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Representatives from more than 120 countries spoke positively about China's progress in human rights, from the eradication of absolute poverty to the … Read more: The West should stop weaponizing human rights, and targeting China – Opinion – Chinadaily.com.cnContinue Reading

UN human rights chief Volker Türk expressed his shock on Thursday at credible reports alleging that Malian armed forces and foreign military … Read more: World News in Brief: Dozens killed in Mali 'summary executions', Ukraine update, civilian …Continue Reading

On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a diverse, people-powered, global coalition made history at the United … Read more: The Global Coalition for the Right to a Healthy Environment: Making History & Protecting Our …Continue Reading

This resolution puts pressure on Azerbaijan's government to uphold human rights and stop committing crimes against ethnic Armenians in the region. We … Read more: Markey, Cassidy Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Seeking Information on Azerbaijan's …Continue Reading

The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing on “THE PRC'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AND THE REAL STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS Read more: Congressional Executive Commission Hold Review of China's Human Rights SituationContinue Reading

Congress is right to invoke Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act to ask serious questions about Azerbaijan's human rights and civilian … Read more: Cassidy, Markey, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Demanding Answers on Azerbaijan's …Continue Reading

The Human Rights Defenders Protection Act will help elevate, guide, and enhance U.S. efforts to support these courageous individuals globally at a … Read more: Murphy, Cardin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Protect Human Rights Defenders WorldwideContinue Reading

Varadkar says EU-Israel relations are founded on an agreement which has a human rights clause and 'a lot of us believe that Israel may be in … Read more: Taoiseach questions EU-Israel agreement due to fears of human rights breachContinue Reading

“The Human Rights Defender Protection Act strengthens the State Department's ability to safeguard human rights, stand up to authoritarianism, and … Read more: Markey Joins Chair Cardin in Introducing Legislation to Protect Human Rights Defenders WorldwideContinue Reading

… human rights violations, including enforced disappearance, torture and other-ill treatment. He must be immediately and unconditionally released … Read more: Egypt: Further information: Tortured student denied usable prosthetic leg: Oqba HashadContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch Daily Brief · Advice for Car Buyers · Quick Takes: Sudan; Gaza; Italy/Albania; Spyware · Readers' Recommendations · Weekly Quiz! Read more: Is Your Car Driving Repression? – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Expressing deep concern, the Human Rights Council-appointed experts highlighted the alarming toll on journalists and media workers in the Occupied … Read more: Gaza: UN rights experts condemn 'killing and silencing' of journalists – UN NewsContinue Reading

Iowa lawmakers declined to advance a bill that would have stripped gender identity from the state's civil rights law, a proposal that opponents … Read more: Iowa legislators reject move to strip gender identity from state's civil rights law – NBC NewsContinue Reading

KATHMANDU – With no government initiative to implement its recommendations, the National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday made public a list of … Read more: Constitutional watchdog names 60 persons implicated in serious human rights abusesContinue Reading