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Disability rights group 'severely disappointed' after province misses deadline
CBC via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoThe Nova Scotia government has failed to meet the first deadline in a landmark human rights...
CBP One Mobile Application Violates the Rights of People Seeking Asylum in the United States
Amnesty International· 25 minutes agoThe mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of seeking asylum in the United States is a clear violation of international human rights and refugee law, said Amnesty ...
Worcester police chief open to leaving civil service, but unions not so sure
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoWORCESTER ― Interim Worcester Police Chief Paul B. Saucier Monday told the Human Rights Commission...
An extremist group and ethnic militias committed atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch says
Associated Press· 19 hours agoAn extremist group linked to al-Qaida carried out mass killings in two villages in central Mali in...
Armed groups committing atrocities in Mali: HRW
Al Jazeera· 15 hours agoAl-Qaeda-linked and warring ethnically-based armed groups are committing atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports. The watchdog said in a...
Bernie Sanders announces bill to ‘cancel all medical debt’ — here’s his plan
Moneywise via Yahoo Finance· 8 hours ago“The time has come to cancel all medical debt and guarantee health care to all as a human right, not...
Spanish minister's letters to firms in Israel drive wedge in ruling coalition
Reuters via AOL· 12 hours agoThe Spanish government has distanced itself from letters written by a minister from the left-wing junior coalition partner urging Spanish companies in Israel to ensure they did not abet human ...
Female genital mutilation and its medicalization
World Health Organization· 10 hours agoFemale genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve the partial or total removal of external genitalia or other injury to the female...
Is the Mexican President’s Denunciation of the U.S. Human Rights Report Right?
The American Conservative· 6 days agoMexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is again blasting the gringos, and perhaps this time...
Several US universities to consider divesting from Israel after sustained protests
Semafor via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoSemafor Signals Supported by Insights from NPR, The New York Times, and Bloomberg The News Students...