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PARIS — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sided Thursday with a French woman who had stopped having sex with her husband, … Read more: Top European rights court rules woman's refusal to have sex not a fault in divorce caseContinue Reading

Several German human rights organizations have warned of a politically motivated show trial and are calling for observation by German embassy staff. “ … Read more: Human Rights Activists in Germany Call for International Observers in Baku Trial of Armenian POWsContinue Reading

When Human Rights First visited the Berks County Detention Center in 2016 with a delegation of mental health and legal professionals, mothers reported … Read more: Jailing Immigrant Families Inflicts Severe Harms and Wastes ResourcesContinue Reading

New information GRE 002 / 0922 / OBS 067.2 Judicial harassment Greece 23 January 2024 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights (…) Read more: Greece: continued judicial harassment against migrants' rights defender Panayote DimitrasContinue Reading

Call to stop civil rights cases follows order putting staff on federal DEI programs on leave as a prelude to shutting programs down. Read more: Advocates 'deeply worried' as Trump's justice department halts new civil rights casesContinue Reading

ASTANA – On the margins of the 48th session of the Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review, … Read more: Kazakhstan Highlights Democratic Reforms & Human Rights Progress at UN Universal …Continue Reading

According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) sources, the strike in Sanandaj, Mahabad, Saqqez and Divandarreh is widespread, and police … Read more: Kurdish cities strike against death sentences for two Kurdish women political prisonersContinue Reading

Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more: Iran: Two Kurdish Women at Risk of Execution | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Australian Human Rights Commission: media@humanrights.gov.au or 0457 … What are human rights? Commissioners · Get involved · Submissions … Read more: National Children's Commissioners concerned about NT government's proposed changes …Continue Reading

A Drogheda woman who spent five years fighting for the rights of political prisoners in Palestine says the ceasefire that came into play on Sunday … Read more: Drogheda human rights activist overjoyed at ceasefire news – Meath ChronicleContinue Reading

Our Journal is a peer-reviewed, bi-annual publication focused on global developments in human rights and democratisation. It adopts a multi- and inter … Read more: Research – Global Campus of Human RightsContinue Reading

By Guadalupe Marengo, Head of Human Rights Defenders and Global Relief Programme at Amnesty International 2024 has been a particularly difficult … Read more: Why protecting human rights defenders must be a priority for us allContinue Reading

Immigration-related executive orders attempt to eviscerate the right to seek asylum and other forms of humanitarian protection, increase immigration … Read more: Trump's Executive Orders Threaten Broad Range of Human Rights – ImmigrationProf BlogContinue Reading

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is hiring a Procedural Rights Fellow. The deadline for applications is 5pm Tuesday, 11 February. Read more: ICCL is hiring a Procedural Rights Fellow – – Irish Council for Civil LibertiesContinue Reading