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Pakistan faced a severe economic crisis in 2023, marked by soaring poverty, inflation, and unemployment, according to a report by Human Rights Watch ( … Read more: Pakistan Grapples with Economic Turmoil and Human Rights Concerns: HRWContinue Reading

Governments should stop engaging in transactional diplomacy and do their utmost to uphold universal human rights principles. Renewed armed conflict … Read more: Global leaders failed to protect universal human rights in 2023 – NJTODAY.NETContinue Reading

… human rights concerns. The campaign was announced in early December 2023 via press conference. In a message directed to the country's drug dealers … Read more: Sri Lanka anti-drug operation to continue amid human rights concerns – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faced one of the worst economic crises in its history, jeopardising millions of people's rights to health and food, Human … Read more: Human Rights Watch report blames IMF for additional hardships for low-income groups in PakistanContinue Reading

Increasing repression by governments in Asia is negatively affecting human rights locally and internationally, the HRW said. Asia, unlike Europe, … Read more: Pakistan faced worst economic crisis in 2023, says Human Rights Watch – Business – DawnContinue Reading

… Human Rights, Deputy Foreign Minister Irena Dimitrova said on January 19. … A Foreign Ministry statement said that Dimitrova emphasised the priority … Read more: Bulgaria nominates Kuneva as its candidate Council of Europe Commissioner for Human RightsContinue Reading

The bill was introduced and quickly passed by the National Assembly on 24 January 2023, even though its text contradicts international human rights … Read more: NGOs condemn the Venezuelan government over bill that criminalises and obstructs work of …Continue Reading

A Bahraini man on death row who maintains innocence has urged players competing at the Bahrain Darts Masters to show support for human rights in the … Read more: Bahrain: Death row inmate urges darts players to speak for human rights | Middle East EyeContinue Reading

The longtime advocate for democracy and human rights in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina received the award at the UC Berkeley winter … Read more: Ambassador, human rights advocate Damir Arnaut '02 wins Haas International AwardContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed concern over the treatment of Afghan women activists currently held in Taliban detention. Read more: Human Rights Advocates Worried Over Treatment Of Afghan Women Detained By TalibanContinue Reading

Prof Atiya Warris, a distinguished faculty member at the University of Nairobi's Faculty of Law, addressed the 2nd Meeting of the Human Rights … Read more: UoN Professor Atiya Warris Champions Debt Reforms at United Nations Human Rights …Continue Reading

… civil rights organisation that has taken the case to the European Court of Human Rights. Hungary's so-called child-protection law, passed in 2021 … Read more: Hungary digs in against EU over migrants and LGBTi rights – EUobserverContinue Reading

The “Killing in the Name” shredder is set to perform at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which is located in Winnipeg. The concert will … Read more: Tom Morello performing at Canadian Museum for Human Rights – 98KUPD – Arizona's Real RockContinue Reading

The European Court Of Human Rights said on Friday that Ireland had launched a legal challenge against Britain over a new law that gives … Read more: Ireland launches legal case against UK over Northern Ireland amnesty law – ReutersContinue Reading