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… human rights for over 30 years. Eunyong Chung, Chairman Chung's father, lost his 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter at No Gun Ri in late July … Read more: Chung Koo-do – Robert F. Kennedy Human RightsContinue Reading

Independent UN human rights experts said on Thursday that the forthcoming global plastic pollution treaty must ensure accountability at every … Read more: Global plastics treaty: UN experts calls for centrality of human rights | UN NewsContinue Reading

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has heard that the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution's allegations of human rights violations at … Read more: Stilfontein Mine | Allegations of human rights violations – YouTubeContinue Reading

We spoke to Geoffrey Robertson KC, a leading human rights lawyer who has been a United Nations war crimes judge. Read more: ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu 'not anti-semitic' says leading human rights lawyerContinue Reading

… Human Rights Code (OHRC), because it was untimely. This decision provides guidance on when, in the human rights context, an administrative body's … Read more: Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Distinguishes Between Discrete Acts of …Continue Reading

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today praised 19 U.S. … Read more: CAIR Commends Historic Senate Support for Palestinian Human Rights in Sanders' Joint …Continue Reading

MENA Rights Group, the Committee for Justice and the Egyptian Front for Human Rights welcome the recommendation by the Sub-Committee on … Read more: Welcoming the downgrade of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights to grade BContinue Reading

A U.N. General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for the … Read more: UN committee adopts resolution on N. Korean human rights for 20th straight yearContinue Reading

Free internet access should be made a human right – study. Dr Merten Reglitz, of the University of Birmingham, says the reliance of modern life on the … Read more: Free internet access should be made a human right – study | The IndependentContinue Reading

In short: As many as 10 separate human rights may be limited by laws to return the 'NZYQ' group to immigration detention. A bipartisan group of … Read more: Bill to re-detain NZYQ cohort may impinge on 10 separate human rights – ABC NewsContinue Reading

November 20, 2024 – Today, the Southern Border Communities Coalition took its fight for dignity and human rights to the U.S. Supreme Court by … Read more: Southern Border Communities Coalition Files Supreme Court Amicus in Barnes v. Felix to …Continue Reading

The continued judicial harassment of Khurram Parvez is a calculated assault on civil society and dissent in Kashmir. We, the undersigned human rights … Read more: India: Three years of arbitrary detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram ParvezContinue Reading

The research argues that the new human right to free internet access should include protection from government censorship, surveillance and misuse, … Read more: New research sets out how to make free internet access a human rightContinue Reading

It marks a "shocking and devastating development" in the war, says Human Rights Watch. Read more: Ukraine-Russia war: US criticised for sending landmines to Kyiv – BBCContinue Reading