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When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris. Read more: Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggleContinue Reading

Between January and July 2024, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) … Read more: DR Congo: Rwandan-backed armed group and Congolese army must stop using explosive …Continue Reading

In 1996, John Perry Barlow wrote the “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”, inspired by the United States Declaration of Independence. Read more: Beyond borders: The rise of digital rights – Jordan TimesContinue Reading

… human rights to meet international standards, says a Thai human rights defender. Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW) … Read more: Thailand 'must prove it merits Human Rights Council seat' – Bangkok PostContinue Reading

Marchers walk in Market Square during a People's March in support on human rights in Downtown Knoxville on Sunday, January 19, 2025. Read more: People's March for Human Rights in photos – Knoxville News SentinelContinue Reading

Russia's FSB forced 'retrials' of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev to ensure the right paperwork. All of the terror and … Read more: Huge sentences without a crime. 10 years of Russia's conveyor belt of religious and political …Continue Reading

WOLA joins the United Nations, Human Rights Ombudsman, Defendemos la Paz, and others calling for an immediate end to the violence perpetrated by … Read more: Urgent Call to End Violence and Address Humanitarian Crisis in Catatumbo, ColombiaContinue Reading

Government grants represent a significant source of funding for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across various sectors. Read more: 25 Funding Sources for Human Rights NGOs – fundsforNGOsContinue Reading

As a leading full-service law firm in Nigeria, we highlight the importance of human rights in everyday life and how respect for human rights can … Read more: International Human Rights Day 2024 – Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now: How We Show …Continue Reading

The Centre for Fundamental Rights is inviting abstract submissions for a research workshop on 13 June 2025 at the Hertie School. Submissions are open … Read more: Announcements: CfP Protections in International Law; CfS Protection of Human Rights in the …Continue Reading

Ana Paula Myszczuk, Jussara Maria Leal de Meirelles. PMID: 24915725. No abstract available. MeSH terms. Bioethical Issues*; Genomics*; Human Rights* … Read more: [The protection of human subjects in the post-genomic era: the intangible human] – PubMedContinue Reading

Late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey is one of five people Joe Biden has pardoned the day before Donald Trump's inauguration. Read more: Biden pardons five people including late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey – ABC NewsContinue Reading

BRATTLEBORO — People walked around downtown Brattleboro on Saturday as part of the People's March. The march was organized because of concerns … Read more: People's march for human rights | Local News – Brattleboro ReformerContinue Reading

Marching for justice, equality and human rights in Seattle. Jan. 18, 2025 at 3:59 pm. People react to speakers at a rally called The People's March … Read more: Marching for justice, equality and human rights in SeattleContinue Reading