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The national findings underscore the persistence of workplace double standards and social isolation faced by LGBTQ people. Read more: Equality Rising: LGBTQ+ Workers and the Road Ahead – Human Rights CampaignContinue Reading

This policy brief reflects on the need to harness the potential of human rights and SDG systems integration to accelerate inclusive policy … Read more: Human Rights and SDG Systems Integration: Beyond Linkages, Data and Efficiency … – UN iLibraryContinue Reading

Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who revealed this on X, said the team on Friday met the Lagos State Commissioner of Police who helped facilitate … Read more: Human Rights Group Secures Release Of 12 Protesters In Lagos – The Whistler NewspaperContinue Reading

Let's get more reaction to the activists who've been arrested in Zimbabwe. Former Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti joins us. Read more: Zimbabwe Arrests | It's an incredible assault on human rights: Tendai Biti weighs inContinue Reading

This morning, a USA Today article by senior reporter Jessica Guynn explains that as bad actors from the fringe right are taking to social media in … Read more: ICYMI: Employees & Customers Speak Out Against Anti-DEI CampaignsContinue Reading

Brighton & Hove Pride, the city's biggest and brightest event celebrating the diversity, joy and unity of our LGBTQ+ communities, takes place this … Read more: Wishing you a safe and happy Pride weekend! – Brighton & Hove City CouncilContinue Reading

Remembering Holocaust Victims, Secretary-General Urges 'Stand Together' to Protect Human Rights of Roma, in Observance Message at Auschwitz-Birkenau … Read more: Remembering Holocaust Victims, Secretary-General Urges 'Stand Together' to Protect …Continue Reading

Of course, the left and right of civil liberties have been confused for some time. The Conservatives started to get the better of Tony Blair only when … Read more: Keir Starmer versus the mob: he is not a lefty human rights lawyer after all | The IndependentContinue Reading

Ireland's response to those seeking asylum breaches the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, a court rules. Read more: Asylum seekers: Ireland in breach of human rights – High Court – BBCContinue Reading

The Office of the High Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR), recently concluded a three day training for National Assembly Members on the promotion … Read more: Lawmakers trained on human rights – The PointContinue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) is deeply relieved by the news and welcomes the efforts of the countries that … Read more: Russia: Human rights defender Oleg Orlov releasedContinue Reading

In delivering his judgment Mr. Justice O'Donnell found that central to upholding their human rights is the provision of “….an adequate standard of … Read more: UNHCR Welcomes High Court Judgment Upholding The Human Rights of Homeless …Continue Reading

Human Rights First reported from Bahrain during the unrest in 2011, and further documented human rights abuses there in 2012. We, like other … Read more: Bahraini Prince Nasser still feted in U.S. Despite Torture Allegations – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

A human rights chief has condemned Olympics boxing at Paris 2024 as an 'absurd and dangerous spectacle' as a second female boxer who previously … Read more: As the row over boxer Imane Khelife continues, Olympic boxing is branded an 'absurd … – Daily MailContinue Reading