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AUSTIN, Texas — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Equality Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign and the University of Texas at … Read more: Groups write to UN over 'deteriorating human rights' for LGBTQ Texans – Los Angeles BladeContinue Reading

A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday called on the authorities in Hong Kong to drop all charges against pro-democracy media … Read more: Hong Kong: UN human rights experts call for immediate release of Jimmy Lai | UN NewsContinue Reading

Boaz Dvir, the director of Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative, will facilitate the concluding symposium in the Schreyer Honors … Read more: Human Rights Initiative director to conclude 'Dialogues of Democracy' series – Penn StateContinue Reading

A judge has dismissed a human rights case that had been intended to prevent the extradition of a man wanted by Italy to face drug trafficking and … Read more: Judge dismisses human rights case filed by man wanted in Italy over drug and organised …Continue Reading

Human rights worker Ayman Lubbad is among the Palestinian prisoners claiming abuse in Israeli custody, where six have died. Read more: Gaza activist tells of beating and abuse in Israeli detention – The GuardianContinue Reading

The situation of human rights in the country significantly improved under the Marcos administration, considering its several accomplishments in … Read more: State of human rights in PH improves under PBBM admin | Philippine News AgencyContinue Reading

Berlin voted in favour of the South African candidate, Mxolisi Nkosi, in the secret ballot to select the next president of the UN Human Rights … Read more: Morocco : UN Human Rights Council: Berlin votes for Pretoria over RabatContinue Reading

Malaysia will soon have its human rights performance reviewed by countries around the world at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva through a process … Read more: How the Universal Periodic Review will assess Malaysia's human rights record – AliranContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch did not receive a response. Waves of arrests started in 2021 following violent protests linked to court cases involving Sonko, and … Read more: Senegal: Pre-Election Crackdown | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

An Iranian ballistic missile attack struck a home in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, on January 15, 2024, killing four civilians and … Read more: Iraq: Iranian Attack Kills Civilians in Erbil | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The pressing question now is, will the EU sell out the environment and human rights for the sake of trade? While an agreement in principle was … Read more: A climate-denier Milei and a hypocritical EU-Mercosur pact – EUobserverContinue Reading

NOW: 'Women's rights are human rights:' Wisconsin leaders, pro-choice advocates hold abortion access rally ahead of VP Harris' visit Monday. Read more: 'Women's rights are human rights:' Wisconsin leaders, pro-choice advocates hold abortion access …Continue Reading

… Human Rights. The Just Security Podcast: A Human Rights Law Returns to Spark Debate on U.S. Arms Sales by John Ramming Chappell (@jwrchappell) and … Read more: Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Jan. 14-21)Continue Reading

A woman human rights defender's house was raided, Pashtun activists were arrested and a human rights defender is on trial on fabricated cybercrime … Read more: Pakistan: Crackdown on the opposition, Baloch protesters and other civic freedoms ahead of …Continue Reading