Strengthening Protection for Rights Defenders – Open Society Foundations
Human rights groups, both local and global, have been struggling to find new ways to protect those at risk from this violence. Conventional tactics … Read more: Strengthening Protection for Rights Defenders – Open Society FoundationsContinue Reading
Major environmental damage and human rights impacts to Bougainville communities …
Rio Tinto agreed to fund the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment in 2021 in response to a human rights complaint brought by local community members … Read more: Major environmental damage and human rights impacts to Bougainville communities …Continue Reading
OPT: In Gaza: Seven attacks on tent encampments in the past two weeks kill 34 Palestinians …
News and Press Release in Arabic on occupied Palestinian territory about Protection and Human Rights; published on 5 Dec 2024 by OHCHR. Read more: OPT: In Gaza: Seven attacks on tent encampments in the past two weeks kill 34 Palestinians …Continue Reading
135 killed in football stadium crush, Guinea rights groups say – BBC
Human rights groups in Guinea say they believe more than 135 football fans were killed in a crush at a stadium on Sunday, most of them children. Read more: 135 killed in football stadium crush, Guinea rights groups say – BBCContinue Reading
Applications Open: The Carr Center's 2025–2026 Fellowships | Harvard Kennedy School
We seek to attract a diverse group of fellows from different disciplines and sectors (academia, business, technology, civil society, human rights … Read more: Applications Open: The Carr Center's 2025–2026 Fellowships | Harvard Kennedy SchoolContinue Reading
Knight-Wallace fellows discuss difficulties in human rights reporting – The Michigan Daily
The Donia Human Rights Center hosted a panel on the hazards of reporting on Human Rights abuses at the Michigan League Wednesday. Read more: Knight-Wallace fellows discuss difficulties in human rights reporting – The Michigan DailyContinue Reading
Supermarkets 'putting profits above human rights', MP says – BBC
Supermarkets in the UK that appear to be selling products linked to slave labour in China may be “complicit in putting profits above human rights” … Read more: Supermarkets 'putting profits above human rights', MP says – BBCContinue Reading
We Demand the Immediate Release of Moussa Tchangari, Journalist and Human Rights Defender
ssa Tchangari, a journalist and human rights defender in the Republic of Niger. Moussa, General Secretary of Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC), … Read more: We Demand the Immediate Release of Moussa Tchangari, Journalist and Human Rights DefenderContinue Reading
Religious Freedom in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan. 1. Transitional Justice and Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Nuremberg Trials, and the Tokyo Trials are all connected with transitional justice. Read more: Religious Freedom in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan. 1. Transitional Justice and Human RightsContinue Reading
It's time disability reform became an election commitment
Along with this, an Australian Human Rights Act would be transformative. It would protect the rights of all in Australia, help to prevent rights … Read more: It's time disability reform became an election commitmentContinue Reading
Azerbaijan: Authorities must immediately release human rights defender Rufat Safarov
The arbitrary detention of Rufat Safarov is designed to undermine the work of human rights defenders, obstruct the monitoring of the human rights … Read more: Azerbaijan: Authorities must immediately release human rights defender Rufat SafarovContinue Reading
Azerbaijan denounces diplomatic criticism of human rights – Reuters
Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry denounced on Wednesday criticism by Western ambassadors of the country's human rights record, saying the diplomats' … Read more: Azerbaijan denounces diplomatic criticism of human rights – ReutersContinue Reading
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: 'You Feel Like You Are Subhuman' – Amnesty International
… human rights are under threat. Join the Write for Rights campaign and demand justice by calling on decision makers to do the right thing. Join … Read more: Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: 'You Feel Like You Are Subhuman' – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading
HRW Calls on Ethiopia to immediately reverse suspension of 3 human rights organizations
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Ethiopian authorities on Monday, December 2, to reverse the suspension of three human rights organizations: the … Read more: HRW Calls on Ethiopia to immediately reverse suspension of 3 human rights organizationsContinue Reading