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Lawyer Victoria Bright cautions that the growing trend of excessive bail amounts risks setting a dangerous precedent. Read more: Victoria Bright warns: Excessive bail could normalise human rights violations | #NewsfileContinue Reading

The move has raised concerns among humans rights groups, international law experts, and civil society organisations in Australia — a contributor to … Read more: Australian F-35 exports face fresh scrutiny as jets approved for Saudi Arabia – ABC NewsContinue Reading

… human rights Elisa Morgera about a major barrier to real climate action: disinformation. Her latest report lays out how climate justice activists … Read more: Israel is rampaging through the West Bank – why isn't there more coverage? – YouTubeContinue Reading

For more than 15 years, Luis Fernando Sánchez Caicedo had dedicated himself to human rights in Colombia, supporting young people and advocacting … Read more: Can a wildlife paradise on a Colombian island survive the arrival of a military base?Continue Reading

The accumulative effect has “severe consequences for the enjoyment of human rights, including the rights to life, food, health and development”, … Read more: US sanctions must be stopped as they reshape life in Cuba: UN rapporteur – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Mumbai: Just 24% or 44 of the 183 orders issued by the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) in the past 12 years have been accepted … Read more: Merely 1/4th of Maharashtra human rights body orders accepted by state: RTI | Mumbai NewsContinue Reading

… human-rights record. The flight represented an unusual example of cooperation between Iran and the US. Dozens of Iranians were placed on the … Read more: Christian converts are among the Iranians being sent home from US – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… rights-based framing we have ever seen in a COP decision. For the first time, labour rights, human rights, the right to a clean environment, Free … Read more: COP30 takes a hopeful step towards Justice, but does not go far enoughContinue Reading

At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says. A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) … Read more: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 22 Palestinians, medical and civil defence officials say – BBCContinue Reading

The legislation tabled last month has been the subject of growing consternation among legal experts and civil liberties groups, who warn it would … Read more: Why Quebec's proposed constitution has legal experts, civil rights groups sounding the alarm – CBCContinue Reading

… human rights abuses at its Malaysian factory. Mould manufacturer MediCeram is accused of abusing the rights of more than 200 Bangladeshi workers … Read more: Workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian factory after abuse allegations – ABC NewsContinue Reading

Yet the lack of participatory, inclusive, and transparent negotiations left both civil society and Indigenous Peoples, who answered the global mutirão … Read more: COP30: Rights trampled, yet people power demonstrates that humanity will winContinue Reading

Dr Sue Wareham, national president of the Medical Association for Prevention of War, said Saudi Arabia had an “appalling human rights record”, in … Read more: Human rights fears over Australia's role in F-35 parts after Trump's decision to sell fighter …Continue Reading

Citing a Human Rights Watch report, the activists stressed that the Taliban threaten, detain, and in some cases torture journalists. Reports indicate … Read more: Human Rights Activists' Alliance: Media in Afghanistan under Comprehensive Taliban AssaultContinue Reading