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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

… human rights, and thus implement open justice to guarantee the right to. … civil society organisations, working to promote women's human rights. Read more: Strengthening open justice for good governance through citizen auditing by CSOs working … – EEASContinue Reading

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