In a major victory for workers, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced new guidance last week that allows migrant and immigrant workers who experience or witness workplace labor or civil rights violations to receive temporary protection against deportation and access to work authorization. Under international human rights law, workplace protections apply to […]
Continue ReadingConfined to cells for 23 hours a day; unable to see family face-to-face; problems accessing lawyers – New Zealand’s prisoners are becoming “excessively disconnected and isolated” because prison staffing shortages have hit crisis point, says the Human Rights Commission, lawyers and those working with prisoners. As of January, the department of Corrections is down by […]
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STRASBOURG – An email sent by diplomatic advisor to the Moroccan parliament Mounir al-Jaffali to members of the European Parliament stated that a motion filed on Jan. 17 for a resolution involving the case of a Moroccan journalist is “baseless”. The advisor claimed that the document ignores Morocco’s achievements concerning human rights, rule of law, […]
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Ammon News – Chairman of the Lower House Public Freedoms and Human Rights Committee, MP Bassam Fayez, said Jordan is taking “steady” steps to further empower human rights, freedoms and best practices under Royal efforts. During the committee’s meeting on Wednesday, with a delegation from Arab Human Rights Committee (AHRC), Jaber Saleh Al Marri, Fayez […]
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January 18, 2023 Posted by Gerald L. Neuman Kenneth Roth speaking on panel at the Munich Security Conference Cyber Security Ministerial Working Breakfast on the IGF 2019. Credit: Kuhlmann, MSC It was shocking to learn that the Kennedy School had vetoed the appointment of Kenneth Roth, a towering figure in human rights advocacy, as a […]
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Verisk Maplecroft’s Human Rights Indices identify exposure to 31 civil, political and labour rights risks at national and subnational levels in 198 countries. This will allow Munich Re to enhance its ability to make global operational risk assessments, as well as factor that data into its underwriting and investment decisions. “Munich Re has always been […]
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Armenian opposition MP Taguhi Tovmasyan, the chair of the parliament committee on human rights and public affairs, is preparing urgent letters to international organizations over Azerbaijan’s move terrorizing Armenian children. A group of Azerbaijani agents wearing masks terrorized 19 children travelling back to Artsakh on Tuesday, more than one month after being stranded […]
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By Staff Reporter SADC Lawyers Association (SADC-LA) has issued a statement against the recent brutal assault of Zimbabwean rights lawyer, Kudzai Kadzere by armed police officers. The association said this was a cause for concern especially when Zimbabwe is reading itself for harmonised elections to be held in a few months. Kadzere was beaten by […]
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FITCHBURG — The legacy and impact of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. could be felt reverberating throughout the city Monday, as it paused to pay tribute. “The time is always right to do right … and mobilize against oppression,” said keynote speaker Stephanie Williams, chief diversity executive at Mount […]
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The conviction of a Rwandan opposition politician for allegedly tarnishing the country’s image is an example of the government’s longstanding misuse of the justice system to stifle freedom of expression and association, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 16, 2022, the High Court’s Rwamagana chamber sentenced Théophile Ntirutwa, a member of the unregistered Dalfa-Umurinzi […]
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