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Middle East Media Research Institute on Tuesday published a leaked Qatari government document claiming Qatar's regime paid 3 million euros to HRW … Read more: Human Rights Watch Under Fire For Allegedly Accepting Millions In Qatar Funds – I24NEWSContinue Reading

Geert Wilders' victory in the Dutch parliamentary election on Wednesday is a loss for human rights, Amnesty International said in a response. Read more: Amnesty International calls Wilders victory a loss for human rights | NL TimesContinue Reading

COP28 hosts the United Arab Emirates has ignored calls from international civil society to demonstrate its respect for human rights as it refused … Read more: Draconian UAE has no credibility in hosting COP28 | Scottish Legal NewsContinue Reading

A council has been accused of hypocrisy after it emerged it had £11.5m of investments in banks linked with countries with poor human rights … Read more: Breckland Council accused of hypocrisy over £11.5 million investments amid human rights …Continue Reading

AKIPRESS.COM – The National Human Rights Commission conducted a basic survey involving about 1,500 staff of 16 units and of the Armed Forces in … Read more: 15 soldiers die during military service – National Human Rights Commission of MongoliaContinue Reading

Amnesty International's secretary general discusses human rights violations and war crimes in the Israel-Gaza war. Read more: Israel-Gaza: 'We all have 13000 deaths on our conscience'Continue Reading

We cannot pick and choose how and to whom human rights are applied. Disrespect and racism has no place in our society. Read more: As the Israel-Palestine crisis continues, Australians must not allow anguish or fury to overwhelm usContinue Reading

The Declaration has already been endorsed by 60 civil society organisations including the Australian Council of Social Services, Greenpeace Australia … Read more: Launching our Declaration of Our Right to Protest | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Eleven Democrat representatives, led by Ilhan Omar, who is herself a Muslim, denounced the country's abysmal human rights record and called for … Read more: Lawmakers Ask to Suspend U.S. Aid to Pakistan: Cite Religious Liberty, Human Rights ViolationsContinue Reading

NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Human Rights Law Centre and Australian Democracy Network are deeply concerned about the heavy-handed police … Read more: Civil rights groups condemn police repression of Port Botany rallyContinue Reading

The undersigned organisations, human rights groups, and defenders are calling for the Indonesian Government to end its judicial harassment … Read more: Global solidarity with Indonesian rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris AzharContinue Reading

'An action plan for humanity'. Eleanor Roosevelt holds up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris, 1948. 10 December 2023 marks 75 years … Read more: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 75 Years OnContinue Reading

The 6th Conference on Human Rights, co-convened by SSEAC and the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia, showcased research on indigeneity and … Read more: Bridging research and policymaking 6th Conference on Human Rights – The University of SydneyContinue Reading

Isaac Chotiner interviews Ben Cardin, Maryland's senator and the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about a bill that would aid … Read more: Should U.S. Aid to Israel Be Contingent on Human Rights? | The New YorkerContinue Reading