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Human Rights Watch uncovers ‘degrading and dehumanizing’ treatment of ICE detainees
A new Human Rights Watch report includes graphic details about the alleged 'dehumanizing' conditions in which ICE detainees ...
Fired B.C. nurse launches human rights complaints, says constitutional advocacy group
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says a nurse, who was sanctioned by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives ...
Bloodshed in Syria's Sweida left at least 321 people dead, human rights group says
Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.
Facing threats, leading human rights group exits El Salvador
El Salvador's most prominent human rights group says it's been forced into exile, citing threats and harassment from the ...
Good Trouble: Savannah residents celebrate Lewis legacy, protest attack on human rights
A Savannah gathering commemorated the fifth anniversary of civil rights activist and former Georgia Representative John Lewis ...
How Europe’s ambition to lead on corporate human rights ran into the sand
Just over a year ago, the European Union approved a directive that sought to usher in a new era of human rights protection ...
On Defending Human Rights, America Returns to First Principles
The first Trump administration denounced the United Nation’s hypocrisy on human rights, withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council when the call for reforming its autocracy-heavy membership was ...
More than 110 aid and human rights groups denounce 'mass starvation' in Gaza
More than 100 aid organisations warned on Wednesday of “mass starvation” across Gaza, with their staff severely affected by ...
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Local futures for human rights
In the face of rising authoritarianism at the national level, the future of human rights is local.