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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

The routine denial of children's human rights in the name of community safety is dangerous, and accepting the inhumane treatment of children who have … Read more: If incarceration made us safer, Queensland would be the safest state. Instead we … – The GuardianContinue Reading

[St. Paul, MN] The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) today filed a lawsuit in Minnesota's Ninth Judicial District Court against Sheridan … Read more: Minnesota Department of Human Rights Sues Printing Company for Failing to Stop a …Continue Reading

Civil society groups which once spoke up for asylum-seekers or migrant workers have fallen silent in the wake of the national security law, … Read more: Shine a light on the plight of migrants in Hong Kong at upcoming UN human rights reviewContinue Reading

This day marks invasion, the violent dispossession and attempted erasure of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait … Read more: Statement on 26 January | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

GENEVA — A civil liberties crackdown, repression in Xinjiang and Hong Kong's draconian national security law are among concerns expected to be … Read more: China rights record in spotlight at UN – ABS-CBN NewsContinue Reading

… human rights conventions. Regrettably, Australia was among several nations that faced allegations of complicity in these human rights violations. Read more: Australia and the Sri Lankan Crisis of 2009 – Australian Institute of International AffairsContinue Reading

A civil liberties crackdown, repression in Xinjiang and Hong Kong's draconian national security law are among concerns expected to be raised … Read more: China Rights Record In Spotlight At UN | Barron'sContinue Reading