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BANGKOK (AP) — A leading international human rights organization has urged the Thai government to stop forcing political dissidents who fled to … Read more: Human rights group urges Thailand to stop forcing dissidents to return home – KRDOContinue Reading

Aid agencies are running out of food in southern Gaza amid Israel's ongoing offensive in Rafah and the shutdown of the two main border crossings … Read more: Israeli Human Rights Lawyer Attacked While Documenting Settler Raid on Gaza Aid ConvoyContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch has urged Thailand to stop forcing dissidents back to dangerous home countries, citing violations of international law. A report … Read more: Human rights group urges Thai government to halt forced repatriation of political dissidentsContinue Reading

A B.C. father has won the right to a hearing of his human rights complaint against the provincial government's liquor distribution agency. Read more: BC liquor store worker to get human rights hearing over family status | Vancouver SunContinue Reading

Exclusive: A transgender man is bringing an unprecedented human rights case against the Department of Corrections. He tells Alex Casey about his … Read more: Deadnaming, insults and harassment: trans Corrections officer brings landmark human …Continue Reading

Today the B.C. Legislative Assembly voted unanimously to reappoint Kasari Govender, KC, as Human Rights Commissioner for British Columbia. Read more: Kasari Govender reappointed as B.C.'s independent Human Rights CommissionerContinue Reading

This will support the development of a human rights emergency and disaster framework to improve responses to future emergencies and disasters in … Read more: How were you affected by COVID measures? – Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

U.S. announces new sanctions against Nicaragua over migration, human rights abuses, ties to Russia. By Bo Erickson. May 15, 2024 / 2:07 PM EDT / CBS … Read more: U.S. announces new sanctions against Nicaragua over migration, human rights abuses, ties …Continue Reading

To revitalize human rights organizations in the face of external threats, internal work must be done to transform power relations and support … Read more: Regenerative activism: reimagining power in the human rights field | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

Rights groups welcomed the ruling, obtained under “universal jurisdiction”, which allows countries to prosecute alleged crimes against humanity, war … Read more: Swiss court finds Gambian ex-minister guilty of crimes against humanity – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Those with no right to be in the UK, who have had an earlier protection or human rights claim refused or withdrawn and are unable to appeal their … Read more: Failed asylum seekers detained for removal to Rwanda – GOV.UKContinue Reading

May 15, 2024. RFK Human Rights celebrates the resolution issued by the Ninth Criminal Sentencing Court in Guatemala in favor of prominent Guatemalan … Read more: RFK Human Rights celebrates Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora's parole decision …Continue Reading

The prohibition of the crime of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law from which no derogation is permitted. Read more: Genocide in Gaza — University Network for Human RightsContinue Reading

Human rights scholar Martha Minow addressed around 30000 graduates and guests at NYU's 191st commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, … Read more: Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencementContinue Reading