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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have confirmed that Greece was directly responsible for the sinking of the Adriana fishing vessel and … Read more: Amnesty International/Human Rights Watch expose Greece's lies over drowning of 600 …Continue Reading

India's rushed telco bill must be amended to protect human rights … Access Now is alarmed by the introduction of India's Telecommunications Bill, 2023 … Read more: India's rushed telco bill must be amended to protect human rights – Access NowContinue Reading

Now, as 2023 comes to a close, the group is taking pharma giants to task over their patenting strategies and potential human rights shortfalls. In … Read more: Activist shareholders urge drugmakers to re-evaluate patent strategies, human rights policiesContinue Reading

So-called “friendly settlement” agreements are permitted under Article 39 ECHR, which provides that the European Court of Human Rights may place … Read more: Government accepts breach of Article 3 ECHR rights of child held in solitary confinementContinue Reading

MILWAUKEE — To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, members of the Milwaukee Anti-war Committee (MAC) … Read more: Local group celebrates human rights organizers as Israel-Palestine conflict continuesContinue Reading

The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime, Human Rights … Read more: Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

18 December 2023. Human rights organisations, aid agencies and activists have issued a solidarity statement in support of … Read more: Leading human rights groups and campaigners join Global Day of Action … – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

The Bihar chapter of Human Rights Association (HRA) organised a seminar on 'Consolidating and sustaining human rights culture of dignity, … Read more: Elocution contest on human rights held – The Times of IndiaContinue Reading

… human rights. Launched in 2020, the award is made possible by the … Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand's Community Manager, Margaret Taylor, … Read more: Rangatahi Maōri activist Te Matahiapo Safari Hynes wins Amnesty AwardContinue Reading

North Korea has long been accused of grave human rights abuses, ranging from holding political prisoners in concentration camps to committing torture … Read more: Unification minister says human rights violations 'status quo' in N. KoreaContinue Reading

Biram Dah Abeid, who campaigns against human rights abuses in Mauritania, was discussed as a potential candidate for the Sakharov Prize in 2020. Past … Read more: Qatargate victim speaks out over claims he was blocked from top human rights prizeContinue Reading

More than a hundred human rights organizers from around the country, many wearing keffiyeh or other pro-Palestinian symbols, gathered at TSU's … Read more: Human rights organizers gather in Nashville to discuss policing, labor rights and PalestineContinue Reading

Minnesota civil rights and labor activist Nellie Stone Johnson was born on this day in 1905. Though little known nationally, she was a key figure … Read more: You Should Know About Minnesota Labor and Civil Rights Hero Nellie Stone JohnsonContinue Reading

Watch this webinar, delivered in November 2023, to learn about the Australian Human Rights Commission's successful IncludeAbility disability … Read more: Webinar: Lessons from disability employment project IncludeAbilityContinue Reading