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Sir Bill Browder: King’s birthday honour is for those killed for opposing Putin and those fighting...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoExclusive: Human rights activist Bill Browder says his knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours...
G7 calls on Israel to respect human rights in Gaza, refrain in Rafah
dpa international via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThe leaders of the world's seven leading industrialized democracies called on Israel to respect...
Human Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over UN Cybercrime Convention
Forbes· 24 hours agoAs the date for finalizing the UN Cybercrime Convention approaches, human rights organizations are...
Top European Human Rights Court Rules Countries Can’t be Forced to Introduce Assisted Suicide
National Catholic Register· 6 hours agoThe European Court of Human Rights on June 13 ruled in favor of Hungary’s right to uphold its laws prohibiting assisted suicide, thus affirming the laws of 46 countries of the Council of Europe ...
‘Really dangerous’: Why activists are so worried by Switzerland's rejection of climate case ruling
Euronews via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoA group of older Swiss women who won a landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights on...
Kyrgyzstan: Acquittal in “Kempir-Abad case” is a victory for justice and human rights
Amnesty International· 15 hours agoWe join with Kyrgyzstani civil society, particularly women human rights defenders who have worked hard on the case, to applaud this just verdict
Palm Springs Human Rights Commission survives, but its future is unclear
The Desert Sun· 1 day agoThe Palm Springs Human Rights Commission has survived an attempt to place it on hiatus following...
The UN Cybercrime Draft Convention is a Blank Check for Surveillance Abuses
Electronic Frontier Foundations· 17 hours agoThis draft would normalize unchecked domestic surveillance and rampant government overreach,...
Global body reviewing allegations of discrimination by Canadian human rights commission
Reuters via AOL· 4 days agoA United Nations-affiliated body is reviewing allegations Canada's human rights commission...
Rights groups urge Thailand not to extradite Vietnamese activist, saying he’s at risk if sent home
WCMH Columbus· 2 days agoBANGKOK (AP) — Human rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, saying he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam. Y Quynh Bdap, who had…