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The Home Office (Secretary of State) implicitly considers whether an application is a human rights claim and whether a right of appeal exists against … Read more: A Guide to Human Rights Claims in UK Immigration Applications – LexologyContinue Reading

Kurdish political prisoners Pezhman Fatehi, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi and Vafa Azarbar were executed today in Ghezel Hesar Prison in … Read more: Iran executes four Kurdish political prisoners in Karaj – Kurdistan Human Rights NetworkContinue Reading

The law would hold large companies to account for their human rights and environmental impacts across their global value chains. Under the law, … Read more: Germany Throws a Spanner in Works of the EU Supply Chain Law | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

A human rights activist accused of being behind several fires was arrested on Thursday January 25 in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, … Read more: Human rights activist arrested in Equatorial Guinea – Medafrica TimesContinue Reading

Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian human rights activist, is facing criminal charges of “aggravated damage” for painting a graffiti in protest … Read more: Argentina: Lgbti+ activist criminalised for graffiti protest – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

The case, premised on allegations of human rights violations during a conflict, included charges of rape, sexual violence, forced marriage, and … Read more: ECOWAS Court Throws Out Human Rights Violations Case Against Mali – Arise NewsContinue Reading

After this commission failed to achieve its stated objectives, the Human Rights Council in 2015 passed the first of a series of important resolutions … Read more: Sri Lanka: New Transitional Justice Process Lacks Credibility – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

… human rights atrocities in Africa. Advertisement. Survival International, which fights for the rights of indigenous peoples, has launched a … Read more: Prince Harry faces calls to quit his role in a conservation charity accused of operating an …Continue Reading

“The conviction and 27-year prison sentence for Sokha, a political opposition leader, shows Cambodian authorities' disregard for human rights and the … Read more: Cambodia: Authorities must overturn baseless treason conviction of opposition leaderContinue Reading

Ugandan civil rights groups challenged the Anti-Homosexuality Act in December amid international pressure to repeal the law. Ali Rogin speaks with … Read more: LGBTQ+ Ugandans fight for survival, civil rights under country's anti-gay law – YouTubeContinue Reading

A coalition of human-rights groups representing ethnic communities targeted by China are poised to boycott the public inquiry into foreign … Read more: Human–rights groups threaten to withdraw from the foreign interference inquiryContinue Reading

This is not just an issue of human rights. The Baka rely on the forest for their food, medicine and shelter. Their relationship with the forest is … Read more: FIORE LONGO: Human rights abuses are often funded with British donations – Daily MailContinue Reading

Since 2013, Human Rights Watch has visited Asha Kiran many times, most recently in May 2023, and documented involuntary admission, arbitrary and … Read more: India: End Lifelong Warehousing of People with Disabilities – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

In one of his several acts of constitutional vandalism, Sir Tony Blair's 1998 Human Rights Act compels British Government ministers to declare that … Read more: Quit the European Convention on Human Rights or continue to be humiliated, says Sarah DinesContinue Reading