Category: Human Rights

A Kenyan LGBTQ rights activist’s death is under investigation, with one suspect arrested after his body was found stuffed in a metal box on the side of the road. Edwin Kiprotich Kiptoo, commonly known as Chiloba, was found on Jan. 3 after people in the Kapsaret area noticed a metal box being dropped off by […]

WASHINGTON – The United States and Japan on Friday launched a task force to promote human rights and international labour standards in supply chains, amid shared concerns about China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, and said they would invite other governments to join the initiative. The two sides also signed an updated memorandum of cooperation on […]

The 2023 honoree(s) will be announced next month in Abu Dhabi Supplied photo Published: Fri 6 Jan 2023, 5:58 PM Last updated: Fri 6 Jan 2023, 9:57 PM The six-member judging committee for the fourth edition of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity are meeting in Rome to review nominations and decide on the 2023 […]

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Mayor Jean Stothert’s office announced the appointment of a new Director of Human Rights and Relations on Friday afternoon. Gerald Kuhn is being promoted to the position, having been appointed to fill the post temporarily while the city conducted a national search; he had previously served as the assistant director of […]

Tonight on Mobilized News, Environmental Attorney, Thomas Linzey discusses the rights of nature movement.    A weekly series produced by Steven Jay and hosted by Jeff Van Treese, Mobilized takes a deep look at our world, the consequences of human activity on our planet, and how we can reverse and prevent existing and future crises […]

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk has warned about what he sees as the “systematic countering of women’s rights and gender equality” around the world. In an exclusive interview Wednesday with Agence France-Presse, the French news agency, Tuerk said he was very concerned about the “backsliding and the pushbacks” he has seen […]

WASHINGTON :The United States and Japan on Friday launched a new task force to promote human rights and international labor standards in supply chains and said they would invite other governments to join the initiative. Tai signed a memorandum on the initiative in Washington with Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura. Japan’s […]

The author is the editor of Anadolu Agency’s Discrimination Line ISTANBUL Human rights violations and discrimination in 2022, along with possible scenarios of future abuse, are discussed here in three questions. What happened in the world in 2022? As far-right movements continued their meteoric rise throughout the year, discrimination became a worsening problem for people […]

Kenneth Roth, the longtime Human Rights Watch director who stepped down last year, said that the dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School vetoed his planned fellowship over the organization’s work on Israel. Photo by Getty Images By Arno Rosenfeld January 6, 2023 Kenneth Roth, the longtime director of Human Rights Watch, said that Harvard’s Kennedy School […]

ROME, 6th January, 2023 (WAM) — An independent panel of diverse and distinguished public figures are meeting this week to review nominations for the fourth edition of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity and decide on the 2023 honourees. Nominations were received during the submissions period, from July to November 2022, and the honourees will […]