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Human Rights Watch (HRW), SITY Research and Truth Hounds released a report Thursday on the Russian military assault on the Ukrainian city of … Read more: Human rights organizations release report alleging mass civilian casualties during Russia …Continue Reading

… human rights abusers – whether administrations will actually enforce the human rights conditions against strategically important allies and partners. Read more: Prez Joe Biden order attaches human rights conditions to US military aid for IsraelContinue Reading

“I was obsessed with declaring that non-human entities whose cases reached the Court should be endowed with rights,” Ávila affirms. To attend this … Read more: How a trial about the rights of nature led to the discovery of a hallucinogenic mushroom in EcuadorContinue Reading

WASHINGTON — A new directive by President Joe Biden appeared to ease a split among Democrats over his military support for Israel's war in Gaza, … Read more: Biden attaches human rights conditions to aid | News | avpress.comContinue Reading

Uganda has received various requests from UN Special Mandate holders seeking Uganda's response to allegations of human rights violations, … Read more: What are the takeaways from the latest petitions – Daily MonitorContinue Reading

The human rights committees and special mandate holders at the United Nations (UN) have been petitioned to take action against government of Uganda … Read more: UN petitioned to look at 2021 rights abuses – Daily MonitorContinue Reading

ABU DHABI: The Union for Human Rights Association held its first General Assembly (GA) in Abu Dhabi on 8th February 2024, with the participation … Read more: Union for Human Rights Association's GA holds inaugural meeting, elects board's membersContinue Reading

During the hostilities in Gaza, Human Rights Watch has warned that forced displacement, a war crime, is becoming more of a risk. Any forced … Read more: Israel: Rafah Evacuation Plans Catastrophic, Unlawful | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The Iran Human Rights organization said the sentence to cut off four fingers from the hand of a 34-year-old prisoner, identified only as Yousef T., … Read more: Iranian Prisoner Has 4 Fingers Amputated For Theft Charge He Denies – RFE/RLContinue Reading

Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu — race and gender activist, and daughter of famed South African civil rights leader Bishop Desmond Tutu — visits Texas … Read more: Human rights activist, Tutu, speaks to university students, community | News | seguingazette.comContinue Reading

… speeding up the sale of stakes in two joint ventures in China after its local partner was accused in media reports of human rights abuses. Read more: BASF sells stakes in two China ventures after reports of human rights abuses | AP NewsContinue Reading

… human rights abuses. Yang Hengjun, a writer and blogger who was born in China and became an Australian citizen in 2000, had been vocal about his … Read more: Writer's Suspended Death Sentence Is a Reminder of China's Awful Record on Human RightsContinue Reading

He was Dr. Dan Hill then, recently appointed as the first full-time chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC). Advertisement 2. Story … Read more: Brown-John: Human rights champion Dan Hill a remarkable person | Windsor StarContinue Reading

German chemical giant calls reports of visits to Uygur employees 'serious allegations that indicate activities inconsistent' with company's … Read more: BASF to divest from two China joint ventures over allegations of Xinjiang human rights abusesContinue Reading