Instagram Youtube Facebook Tiktok Icon Icons8 X Medium Svgrepo Com Blogger Svgrepo Com (1)
  1. Home
  2. Human rights

Category: Human rights

Global Human Rights News – Read human rights news, human rights violations news, and international labour law updates with latest global human rights developments.

Local Election Victory by Anti-Immigration Party Shakes Germany’s Political Landscape

Local Election Victory by Anti-Immigration Party Shakes Germany’s Political Landscape

In a significant development, a politician from Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been elected as a district leader for the first time. The party has won despite being previously classified by the

Threats to Freedom of Speech in Kyrgyzstan: Urgent Action Needed

Threats to Freedom of Speech in Kyrgyzstan: Urgent Action Needed

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Kyrgyz parliament to oppose two proposed laws because they represent a severe risk to the country's media freedom and free speech. Additionally, HRW raises issues with a contentious

Fury as Trans Woman Who Murdered 3 Goes to Female Prison for “hate crime”

Fury as Trans Woman Who Murdered 3 Goes to Female Prison for “hate crime”

Dana Rivers, a pioneering transgender activist and former high school teacher, brutally murdered a married lesbian couple and their adopted son at their Oakland, California, home just after midnight on Nov. 11, 2016. Seven years

Despite its ‘special’ relationship with water, Uruguay is running dry

Despite its ‘special’ relationship with water, Uruguay is running dry

One of South America's wealthiest countries, Uruguay has lately been struggling with a major multi-year drought and high temperatures. The situation has got so worse that workers are drilling wells in parks and residents are

China Defends Human Rights by Taking Practical Measures

China Defends Human Rights by Taking Practical Measures

China defends human rights through practical measures rather than just lip service. Over the past few decades, several unique plans and national human rights action plans have been implemented to advance the cause of human

Promoting Human Rights: Eliminating Discrimination and Protecting Freedom of Expression

Promoting Human Rights: Eliminating Discrimination and Protecting Freedom of Expression

Recent interactions between the Human Rights Council and two Special Rapporteurs focused on eradicating prejudice against leprosy patients and advancing and safeguarding the right to freedom of thought and expression. The dialogue's main themes are

South Asian Region Needs a Regional Human Rights Mechanism

South Asian Region Needs a Regional Human Rights Mechanism

A few South Asian neighbors have expressed diplomatic worry as a result of the recent debate in India's Parliament over the "Akhand Bharat" map. To clarify such a map, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal have spoken

Paris Finance Summit: Guterres calls global financial architecture ‘outdated and unjust’

Paris Finance Summit: Guterres calls global financial architecture ‘outdated and unjust’

Speaking at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised concerns over high debt and exorbitant borrowing costs not allowing developing countries to revive their economies.

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chased Out of 13 Homes in 2 Months-Why?

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chased Out of 13 Homes in 2 Months-Why?

As pressure on legal advocates increases, a Chinese human rights lawyer was evicted from 13 homes in 2 months. A pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing has forced

Tragedy Unresolved at Morocco-Spain Bord

Tragedy Unresolved at Morocco-Spain Bord

A year has passed since the tragic incident involving the violence and deaths of asylum seekers and migrants at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called