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Access to foundational human rights should be non-negotiable: Reflections from the Asia Pacific Summit of Refugees 2024 … Written by Bahati Kanyamanza … Read more: Access to foundational human rights should be non-negotiable: Reflections from the Asia …Continue Reading

The UN's top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in “agonizing pain”, suffocated by an illegitimate military regime which uses … Read more: Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief | UN NewsContinue Reading

… rights as attacks on journalists, lawyers and human rights groups have “significantly escalated” in the last month. Amnesty International, Human … Read more: Human rights groups join in statement calling Tunisia government to end crackdown on free speechContinue Reading

Beijing opposes using human rights as a pretext to interfere in China's internal affairs, while it hopes to strengthen communication and … Read more: Human rights should not be politicized, China tells EU – Ecns.cnContinue Reading

By Seth Hays and Morgan Hughes. The regulatory drive to encourage businesses to adhere to environmental and human rights standards in their global … Read more: Bridging The Business And Human Rights Gap In Asia – Analysis – Eurasia ReviewContinue Reading

The UN human rights chief started his speech by stating that the number of civilian deaths in armed conflicts increased by 72 percent in 2023, among … Read more: UN human rights chief says number of children killed in armed conflicts tripled in 2023Continue Reading

… Human Rights in Washington D.C 06:02 Deepmala Mahla, Chief Humanitarian Officer at the humanitarian agency CARE. #sudan #civilwar Subscribe: https … Read more: Human rights groups say they have evidence that genocide is taking place in Sudan | DW NewsContinue Reading

“This is part of the broader efforts by the Chinese government to conflate Islam with terrorism,” said Elaine Pearson, the director of Human Rights … Read more: China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groupsContinue Reading

There are currently 160 such organizations listed as being "undesirable," including NGOs, independent media outlets, human rights groups, and others. Read more: European human rights court rules against Russian 'undesirable organizations' lawContinue Reading

A human rights watchdog group is accusing Saudi Arabia of systematically violating the dignity of migrant workers, saying the kingdom is failing … Read more: Human rights watchdog asks how FIFA can "seriously consider" Saudi Arabia as World Cup hostContinue Reading

Yonah Diamond, senior legal council for the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, holds a news conference in Ottawa to discuss the situation. Read more: Human Rights Group Discusses Sudan Crisis – June 18, 2024 | Headline Politics | CPAC.caContinue Reading

World Jewish Congress Launches Institute for Technology and Human Rights. WJC, UNESCO release report on AI and the Holocaust. 18 Jun 2024. Read more: World Jewish Congress Launches Institute for Technology and Human RightsContinue Reading

On 27 March 2024, the UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) adopted an important decision concerning human rights violations resulting from the … Read more: Forceful imposition of foreign citizenship as discrimination and breach of the right to respect …Continue Reading

In 2023, the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey received 781 reports of torture or ill-treatment. There was a spike in reports in June and July, … Read more: Turkey: Human rights report shows increasing torture against Kurds and LGBTQI+ – IFEXContinue Reading