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Leading human rights organization, Amnesty International has launched an online tool to highlight the rising wave of attacks against environmental activists across the Americas. Speak out for Defenders! features dozens…
It is a common belief in India that the government-run National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a toothless department that cannot challenge government decisions effectively. As a result, succesive governments…
While Russia is often accused of human rights violations, the country has decided to show its regard for people’s rights and philanthropic activities. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin presented…
As human rights violations are happening all around the world, the United Nations (UN) is observing Human Rights Day today, 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948,…
The condemning of 15 people to death by the Specialized Criminal Court Tuesday after a “grossly unfair trial” is a travesty of justice and a serious violation of human rights,…
UN High Commissioner for Human rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has welcomed the ratification by the Colombian Congress of a revised peace agreement with the Farc rebel group that aims…