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Mozambique and the EU renew human rights dialogue, focusing on justice, accountability, reforms, and protecting vulnerable groups amid political … Read more: III Session of the Sectoral Political Dialogue on Human Rights Between Mozambique and the EUContinue Reading

A Security Council committee previously also sanctioned two generals from the RSF for destabilising the country through violence and human rights … Read more: UN officials condemn 'horrifying' mass killings in Sudan as RSF advances – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Nigel Farage's legislative bid to take Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights failed but Labour's hesitant response has raised … Read more: Why did Nigel Farage's Ten Minute Rule Bill fail? – Parliament Matters podcast, Episode 112Continue Reading

A US government watchdog says in a classified report that the IDF committed “many hundreds” of potential human rights violations during the Gaza … Read more: Report: US watchdog says IDF committed 'many hundreds' of potential human rights …Continue Reading

Ahead of the trial of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Ahmed Souab starting on 31October in Tunis, Heba Morayef, Regional Director for … Read more: Tunisia: Authorities must immediately release detained lawyer Ahmed SouabContinue Reading

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