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The governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan should release wrongfully imprisoned activists and journalists and … Read more: Central Asia: Worsening Human Rights RecordsContinue Reading

Successful candidates will go to Europe for a two week intensive training in Brussels and at the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice (15-27 June … Read more: Human Rights Defenders in Australia Can Now Apply for a Sakharov Fellowship Programme | EEASContinue Reading

In May, the government tasked the Human Rights Commission with investigating antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism and the experiences of First Nations … Read more: The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian …Continue Reading

Campaigners have held two exhibitions in Dorchester town centre to raise awareness about human rights abuses in Iran. Iranian Academics in Exile … Read more: Campaigners in Dorchester speak on human rights abuses in Iran – Dorset EchoContinue Reading

A human rights complaint from a transgender woman misgendered by EPS and 911 dispatchers has been dismissed. However, the person who filed the … Read more: 2SLGBTQ+ human rights complaint against Edmonton police dismissed – YouTubeContinue Reading

On 15 January, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged western nations to lift sweeping sanctions that have been imposed on Syria … Read more: UN human rights chief urges end of Syria sanctions after talks with HTS leader – The CradleContinue Reading

DAMASCUS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Wednesday urged the international community to reconsider … Read more: UN human rights chief calls for concerted efforts to rebuild Syria – XinhuaContinue Reading

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Physicians for Human Rights and our partners are supporting child survivors of sexual violence through the … Read more: [VIDEO] Care in a Safe Place: Child-friendly Spaces for Survivors of Sexual Violence in the DRCContinue Reading

An Alberta human rights tribunal has dismissed a complaint that the Edmonton Police Service was discriminatory in how officers responded to a … Read more: Alberta human rights tribunal dismisses trans woman's discrimination complaint against EPSContinue Reading

Keene, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC, (C&S) an industry leader in wholesale grocery supply and supply chain solutions in the United States, … Read more: C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS Earns Equality 100 Award in Human Rights Campaign …Continue Reading

In an April 2018 report, Human Rights Watch accused the Syrian regime of the majority of 85 documented chemical weapons attacks in Syria. UNHCR, the … Read more: 14 years of human rights violations under Assad's rule | Opinion – Daily SabahContinue Reading

On January 3, 2025, Moussa Tchangari, a human rights defender and secretary-general of Citizens' Alternative Spaces, faced two new charges: … Read more: Niger: Free human rights defender Moussa Tchangari – Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading

FAMILY LAWYER DEMISE Renowned family lawyer and human rights activist Judy Thongori is dead Lawyer Judy Thongori passed away in India where she … Read more: Renowned family lawyer and human rights activist Judy Thongori is dead – YouTubeContinue Reading

As civil society actors, we will continue to fight for the defence of the rights of all, so that migration and solidarity are no longer criminalised … Read more: Niger: Joint call for the immediate release of Moussa Tiangari – FIDHContinue Reading