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UNAMA documented at least 800 human rights violations against former Afghan government officials and security forces between Aug. Read more: More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN saysContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre have welcomed the draft Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 … Read more: Australia trailing big tech as disinformation spreads like wildfire on our democracyContinue Reading

Deadline: October 15, 2023. Applications are open for the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic 2023. This Prize is awarded in recognition and … Read more: Human Rights Prize of the French Republic 2023 (€70000 total prize) – Opportunity DeskContinue Reading

UN Document in English on Peru about Protection and Human Rights and Water Sanitation Hygiene; published on 26 Jul 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Visit to Peru – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water …Continue Reading

Penn State's Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative has re-released its trauma-informed practices online module for K-12 educators after upgrading … Read more: Penn State Human Rights Initiative re-releases trauma-informed online trainingContinue Reading

On 14 August 2023, the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB) listed the Homiel branch of the Human Rights Centre Viasna (HRC Viasna) as an … Read more: Homiel branch of human rights organisation Viasna labelled as extremist organisationContinue Reading

India's persistent detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba is an inhumane and senseless act, a United Nations expert said. Read more: India must end inhumane detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba, says UN expertContinue Reading

Together with survivors of the sarin gas attack, Civil Rights Defenders and other human rights organisations filed police reports in Germany, … Read more: Ten years after the chemical weapons attack in Syrian al-Ghouta, the victims are still waiting …Continue Reading

Updated guidelines released by the Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs will strengthen the protection of human rights defenders globally. Read more: Finland: Updated guidelines on human rights defenders | ISHRContinue Reading

Zimbabwe is battling economic troubles and many in the southern African country are pinning their hopes for a better future on Wednesday's … Read more: Human rights violations and repression loom ahead of Zimbabwe national electionContinue Reading

An independent UN human rights expert has called for India to release an activist imprisoned since 2017, expressing concern over his persistent … Read more: Rights expert urges India to release detained activist – UN NewsContinue Reading

The Festival promotes the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, establish human dignity as the highest value, increase civil engagement … Read more: Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film FestivalContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch said Saudi border guards have fired 'explosive weapons' on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf … Read more: Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopians at Yemen border, Human Rights Watch saysContinue Reading

Pakistan's Jaranwala violence: 19 churches gutted, says Human Rights report. HRFP has issued a fact-finding report on the Jaranwala incident and … Read more: Pakistan's Jaranwala violence: 19 churches gutted, says Human Rights report – OrganiserContinue Reading