A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia, with human rights groups sounding the alarm
Over 40 Georgians have been jailed on criminal charges stemming from anti-government protests that have roiled the South ...
Human Rights Watch: Displacing Palestinians Would Be Moral Abomination
GENEVA (Reuters) - Displacing Palestinians would be a moral abomination, Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director ...
UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency session on Congo
The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern Congo city of Goma after it ...
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How conservation NGOs can put human rights principles into practice (commentary)
Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed ...
Justin Trudeau’s appointee as human rights commissioner sues critics
Birju Dattani's decision to launch legal proceedings comes six months after he resigned from the Canadian Human Rights ...
B.C. has effectively made police liaisons in schools mandatory: human rights commissioner
The human rights commissioner is calling for a study on the effectiveness of school liaisons after the province fired the ...
Religious leader: Protecting human rights is vital to peacemaking and essential for believers
These rights speak for themselves but cannot defend themselves. That is our task. I believe our rights come from God, but ...
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
The contractors helped enact programs that focus on building up civil society and democratic practices in authoritarian ...