Browsing: Human Interest Stories
Rufat Safarov. Via Voice of America. On 4 December 2024, Aytan Farhadova in OC media reported that human rights defender…
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Comparative and international human rights law research can be decisive in advancing public interest causes in an increasingly interconnected legal…
In 18 October 2024, the Hungarian Presidency hosted a conference titled “Shared Responsibility: Cooperation Between States and Religious Communities in…
A year after a devastating airstrike accidentally killed 85 people during a religious celebration in Tundun Biri, in Nigeria’s Kaduna…
When Xi Jinping rose to power as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he kicked off a…
Rwanda: Authorities must immediately release detained journalist and members of political opposition
The Rwandan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release eight political opposition members on trial for taking part in a training…
Chen Xu (left) visits the Centre for Bio-inspired Technology in London. [Photo/China Daily] Tsinghua teaming up with Imperial College…
In the context of the imminent illegal dispossession and forcible transfer of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, occupied…
A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International…
On 31 Oct 2024, legislation enacting “buffer zones”—designated areas around abortion clinics where protests and certain forms of interference are…
On December 1, police in Karakalpakstan, the autonomous republic of western Uzbekistan, briefly detained Russian blogger and film maker Aleksei Pivovarov,…
Reacting to the arrest of Azerbaijani human rights defender Rufat Safarov, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia…
In August, our colleagues at the UK charity, Friends of Birzeit University (Fobzu), conducted an in-depth interview with LPHR’s Aleisha…
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against…
A Joint Statement by Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International Coalition…
In this two-part podcast series, we are exploring why efforts to mitigate climate change need to be aware of women’s…
Anthony Cruz Pantojas, MATS, MALS, BCC (they/them), is the Humanist Chaplain and Coordinator of Africana Spirituality at Tufts University. Currently,…
On 1 September 2021, the Israeli High Court of Justice (IHCJ) confirmed that Israeli soldiers can enter and search Palestinian…
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This blog continues Part 1 of the exploration of Caste Discrimination in Indian Prisons Case (Sukanya Shantha v. Union of…
Kyung Seok Park, 64, is a disability rights activist from South Korea. When he was 22, he was injured in…
Solitary confinement is defined by the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules) as confinement of…
On December 5, a court in Athens will hear a defamation lawsuit against journalists who exposed state surveillance by Greek authorities.…
July 10, 2024 | Dhaka, Bangladesh Government must return the disappeared persons and ensure justice, reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence…
Stand News was an online news media established in Hong Kong in December 2014. It carried news, editorials, op-eds, blogs,…
From a young age, I enjoyed playing around with gender roles, but it wasn’t until later in my adolescence that…
Police officers stand guard outside the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, US December 11, 2017…
Responding to the declaration of emergency law by South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol, Amnesty International’s East Asia Researcher Boram…
In March, B’Tselem reported that 19-month-old Fatimah al-Masri died from a cardiological condition after repeated applications to the Israeli authorities…
Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad Al-Farabi, known in the West as Alpharabius, was a towering figure in Islamic philosophy and…
A Joint Statement by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), the Asian Forum…
This two-part blog series delves into the pervasive issue of caste discrimination within Indian prisons, analysing the recent Supreme Court…
Responding to the persistent and widespread use of unlawful force by police in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, after four consecutive nights…
According to data collected by UN OCHA, thousands of Israeli raids on occupied West Bank communities are conducted every year,…
৯ অক্টোবর ২০২৪ ১০ অক্টোবর ২০২৪ অধিকার এর ৩০ তম প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকী। বাংলাদেশে মানবাধিকার, গণতন্ত্র ও আইনের শাসন প্রতিষ্ঠার সংকল্প…
Indian courts have recognized that prisoners possess procreative and marital rights under Article 21 of the Constitution, allowing parole to…
With less than a month for covered entities to file their beneficial ownership reports in compliance with the Corporate Transparency…
December 2, 2024 Featured, Press Releases For Immediate Release Contact: David Reinbold, dreinbold@americanhumanist.org (Dec. 2, 2024, Washington, D.C.) — Today,…
(This is the second of a two-part series on the evolution of internal audit over the past two decades; read…
Since the fall of Roe, Americans have consistently supported reproductive freedom at the polls. Knowing this, ACLU advocates across the…
Amnesty International today submitted a legal filing to the Pre-Trial Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses the Human Rights Council in February 2023Credit: UN Web TV In March 2023,…
Amnesty International published new research today exposing the arbitrary detention, torture, ill treatment, and gross violations of the right to…
Yesterday over 100 Palestinians were reportedly killed in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Jabalia refugee camp, amid the prolonged…
09 October 2024 10th October 2024 is Odhikar’s 30th founding anniversary. On 10th October 1994, Odhikar was established by human…
Are you a human rights defender keen to use the UN to push for change at home? If so, apply…
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) participated in the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights…
Gender-based equality has been at the heart of the debates on motherhood within the context of surrogacy cases, for ‘intended…