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Bangkok (22 February 2024) – The European Union (EU) announces a financial support of €2.4 million to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) for … Read more: The European Union and the UN Human Rights Office launch a joint project to help prevent …Continue Reading

Meet Alex Red Corn: Native Educator and Human Rights Activist. A Kansas professor and enrolled member of the Osage Nation, Alex Red Corn is … Read more: Meet Alex Red Corn: Native Educator and Human Rights Activist | NEAContinue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kano says it received 158 complaints on alleged human rights abuses in the state in January 2024. Read more: Kano NHRC: We received 158 human rights abuse complaints in January – Thecable.ngContinue Reading

Prominent Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has spent 52 months arbitrarily detained simply for exercising his human rights. Read more: Egypt: Further Information: Prominent Activist Denied Consular Visit: Alaa Abdel FattahContinue Reading

Iranian security forces detained Kurdish civil activist Dana Lanjabadi on 20 February in the city of Marivan (Mariwan in Kurdish), where a local … Read more: KHRN: Kurdish civil activist detained in Marivan – Kurdistan Human Rights NetworkContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that end-to-end encryption is essential to privacy within digital systems. Read more: European Court of Human Rights rules end-to-end encryption is essential to privacyContinue Reading

Providing a multilevel vision, a review of the main legal instruments for the protection of human rights will be provided, paying special … Read more: Respect for Human Rights in Spain: A critical analysis from an international law perspectiveContinue Reading

For more than two decades, the Voltaire Human Rights Award has been presented to a person or organisation for outstanding contributions to civil … Read more: Call for Liberty Victoria Voltaire Human Rights Awards nominationsContinue Reading

… human rights abuses. “Realpolitik has always reigned supreme in Washington,” said Mr Vikram Nehru, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute … Read more: US likely to look past Prabowo's alleged human rights record for strategic, economic reasonsContinue Reading

European states must stop this repression”, said today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, while releasing a … Read more: Europe must end repression of human rights defenders assisting refugees, asylum seekers …Continue Reading

Known today as the Cyrus Cylinder, this ancient record has now been recognized as the world's first charter of human rights. It is translated into all … Read more: History of Natural Law & Basic Freedoms, Cyrus the Great – United for Human RightsContinue Reading

We all have the right to be free from discrimination. However, sometimes laws and structures in our society, even when well-intentioned, … Read more: Systemic discrimination – BC's Office of the Human Rights CommissionerContinue Reading

The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a national project mapping threats to trans and gender diverse (TGD) human rights in Australia. Read more: Call for Submissions: Current and emerging threats to TGD human rightsContinue Reading

… Human Rights Network (KHRN). This is the… Read more: Kurdish prisoner’s death penalty confirmed over Israel espionage charges – KHRNContinue Reading