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Nouri's five sons were killed outside a clinic in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, while a third was seriously wounded.
Demonstrators clashed with police on a freeway off-ramp in LA for a fifth day. President Trump called them a national security risk.
Hundreds of people from Sri Lanka's historically oppressed Malaiyaha (hill country) community held demonstrations to emphasize their basic rights as citizens of the country. “We demand that Malaiyaha ...
Apart from setting standards, they also addressed questions of basic human rights, such as freedom of association, collective bargaining, the abolition of forced labor, the elimination of ...
Strides have been made, but we still have a ways to go when it comes to protecting universal human rights around the globe.
Lawyer of Adam Ma, dubbed the ‘Captain America’ protester, argues rejecting his client’s jail sentence review violates human rights.
There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights.
In El Salvador’s mega prison, immigration detainees from the U.S. endure in humane treatment, say member of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group.
The General Assembly passed legislation five years ago establishing rules for the treatment of pregnant inmates at Virginia's correctional facilities, but our system has been failing it.
Five years on from Covid, Australia’s human rights body has delivered a scathing verdict on Victoria’s response to the pandemic. Collateral Damage, a report by the Australian Human Rights ...
While a proposed business and human rights or sustainability law may be consistent with the first four principles, it is important to consider how it will be administered before its adoption.