean of Valley Beit Midrash (right). In a recent Carr-Ryan Conversation: Faith, Justice, and Human Rights, moderator … Read more: Faith, Justice, and the Murky Waters of Hope | Harvard Kennedy SchoolContinue Reading

… Human Rights. UN. Office of the High Commissioner for … CollectionsUN Bodies > Human Rights Bodies > Office of the High Commissioner for Human … Read more: Summary of stakeholders' submissions on the United States of America :Continue Reading

“Education is not only a fundamental human right in itself, but also a multiplier of rights,” Reid said. “When LGBT persons are denied inclusive … Read more: UN expert calls for inclusive and safe education, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identityContinue Reading

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