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Asian companies take note: Trump is still focused on human rights abuses in your US supply chain
Eco-Business
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August 19, 2025
He has called climate change a “hoax”. In his address to a joint session of Congress in March, he declared, “Our country will be woke no longer.” His administration has downscaled the United States government’s annual report on global human rights...
UK’s first trans judge challenges Supreme Court in European human rights case
QNews
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August 19, 2025
UK’s first transgender judge, Dr Victoria McCloud, has lodged a landmark case against the UK in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), arguing the nation’s top court excluded trans voices in a ruling that redefined legal sex. McCloud, who...
Marwan Barghouthi, and human rights situation in Gaza: Occupied Palestinian territory
The National Tribune
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August 19, 2025
OHCHR Video footage showing Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir berating and taunting Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi face-to-face inside an Israeli jail is unacceptable. The minister’s behaviour and the publication of the...
Parliament’s Human Rights Committee commends presidential amnesty, calls for improved prison feeding
MyJoyOnline
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August 19, 2025
Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has commended President John Dramani Mahama for granting presidential amnesty to 998 prisoners across the country. The Committee described the move as “a step in the right direction” and a clear demonstration of...
Nigeria News8 minutes ago Nigeria Must Stop Normalising Past Evils – Farotimi Knocks ‘Statesman’ Label For IBB Human Rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has faulted the description of former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (r…
Naija News
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August 19, 2025
Human Rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has faulted the description of former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), known as IBB, as a statesman, insisting that such accolades only help to legitimise the ‘evils’ he...
Unification Ministry not to publicly release annual report on human rights in North
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 19, 2025
Published: 19 Aug. 2025, 16:08 Unification Minister Chung Dong-young speaks to the National Assembly's foreign affairs and unification committee in western Seoul on Aug. 18. [YONHAP] The government will continue compiling its annual report on...
Human rights group demands release of chinese workers detained by NIS
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 18, 2025
A human rights organisation, Conscience Foundation, has called for the immediate release of five Chinese workers allegedly detained by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over alleged visa irregularities. The workers, identified as Zhang Damou,...
Unification ministry not to publicly release annual report on N.K. human rights
Yonhap News Agency
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August 19, 2025
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The government will continue compiling its annual report on North Korean human rights conditions but will halt its public release this year, a unification ministry official said Tuesday. The official disclosed the...
Unification ministry not to publicly release annual report on NK human rights
The Korea Times
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August 19, 2025
The government will continue compiling its annual report on North Korean human rights conditions but will halt its public release this year, a unification ministry official said Tuesday. The official disclosed the decision, citing a government...
US releases incriminating human rights rap sheet on Zimbabwe – says government not doing anything to bring perpetrators to task
New Zimbabwe
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August 19, 2025
By Leopold Munhende THE United States Department of State has released a damning report on Zimbabwe’s human rights situation, noting how perpetrators have gone unpunished and the increased abuse of journalists by the state. Zimbabwe has, for close...
Famed Olympic, Civil Rights Duo To Speak At UConn 'Human Rights Summit'
Patch
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August 18, 2025
STORRS, CT — One of the most noted Olympic and civil rights duos in history will be coming to the University of Connecticut's Dodd Center for Human Rights this fall. On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are scheduled to visit UConn...
2013 Constitution amendment provisions are undemocratic - Human Rights Commission
Fijivillage
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2013 Constitution amendment provisions are undemocratic - Human Rights Commission The Fiji Human Rights and Anti Discrimination Commission says the amendments provisions in the 2013 Constitution are overly rigid, undemocratic and must be rendered...
UN calls on Solomon Islands to establish human rights institution
The Islandsun
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August 19, 2025
BY BEN BILUA GIZO The United Nations (UN) is urging Solomon Islands to establish an independent national human rights institution in line with international standards. The call was made as part of the recommendations from the third cycle of the...
Atlanta develops human rights action plan for 2026 FIFA World Cup
WABE - Georgia
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August 18, 2025
FIFA is introducing a new protocol requiring host committees, like Atlanta, to develop a human rights action plan to protect workers and attendees in preparation for next year’s World Cup tournament. And city officials are opening the doors for...
Title VII-Americans with Disabilities Act-Illinois Human Rights Act
Wisconsin Law Journal
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August 18, 2025
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Wendy Lohmeier v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Case No.: 24-1470 Officials: Easterbrook, Jackson-Akiwumi, and Maldonado, Circuit Judges. Focus: Title VII-Americans with Disabilities Act-Illinois Human Rights...
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SAYS CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI RECEIVING ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE IN CUSTODY
Zambian Observer
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August 18, 2025
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SAYS CHISHIMBA KAMBWILI RECEIVING ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE IN CUSTODY By Leah Ngoma The Human Rights Commission has confirmed that former cabinet minister, Dr. Chishimba Kambwili, who is currently detained at the Lusaka...
Cambodia’s Human Rights Committee Appeals to UN and ASEAN Over Thai C...
ImpACT International
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The Cambodia-Thailand border conflict in 2025 has escalated into one of the most severe regional disputes in recent years, impacting thousands of civilians and straining diplomatic relations within Southeast Asia. The violent clashes stem from a...
CODESA calls on international human rights bodies to intervene urgently to protect Sahrawi human rights defenders
Sahara Press Service
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Dakhla (Occupied Territories), 18 August 2025 (SPS) - The Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders in Western Sahara (CODESA) has condemned the severe violations committed by the Moroccan occupation against Sahrawi human rights defenders. It...
United States: State Department Shuts Down the Human Rights Reporting Gateway
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN)
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August 18, 2025
(Washington, D.C., August 18, 2025): The State Department has shut down the Human Rights Reporting Gateway (HRG), an online portal that allows members of the public and non-governmental organizations worldwide to submit reports of gross violations...
UK's first trans judge to challenge Supreme Court's landmark gender ruling using European human rights laws
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
Britain's first transgender judge has lodged an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. Victoria McCloud is seeking a rehearing of the case as she claims the...