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A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Thursday said that the military drones while targeting rebels … Read more: Burkina Faso military drone strikes killed dozens of civilians: Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

An Attawapiskat member has submitted a 500-page human rights complaint to the United Nations over his First Nation's lack of access to clean … Read more: Attawapiskat member files UN human rights complaint over decades-long struggle for clean …Continue Reading

… under pressure to improve protections for workers, citizens, and the environment when investing in countries with questionable human rights records. Read more: EBRD under pressure over human rights complaints – DevexContinue Reading

CARACAS, Venezuela (OSV News) — Venezuelan parishes and human rights organizations are demanding "a trustworthy, expeditious and transparent" … Read more: Human rights groups demand investigation into mysterious death of missionary in VenezuelaContinue Reading

… human rights crisis” in our state. The letter specifically highlights seven laws passed during the last legislative session which infringe on the … Read more: Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in Texas May Violate Human Rights TreatiesContinue Reading

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — During a regular periodic review conducted by the UN Human Rights Council, Israel criticized China's treatment of Muslims … Read more: Commentary: Israel's bizarre human rights accusations – People's Daily OnlineContinue Reading

Sunak was defiant when asked about the European Court of Human Rights' intervention, insisting he will not let a "foreign court" stop deportations … Read more: Blow for Rwanda plan as top human rights judge reminds Sunak he must obey court – ITVXContinue Reading

Intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem. Time and place. 5 … Read more: Intersessional panel discussion on human rights challenges in addressing and countering … – ohchrContinue Reading

The keynote message from the conference was that lawyers around the world remain fundamental to championing legal representation and human rights … Read more: Human Rights Violations in Iran: The Role of Lawyers – The Law Society of Northern IrelandContinue Reading

… human rights. Instead, the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) ordered her pretrial detention pending investigations into similar bogus … Read more: Egypt: Further information: Unjustly jailed lawyer faces new charges: Hoda AbdelmoniemContinue Reading

He made the remarks at an event titled "Human Rights and Chinese Modernization" on Wednesday in Geneva. Zhu Hongli, deputy secretary general of The … Read more: Global experts applaud China's achievements in human rights protection – XinhuaContinue Reading

Human rights are an important part of our lives. In fact, they are so much a part of everyday living that we can often take them for granted. Read more: How young people can get involved in human rightsContinue Reading

The UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group examined the human rights record of China, one of the 14 states … Read more: UN Human Rights Council examines peer review of China human rights record – JURISTContinue Reading

Big Issue readers react to articles on human rights, the future of energy and the leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party gets in touch. Read more: Letters: The UK was known for championing human rights – until Rishi Sunak's governmentContinue Reading