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… Human Rights heard this week. Dr Niamh Keady-Tabbal from the Irish Centre for Human Rights, who was representing the teenage boy in his case … Read more: Human rights court hears case of 15-year-old Afghan boy 'forced' on to raft and left to 'drift at sea'Continue Reading

Cork Harbour will host a ship and its crew of human rights activists this weekend who are sailing to Gaza to challenge Israel's naval blockade of … Read more: Boat carrying human rights activists headed for Gaza to stop off in Cork Harbour this weekendContinue Reading

Editorials: Denying human rights … President Joe Biden denies America's best tradition and hopes, and forgets his own heritage, by severely … Read more: Editorials: Denying human rights – Storm Lake Times PilotContinue Reading

The seven human rights defenders were peacefully protesting against the intended financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) by … Read more: Seven Environmental activists brutally arrested, charged and released on police bail for …Continue Reading

16th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Preliminary Rounds (In-person) 15 July – 19 July 2024 … Read more: Top 24 Qualifying Teams – Centre for Human Rights – University of PretoriaContinue Reading

The House voted to sanction the ICC after the court said it plans to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. It continues a long history of the … Read more: US Officials Are Fighting Against International Human Rights Law—Again – Mother JonesContinue Reading

Marching for Chester's Human Rights and Clean Air. What happens when the largest trash incinerator in the United States threatens the lives of a … Read more: Marching for Chester's Human Rights and Clean Air | Global Sisters ReportContinue Reading

Over the past five years the Australian Human Rights Commission, through its Free and Equal Project, has undertaken crucial and inspiring work to push … Read more: High Commissioner shows support for Human Rights Act in Australia | OHCHRContinue Reading

But with such diversity comes racial prejudice, which fuels another hate crime every three hours on average. Human rights advocate Nicole Crellin … Read more: Voices for Humanity Unites Canada's Diverse Cultures Through Human Rights Education …Continue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Afghanistan about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 5 Jun 2024 by OHCHR. Read more: Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on mass flogging in … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch on Thursday slammed Italy's deal to send asylum seekers to Albania, terming the pact as a “model of mismanagement” and a … Read more: Human Rights Watch criticizes Italy asylum seeker deal with Albania – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

Responding to a damming report by the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which warned that Sri Lanka's failures to tackle … Read more: Sri Lanka's envoy lashes out at UN Human Rights High Commissioner's reportContinue Reading

… Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On 30 December 2023, after 14 months of detention, Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of … Read more: Iran’s Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Kurdish Sunni cleric – KHRNContinue Reading

Stephen Kwikiriza is an environmental activist and a human rights defender who works with the non-governmental organization EGI. He is from the … Read more: Uganda human rights defender detained by military forces for opposing a crude oil pipeline projectContinue Reading