India Among 12 A-P Nations Suppressing Dissent During Covid-19: UN
The UN Human Rights Office has identified a dozen Asia-Pacific (A-P) countries that are depriving people of their right to
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Human Rights: Impact of Covid-19 on Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Rising disparities in how Covid-19 is affecting communities, and the major disproportionate impact it is having on racial and ethnic
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Police Must Stop Killings of African Americans: UN Human Rights Chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned the killing of George Floyd, an African American man
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Governments Must Not Use COVID-19 for Arbitrary Detention: UN Experts
A group of independent UN experts recalled today (May 8) that “the prohibition of arbitrary detention is absolute even during
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Challenges to Human Rights in Europe Increasing Amid COVID Crisis
The Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, has published her annual activity report covering 2019. The
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New Human Rights Report: ‘Shoot the Traitors’ – Discrimination Against Muslims in India
The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its new report Sunday (April 12) on the persistent discrimination
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