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As she releases a new album, the soul and gospel legend answers your questions on Stax Records, duetting with David Byrne, and the fight for civil … Read more: 'It's dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?': Mavis Staples on … – The GuardianContinue Reading

'Supporting the Right to Read in Manitoba' looks at literacy through a human rights lens, assessing literacy screening, education and supports. Read more: Manitoba human rights report recommends changes to literacy screening, instructionContinue Reading

Still on Tanzania, Human Rights Activists in Kenya have hailed the ongoing Anti – Government Protests, saying the neighbouring country is … Read more: Kenyan human rights groups urge AU, SADC, and EAC to hold Suluhu accountable amid …Continue Reading

The tragedy sparked student-led protests demanding justice and accountability. Protests, which have since grown into the largest protests in Serbia's … Read more: One year of protests – hope is louder than fear – Civil Rights DefendersContinue Reading

The EU strongly condemns the ongoing human rights violations and abuses by the Taliban, particularly the institutionalised and grave gender-based … Read more: UN General Assembly 3rd Committee: Interactive dialogue on human rights in AfghanistanContinue Reading

This week, more than 400 rights defenders from over 100 countries are meeting in Bogotá for the International Federation for Human Rights' (FIDH) 42nd … Read more: Bogotá hosts international human rights congress amid surging Latin American crimeContinue Reading

The EU is gravely concerned by reprisals and continued persecution of dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists, media workers and lawyers in … Read more: EU Statement – UN General Assembly 3rd Committee: Interactive dialogue on human rights in IranContinue Reading

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran set up by the United Nations said on Thursday that human rights … Read more: UN investigators warn of 'serious deterioration' of human rights in IranContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that dozens of agents raided the three-storey home of Mohammad-Amin Farrokhi, a citizen from … Read more: Four more Kurdish citizens arrested amid wave of arrests – KHRNContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights has issued a groundbreaking judgment that reshapes climate responsibility. In Greenpeace Nordic and Others v … Read more: European Court of Human Rights sets key climate precedent in Norway oil caseContinue Reading

Classified U.S. report finds backlog of 'hundreds' of possible Israeli human rights violations, according to officials, further complicating a … Read more: Classified U.S. report finds backlog of 'hundreds' of possible Israeli human rights violationsContinue Reading

Richard Bennett, the Special Rapporteur monitoring human rights in Afghanistan – who serves independently under a mandate of the Human Rights Council … Read more: 'Normalising' Taliban rule would betray Afghan women, warns UN expert – UN NewsContinue Reading

We are a long-established London-based law firm focusing on protecting and advancing human rights. We are recruiting for an immigration solicitor … Read more: Job ad: Immigration Solicitor, Birnberg Peirce Solicitors – Free MovementContinue Reading

This report on evidence-based initiatives to prevent and respond to crime by children is a supplement to the 2024 landmark Help Way Earlier! Read more: Evidence-based approaches to child justice | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading