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The president devoted more than 20 minutes of his press conference to an attack on Centro Prodh and its activism for human rights in Mexico. Read more: Mexico's President López Obrador attacks Jesuit human rights advocatesContinue Reading

The B.C. Court of Appeal recently ruled that the B.C. Supreme Court has the jurisdiction enforce a settlement reached through the Human Rights … Read more: Court of Appeal rules B.C. Supreme Court can decide if Human Rights Tribunal parties settledContinue Reading

The UN is investigating whether the "rules of war" have been broken by Israel and Hamas. But what qualifies as a war crime? Read more: Human Rights Watch alleges Israel is breaching the rules of war in Gaza — what are they?Continue Reading

ARTICLE 19 joined a coalition of civil society organisations, universities, and environmental defence organisations in submitting an amicus brief … Read more: Inter-American Court: Submission on climate emergency and human rights – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading

Faical Mahouachi from Tunisia (right) claimed his right to liberty and security and right to a fair hearing in a reasonable time had been breached … Read more: Man acquitted of Sion Grech murder claims human rights breach – MaltaTodayContinue Reading

Across the country, a significant number of human rights abuses happen daily, and they range from extrajudicial killings to impunity by law … Read more: Nigeria… The making of a human rights abuse havenContinue Reading

New York (CNN) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Meta of repeatedly removing or restricting content supporting Palestine or Palestinian … Read more: Human rights group accuses Meta of restricting pro-Palestine speechContinue Reading

The United Nations, a longtime advocate for human rights through treaties and laws, faces stark realities. Despite its efforts, rights violations … Read more: UN's Volker Turk: A quarter of humanity is caught in 55 global conflicts | Talk to Al JazeeraContinue Reading

… human rights committed by the Lukashenko regime in Belarus. Leading the platform is a Denmark-based international NGO Dignity (Danish Institute … Read more: Latvian Foreign Ministry gives funding to document human rights violations in BelarusContinue Reading

The foundation's annual rating assesses LGBTQ+ workplace equality WASHINGTON – Amtrak received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign … Read more: Amtrak Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-2204 Corporate …Continue Reading

… human rights. Faical Mahouachi stood trial by jury and was acquitted of willful homicide by eight votes to one, on 20 January 2023. Through his … Read more: Man acquitted in Sion Grech's murder sues state over human rights breach – NewsbookContinue Reading

… human rights case against the. … human rights case against the State. In the years before finally being declared not guilty of … Read more: Man acquitted of Sion Grech murder claims human rights breach – The Malta IndependentContinue Reading

A Larrakia woman with 'significant experience as a lawyer and human rights advocate' has been appointed as the Northern Territory Children's Com. Read more: Larrakia human rights advocate appointed NT's Children's CommissionerContinue Reading

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) announced Thursday that it is bringing proceedings before the Irish High Court over the … Read more: Ireland human rights commission brings proceedings against state over migrant rights breachesContinue Reading