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… Human Rights Volker Turk said yesterday. The Houthis took over the building on August 3, after forcing Yemeni staff to hand over belongings … Read more: UN reveals that Houthis raided human rights office in Sanaa earlier this monthContinue Reading

Free speech organization Article 19 urged the government of Algeria to repeal recent amendments made to the Algerian Penal Code to align with … Read more: Human rights organisation urges Algeria government to repeal new amendments to the Penal CodeContinue Reading

During this year's awards process, 42 human rights figures from 17 countries were nominated to the Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Award … Read more: Samidoun international coordinator receives Islamic Human Rights Award in TehranContinue Reading

Last Updated August 12, 2024 6:26 pm. OTTAWA — The recently appointed chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission agreed to resign … Read more: Chief human–rights commissioner resigns after investigation into Israel comments – CityNews TorontoContinue Reading

The recently appointed chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission said Monday that he agreed t… Read more: Chief human rights commissioner resigns after investigation into Israel comments – CHAT NewsContinue Reading

Various human rights organisations have criticised the Tanzanian Police Force for detaining Chadema leaders and journalists. Those arrested include … Read more: Human rights and advocacy groups condemn political mass arrests – The Citizen TanzaniaContinue Reading

Canada's new human rights commissioner resigned Monday, before ever starting the job, after concerns were raised by Jewish advocacy organizations … Read more: Canada's new human rights commissioner resigns over past Israel comments probeContinue Reading

The federal government's pick to lead the human-rights commission has resigned ahead of taking the role after a report found the vetting process … Read more: Canadian human rights chief pick Birju Dattani resigns after report finds flawed vetting processContinue Reading

Build One South Africa has decried what it says is a failure by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to condemn the human rights … Read more: 44th SADC Summit I BOSA condemns alleged human rights abuse in Zimbabwe – YouTubeContinue Reading

Controversy over anti-Semitic comments prompted Canada's incoming human rights commissioner to step down, without spending a single day in his new … Read more: Chief human rights commissioner resigns after investigation – Toronto SunContinue Reading

UN Document in Arabic on World about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 9 Jul 2024 by UN GA. Read more: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (A/79/123) [EN …Continue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre has denounced Premier Allan for breaking a promise to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027 … Read more: Premier Allan to continue locking up children after breaking promise to #RaiseTheAgeContinue Reading

Birju Dattani announced his resignation in a LinkedIn post Monday, saying "I have agreed to resign as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Read more: Canada chief human rights commissioner resigns after controversy over Israel activityContinue Reading

Canada's human rights commissioner Birju Dattani has resigned before ever officially starting the job, according to a post on his LinkedIn account … Read more: New human rights commissioner resigns before starting role – Yahoo News CanadaContinue Reading